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Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs-Elysées, le 18 juillet 1790
- Title
- Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs-Elysées, le 18 juillet 1790 [graphic].
- Author
- Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831.
- Publication
- [179-?]
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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 28 cm.
- Summary
- Depiction of a celebration in Paris commemorating the first anniversary of the taking of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. An illuminated obelisk stands at center, flanked by two smaller obelisks in the background. Two poles stand at either side, each with a man ascending or preparing to ascend it. Men and women dance in a circle around the central obelisk.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Etchings.
- Note
- Title penciled below etching by an unknown hand.
- Biography (note)
- Probably an earlier state of a print titled Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs-Elysées, le 18 juillet 1790, engraved by Pierre Gabriel Berthault after Jean-Louis Prieur. The version held by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France shows a nighttime scene, with a darkened sky that points up the brilliance of the illuminations, particularly the central obelisk and the umbrella-like top of the pole at left.
- Call Number
- *MGZFX Ber P Fet 1
- OCLC
- 825550850
- Author
- Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831. Attributed name
- Title
- Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs-Elysées, le 18 juillet 1790 [graphic].
- Imprint
- [179-?]
- Biography
- Probably an earlier state of a print titled Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs-Elysées, le 18 juillet 1790, engraved by Pierre Gabriel Berthault after Jean-Louis Prieur. The version held by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France shows a nighttime scene, with a darkened sky that points up the brilliance of the illuminations, particularly the central obelisk and the umbrella-like top of the pole at left.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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- Added Author
- Prieur, J.-L. (Jean-Louis), 1759-1795. Associated name
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFX Ber P Fet 1