The Great sea-serpent [Liberty] as it appeared to many people [L'Ancien Régime] in 1848 – Vintage Print
![The Great sea-serpent [Liberty] as it appeared to many people [L'Ancien Régime] in 1848 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f3/f3cc2b0718a4-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of The Great sea-serpent [Liberty] as it appeared to many people [L'Ancien Régime] in 1848. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Great sea-serpent [Liberty] as it appeared to many people [L'Ancien Régime] in 1848
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Here the sea serpent is labeled Liberty, and the startled onlookers are marked L'Ancien Régime, or the old order. The caricature turns the upheavals of 1848 into a sea-monster sighting, the kind of tale people tell with a shudder and half disbelief. Its context is the French revolutionary year: the July Monarchy fell in February, the Second Republic followed, and conservatives across Europe watched with alarm. The record describes this version as a photograph of a wood engraving from a German publication, and notes that a reversed version of the design appeared in the Paris satirical paper Le Charivari in December 1848.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Subjects | Photo of wood engraving from German publication, 1848. of reversed images from Le Charivari, Dec. 23, 1848. In collection: German historical prints and photographs, 1840-1900. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Liberty; France--Hist.--1848; Cartoons--Germany; Sea monsters; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,039 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-129303 |
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