Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . l Plate 5. A symbolical representation of the three estates proceeding toVersailles in May, 1789 sented as departing for Versailles/ The coach isdrawn by six owls representing wisdom. Theclergy drives, the nobility sits at ease and waveshis sword, while the peasantry stands behind, hisspade across his shoulder, and supports the orband the crown. An interesting variation of the theme^—in allu-sion possibly to the fact that the third estate hadmeanwhile been accorded double representation— Plate 5, above. ^ Plate 6, p. 24 24 The French Revolution sh
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Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . l Plate 5. A symbolical representation of the three estates proceeding toVersailles in May, 1789 sented as departing for Versailles/ The coach isdrawn by six owls representing wisdom. Theclergy drives, the nobility sits at ease and waveshis sword, while the peasantry stands behind, hisspade across his shoulder, and supports the orband the crown. An interesting variation of the theme^—in allu-sion possibly to the fact that the third estate hadmeanwhile been accorded double representation— Plate 5, above. ^ Plate 6, p. 24 24 The French Revolution shows the peasantry driving, while both the clergyand the nobility are in the body of the coach.Each order has an animal for its emblem: the. T)ip(irl c/tf (roiJ Oii/ro pom I c/v n, ^ .^ Plate 6. Another version of the symbolical representation of the threeestates proceeding to Versailles in May, 1789 peasantry, a sheep; the nobility, a lion which, inci-dentally, does all the supporting of the orb andcrown; and the clergy, a leopard. CHAPTER II LIBERTY ON Saturday, May 2, 1789, the representativesof the French people were received by theKing in his palace of Versailles: the clergyat eleven, the nobility at one, the third estate atfour oclock. Two days later came the religiousconsecration of the assemblage in the local churchof Notre Dame, after which the three orders filedpast the King and Queen who returned the saluta-tion of each individual member. Through streetsgay with flags and hangings they then passed inprocession, every available space being crowdedwith spectators. The deputies wore their costumes of ceremonysymbolical of their relative pretensions. The robesof the clergy were rich and trailing, calculated onlyfor