Descente dans les Ateliers de la Liberté de la presse (Raid on the Workshops of the Freedom of the Press)

Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville, and Auguste Desperet

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a group of people in a busy room engaged in various activities. In the center, a woman in a light-colored dress is being held by two men. Surrounding them are men in dark suits, some with hats. On the left, one man appears to be restraining another person seated. On the right, a group of men in hats and jackets are gathered around a press labeled "PRESSE PATRIOTIQUE." Some men hold rods or batons. The scene takes place inside a room with tall windows, papers hanging from above, and printed sheets and a fallen printing frame on the floor. Shelves with books are visible in the background.