- Description
- Engraving, hand-colored; image: 28 x 39 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Caption lower center: Hommage a la Liberte. A Paris chez J. Chereau Rue St. Jacques aux 2 Colonnes No. 257. Lower left and right: Verse 6 of La Marseillaise. Possibly engraved by Jacques-François Chereau.
- Depicts a symbolic fête around a statue of Liberty. People offer wreaths, garlands and baskets of roses, singing La Marseillaise. A red Revolutionary cap has been placed on the staff in Liberty's right hand.
- Cf. *MGS (French) 89-2194. Chazin-Bennahum, Judith. Dance in the shadow of the guillotine, 1988. Reproduction, p. 101.
- Call Number
- *MGZFH Che J Hom 1
- OCLC
- NYPY906045162-F
- Author
Chereau, Jacques-François, 1742-1794.
- Title
Hommage à la Liberté.
- Imprint
Paris, 1792.
- Local Note
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- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Bastille Day.
Politics in art -- France.
Prints (Graphic arts) -- 18th century.
- Research Call Number
*MGZFH Che J Hom 1