Fraternity
Title
Fraternity
Description
Using a woman to represent "Fraternity" seems ironic at best, although theoretically the term might mean the community of humanity. In actuality, when the revolutionaries considered "community," they certainly thought of men far more than women. The period saw women take advantage of opportunities presented to them, but outright champions of this kind of inclusive community were few. What might the revolutionaries have meant, then, by their reliance on the female form? One might hypothesize that in a revolution that feared the bold action of crowds, construing fraternity in this fashion softened and lessened such concerns.
Creator
Mademoiselle Rollet (engraver)
Louis-Simon Boizot (designer)
Source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Date
1793-1794
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/2/|Collection de Vinck. <em>Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870</em>. Vol. 44 (pièces 5943-6108), Ancien Régime et Révolution
Format
JPEG
Language
French
Identifier
2
Original Format
Engraving
Physical Dimensions
33 x 24.5 cm
Title (French)
La Fraternité
Citation
Mademoiselle Rollet (engraver) and Louis-Simon Boizot (designer), “Fraternity,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed December 21, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/2.