Why was Liberty Leading the People kept from public view after Louis-Philippe bought it?

Although King Louis-Philippe purchased Liberty Leading the People to commemorate his accession to the throne following the July Revolution of 1830, he ultimately kept the painting from public view because it was considered potentially inflammatory.1

While the work was initially shown at the 1831 Paris Salon, the government of the July Monarchy grew concerned by the painting's raw, realistic depiction of insurrection. The image of a half-naked, gritty woman leading a diverse crowd of armed citizens over corpses was viewed as a volatile symbol that could incite further unrest. Consequently, the painting fell out of favor with the new government, was removed from public display, and spent several years in storage before eventually being returned to the artist and later exhibited again.12