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Antique French engraving Human rights #1049098

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Antique French engraving Human rights #1049098
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Here is a very rare French engraving made just after the French Revolution (between 1795 and 1800) by Fragonard Fils.
H: 19.75"/ W: 13" Very good condition!
Here is the translation of the "Declaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen"...
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citzen
Preamble:
The representatives of the French people, formed into a National Assembly, considering that ignorance, neglect or scorn of the rights of man to be the only causes of national misfortunes and the corruption of governments, have resolved to set out, in a solemn Declaration, the natural, unalienable and sacred rights of man,
so that this Declaration, always present to all members of society, reminds them constantly of their rights and their duties;
so that the acts of the legislative power and those of the executive power, being able to be compared at every moment with the aim of the whole political institution, should have greater respect for that aim;
so that the demands of the citizens, founded henceforth on simple and indisputable principles, are always oriented to conserving the Constitution and to the happiness of everybody.

Consequently , the National Assembly acknowledges and declares, in the presence and under the auspices of the Supreme Being, the following rights of man and of the citizen:

First Article ?Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be based only upon benefit for the community.

Article 2 ?The aim of every political association ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Very good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:Circa 1795</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:France</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Fragonard Fils</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:19.75</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:13</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Antique French engraving Human rights</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:San Antonio, Texas</td></tr>
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