Lafayette au Champ de Mars, ordonne de tirer sur le peuple / Ary Scheffer, del. ; Pollet, sc.
Summary
Lafayette at the Champ de Mars orders his soldiers to fire on members of the Cordeliers Club, which had been gathering signatures on the Champ-de Mars for a petition to abolish the monarch on September 3, 1791.
John Davis Batchelder Collection.
Tags
lafayette marie joseph paul yves roch gilbert du motier
marquis de
military service
massacres
paris
history
revolution
campaigns and battles
etchings
montparnasse paris france
lafayette
champ
mars
ordonne
tirer
peuple
ary
scheffer
pollet
1791
lot 10484
ary scheffer
rare books
engraving
etching
book illustrations
prints
french prints
Date
01/01/1791
Source
Library of Congress
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