Fédération générale faite à Paris, le 14 Juillet 1790 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp.
Summary
Print shows the first festival of federation, a celebration organized to commemorate the fall of the Bastille and to express French unity under the revolution; shows a large triumphal arch at left center, a ceremonial altar on the Champ de Mars, crowds, soldiers, cannons, and the Ecole Militaire in background.
Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 39.
Purchase; J.R. Young, Washington, D.C.; rec'd. 1902 May 24.
Tags
Date
01/01/1804
Contributors
Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1748-1819, engraver
Prieur, François Louis, active 1780-1800, artist
Location
Montparnasse (Paris, France), 48.84306, 2.32139
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.