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Arrestation de Mr de Launay, gouverneur de la Bastille, le 14 juillet 1789: P.2309-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Arrestation de Mr de Launay, gouverneur de la Bastille, le 14 juillet 1789
Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution française

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Berthault, Pierre Gabriel
Printmaker: Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean (With)
Draughtsman: Prieur, Francois Louis (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1791 - Circa 1817

Note

II/II. Plate etched by Duplessis-Bertaux, engraved by Berthault.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper ( remains of binding along upper edge)
Plate Height 238 mm Width 284 mm
Sheet Height 312 mm Width 475 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: No. 17.
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Prieur inv. & del.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Berthault Sculp
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 5/187
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: ARRESTATION DE MR. DE LAUNAY, GOUVERNEUR DE LA BASTILLE, le 14 Juillet 1789.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2309-1991
Primary reference Number: 95602
BN Inventaire (18thC): 217 II/II
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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