March of the Powers Allied against France Still Image

An allegorical chariot drawn by a chained team of figures representing allied powers crosses a landscape, led by robed women and watched by onlookers, as a trumpeting angel flies overhead and a fallen ox lies in the road.

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Title

March of the Powers Allied against France

Description

This engraving uses classical figures to depict allegorically an alliance of Prussia, Britain, and Austria, represented as "Tyranny, Hypocrisy, and Pride," who seek to divide the map of France among themselves, while the French Nation prepares to resist so as to bring peace and tranquility to all of Europe.

Creator

Jean-Baptiste Marie Louvion

Source

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Date

1798

Rights

Public Domain

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/216/|Collection de Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870. Vol. 26 (pièces 4348-4477), Ancien Régime et Révolution

Format

JPEG

Language

French

Identifier

216

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Engraving

Physical Dimensions

27.5 x 45 cm

Title (French)

L'Ordre et la marche des puissances coalisées contre la France

Citation

Jean-Baptiste Marie Louvion, “March of the Powers Allied against France,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 9, 2026, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/216.