Fédération générale faite à Paris, le 14 Juillet 1790 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp.

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Fédération générale faite à Paris, le 14 Juillet 1790 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp.

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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.

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01/01/1804
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Contributors

Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1748-1819, engraver
Prieur, François Louis, active 1780-1800, artist
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Location

Montparnasse (Paris, France)48.84306, 2.32139
Google Map of 48.84305555555556, 2.3213888888888885
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Library of Congress
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