Late 18th Century Engraving: Joseph Bara

Beautiful engraving of revolutionary propaganda from the end of the 18th century, representing the young Joseph Bara, in a Louis XVI giltwood frame he myth of the sacrifice of this poor child, having suffered poverty all his short life, killed during the Vendée wars, was exploited by Robespierre, and by the Convention, in a particularly troubled period. It notably allowed to hide the frightening massacres perpetrated by the revolutionaries. It was again recovered under the Third Republic at its beginnings, in need of glorious images. However, forgotten all polemics, the image remains beautiful, the engraving engaging and the historical document relevant, in a neoclassical aesthetic, in keeping with the period. The frame is period, with beautiful gilding and an elegant sculpture, mounted with a key (format respected, not cut). Certainly reframed thus at a print dealer in 1900, as attested by the label on the back, the glass has been changed recently.