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Fédération générale faite à Paris le 14 Juillet 1790

Title
Fédération générale faite à Paris [graphic] : le 14 Juillet 1790 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculps.
Author
Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831.
Publication
[179-?]

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Still imageSupervised use *MGZFX Ber P Fed 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Prieur, J.-L. (Jean-Louis), 1759-1795.
Description
1 print : etching, b&w; 30 x 45 cm., plate mark 24 x 29 cm.
Summary
Depiction of a celebration commemorating the first anniversary of the taking of the Bastille. Crowds of spectators gather around the three-arched triumphal monument on the Champ de Mars to watch troops on parade; at right, cannons are fired.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Etchings.
Note
  • At upper right: No. 39.
Biography (note)
  • Probably published as part of Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution française (various editions). The artist, Jean-Louis Prieur, documented many of the events in the French Revolution in drawings until he was guillotined in 1795. Many of these drawings, engraved by Pierre Gabriel Berthault, were published as part of the Tableaux historiques.
Call Number
*MGZFX Ber P Fed 1
OCLC
825550544
Author
Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831. Engraver
Title
Fédération générale faite à Paris [graphic] : le 14 Juillet 1790 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculps.
Imprint
[179-?]
Biography
Probably published as part of Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution française (various editions). The artist, Jean-Louis Prieur, documented many of the events in the French Revolution in drawings until he was guillotined in 1795. Many of these drawings, engraved by Pierre Gabriel Berthault, were published as part of the Tableaux historiques.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
For a print with the same title, depicting a different artist's interpretation of this event, see: *MGZFD Fed Gen 1.
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Added Author
Prieur, J.-L. (Jean-Louis), 1759-1795. Artist
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Ber P Fed 1
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