Answer:
No,
during the actual event, Bailly would not have stood with his back to the
assembled deputies. The artist was actually trying to show that the
Constitution framed in 1791, after the 1789 revolution, had 'turned its back' on
the aspirations of the peasants, workers and women, instead of meeting them.
Despite the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen, the right to vote and
stand for election remained with the rich and propertied class.
The others were just passive citizens.
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