Pg 69 of The Family Romance of the French Revolution Lynn Hall says "Whether the father is good or not is irrelevant because the brothers aer now the focus of the story. The femine world is now entirely outside the scene of action" beautifully sums up both the Revolution as well as the engraving titled "Mathey, Worker of Lille". Fraternity represented a romantic hope to remain ever in the youthful stage of life before the burdens of wife and children, when adventure and heroism were still possible. It also symbolized the equal standing of brothers freed from a despotic father, who would make decisions with each other instead of for each other.