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State with corrected spelling of "sweari[n]g" in title.
Library's copy trimmed and cropped with loss of imprint.
A satirical representation of the fraternization at the Fête de la Fédération in the Champ de Mars on 14 July 1790, for which there were extensive and enthusiastic preparations. Louis XVI, the central and dominant figure, puts his arms round a group of five of his subjects, and is about to kiss one of them; the other two couples kiss each other and wildly embrace. The King says, weeping, "This is what I have long Desired: my wish is at Length accomplished The Nation & the King from hence forward, will be but one"; the other looks up at him yearningly, saying, "Point de Deux Chambres". One of the other couples says "Point de République", while he picks the pocket of his friend, whose coat is dotted with fleur-de-lys, showing him to be an adherent of the Ancien Régime. On the left a fourth couple is embracing; one says, weeping: "I'll furnish tears to drown the King"; the other adds, "And I the Dauphin and the Queen". On the right a man wearing spectacles embraces a pillar, saying, "Vive le Roi, Vive la Nation Vive liberté". Cf. British Museum online catalog.