French liberty. Print shows, on the right Liberty is torn from her Temple by a hired band of Ruffians bound & going to be Sacrificed to the rage of these Ignorant People; ... and on the left, artists and artisans, a mother with two children, and others are driven away by booted thugs with clubs, at center a spinning wheel burns, a boy adds a book Fine Arts to the fire, and an old man breaks in half the staff of Liberty. Additional scenes of merriment and chaos take place in the background. Date 1793 July. French liberty. Print shows, on the right Liberty is torn from her Temple by a hired band of Ruffians bound & going to be Sacrificed to the rage of these Ignorant People; ... and on the left, artists and artisans, a mother with two children, and others are driven away by booted thugs with clubs, at center a spinning wheel burns, a boy adds a book Fine Arts to the fire, and an old man breaks in half the staff of Liberty. Additional scenes of merriment and chaos take place in the background. Date 1793 July.