In 1793, in the middle of the French Revolution, a playing card-pack was produced in Paris. Its producers, dedicated to democracy and the revolution, used the face cards to demonstrate the demolition of monarchy and promote the ideas and ideals of the Revolution.
Kings, Queens and Jacks were replaced by figures and symbols related to principles or ideals of the Revolution. The figures themselves and the way they are depicted, the symbols that surround them and the texts printed on the cards, make the pack a visual medium of political communication and rhetorics.