Anarchist or New French Janus — engraving

Anarchist or New French Janus.

Copper engraving from a book "Musee de la caricature ou Recueil des caricatures les plus remarquables publiees en France depuis le quatorzieme siecle jusqu'a nos jours...". Titled: "L' Anarchiste, je les trompe tous deux.", ("Anarchist, I deceive them both"). A caricature of the French Revolution, an anarchist with two faces in the middle, a Jacobin on the left and a Republic on the right. Also known as "Anarchist or New French Janus".

Stamp on the back of the sheet "Gaston Courtois, Costumier, Paris" and number 00.382.

Technique, Material: Copper engraving / Paper
Artist and  Engraver: after Simon Petit
Date, Publisher: "Musée de la caricature, ou, Recueil des caricatures les plus remarquables...",  Chez Delloye, Paris, 1838.
Size: sheet 26.2 x 21.7 cm.