"Posterity has not been fair to Necker", according to Aurelian Craiutu. On 11 August 1792, the day after the Storming of the Tuileries, all the busts were removed from the town hall, including the one of Necker by Jean-Antoine Houdon and smashed.Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment by Anne L. Poulet, p. 351 Like Mirabeau, the Marquis De Lafayette, Barnave and Pétion, Necker was only temporarily supported by the people.Jonathan Israel (2015) Revolutionary Ideas, p. ?Positive principles of Mr. Neker, extracted from all his works
