Ah! Monsignor! It seems that they want us to give everything back, yet while in the game I had advised you to play trumps. Still Image

A kneeling man in a red coat administers an enema to a clergyman whose bare buttocks are exposed, while a man in military dress looks on, with a chamber pot positioned below.
A kneeling man in a red coat administers a large enema to a bent-over clergyman, whose coins spill into a bowl below, while another man in military dress holds the priest upright.

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Title

Ah! Monsignor! It seems that they want us to give everything back, yet while in the game I had advised you to play trumps.

Description

Not uncommonly, revolutionary prints invoked excretory humor directed toward those priests who would not swear allegiance to the Revolution. Revolutionaries eliminated on their enemies; the latter might also receive enemas. Of course, in a world of chamber pots everyone got the message loudly and clearly.

Creator

None Identified

Source

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Date

1790

Rights

Public Domain

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/79/|de Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870. Vol. 18 (pièces 2908-3106), Ancien Régime et Révolution

Format

JPEG

Language

French

Identifier

79

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Engraving

Physical Dimensions

13.5 x 19.5

Title (French)

Ah ! Monseigneur ! on veut donc nous faire rendre tout. Je vous avait cependant conseillé de faire atout

Citation

None Identified, “Ah! Monsignor! It seems that they want us to give everything back, yet while in the game I had advised you to play trumps.,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 9, 2026, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/79.