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The Board of Censors Moves Out

Printer Charles Motte French
1822
Not on view
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.

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  • Title: The Board of Censors Moves Out
  • Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
  • Printer: Charles Motte (French, 1784–1836)
  • Date: 1822
  • Medium: Lithograph; only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 x 13 9/16 in. (25.4 x 34.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.21.105
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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