The Board of Censors Moves Out

Eugène Delacroix French
 Printed by Charles Motte French

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In this print Delacroix is making a satirical reference to the official government "abolition" of censorship in 1822 which is suggested by the devil leading a car which hauls the censors away from their abandoned headquarters.

The Board of Censors Moves Out, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), Lithograph; only state

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