Which one of the following is not true about the female allegory of France?

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She was named Marianne

Marianne took part in the French Revolution

She was a symbol of national unity

Her characteristics were drawn from those of Liberty and Republic

answer is B.

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Marianne taking part in the French Revolution is not true about the female allegory of France. Allegory was personifying a nation. Allegory symbolises justice, liberty and republic. Artists found a way to express the strong emotions and sufferings they portrayed, to give a face to the nation. For France, they gave a female allegory—that is, Marianne. She featured in post stamps of France during the 1850s. For liberty, the symbols were the red cap or the broken chain, and justice in a general way we see at the courts, like a blindfolded woman carrying a pair of weighing scales.

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