Marche du Dom Quichotte moderne pour la deffence du Moulin des Abus (March of the Modern Don Quixote in Defence of the Mill of Abuses)
A hand-coloured print mocks the Prince de Condé's emigre army as a Don Quixote parade: Condé on a white horse, Mirabeau-Tonneau as Sancho Panza on a barrel-ass, and clergy and nobles marching to defend a windmill labelled the 'Moulin des Abus' (mill of abuses). The tell is the borrowed Cervantes casting and the numbered key that names 22 figures as targets of ridicule.
- Date
- 1791
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Anonymous French publisher (French Revolution satirical print, no imprint on the sheet)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Constitutional Monarchy France
- Leader
- Louis Xvi
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Religion
- Event
- French Revolution
- Techniques
- Name-callingTransfer
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1791, before 1931; LoC rights statement: No known restrictions on publication)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, French Political Cartoon Collection, LC-DIG-ppmsca-13626
Text on the object
Marche du Dom Quichotte moderne pour la deffence du Moulin des Abus 1 Moulin des abus 2 Le Dom Quichotte moderne ou le petit Condé 3 Sancho Tonneau dit Mirabeau... 4 Les deux Hostesses de Dom Quichotte 5 Brûle bon vins [illegible] la nouvelle [illegible] est pris 6 Députation des Parlements séante à Tournay 7 Courrier extraordinaire envoyé de Mons 8 Ingénieur de la bande 9 Heyman et Klinglin Major généraux de la bande 10 L'Évêque de Spire tenant son mignon dans ses bras 11 Suite de l'Évêque 12 Les [illegible] de Monseigneur 13 Le donneur de graine de Maïs 14 Le Tambour Maître battant la générale 15 Corps d'Armée commandée par le grand Sabreur des Thuilleries 16 Corps de Musique 17 Personnage plus qu'important en habit de Moine 18 Château de [illegible] 19 L'Interprète de [illegible] hautes faits voulant agiter sa Machine 20 Citadelle de Landau 21 Courrier Extraordinaire dépêché de Varenne 22 L'A[illegible] de 1788 et 1789
March of the Modern Don Quixote in defence of the Mill of Abuses. 1 Mill of abuses. 2 The modern Don Quixote, or little Conde. 3 Sancho Barrel, called Mirabeau. 4 The two Hostesses of Don Quixote. 5 Burn-good-wines [illegible] the news [illegible] is taken. 6 Deputation of the Parlements sitting at Tournai. 7 Special courier sent from Mons. 8 Engineer of the band. 9 Heyman and Klinglin, major generals of the band. 10 The Bishop of Speyer holding his favourite in his arms. 11 The Bishop's retinue. 12 The [illegible] of Monseigneur. 13 The dispenser of maize seed. 14 The Drum-Major beating the call to arms. 15 Army corps commanded by the great Sabreur of the Tuileries. 16 Band. 17 A more-than-important personage in monk's habit. 18 Chateau of [illegible]. 19 The interpreter of [illegible] high deeds wanting to work his Machine. 20 Citadel of Landau. 21 Special courier dispatched from Varennes. 22 The [illegible] of 1788 and 1789.
The key is in very small script at 1024 px; accents were read where visible. Several key lines (5, 12, 18, 19, 22) are only partly legible and are marked [illegible]. A small placard held up by a figure on stilts at left is too small to read. Machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.
