The work itself, which commemorates the July Revolution of 1830, measures 325cm by 260cm.

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One of Les Mis's student revolutionaries, Gavroche, takes refuge in the massive Elephant of the Bastille, the model for a never-built statue that stood in Place de la Bastille in the first half of the 19th century. (For the film, it was recreated at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, England.) Though the pachyderm is long gone, the July Column commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 now stands in its place.

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Protesters reoccupied the square on 8 July, some calling for a Second Revolution.

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