Louis-Philippe is being portrayed from three different perspectives showing the hopelessness of his government in the past, present, and future. Again the shape of a pear representing the King is clearly visible. The idea of using three faces in one is dating back to Antiquity (Prudentia), and was picked up again in the 16th century by Titian in his painting: "Allegory of Wisdom". Louis-Philippe is represented with three faces. The happy face is the past, the concerned face is the present and the depressed face is the future.The King is first shown as a youthful, lively person at election time, followed by a plump and chubby face in the middle and a pallid, colourless and outright disgusted face depicting the future. This deterioration was caused by the Republican uprisings of the Lyon workers resulting in increased tension between the Monarch and the Republican press.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
1st state.
Published in: La Caricature, January 9, 1834.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
