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Lit de Justice tenu à Versailles, le 6 août 1787: P.2318-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Lit de Justice tenu à Versailles, le 6 août 1787
Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution française

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Girardet, Abraham
Printmaker: Duparc, Marie Alexandre (With)

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 1804 - Circa 1817

Note

III/III. Plate drawn and etched by Girardet, engraved by Duparc.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Plate Height 269 mm Width 334 mm
Sheet Height 311 mm Width 475 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Pag. 7
  • Location: Plate upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Page number
  • Text: No. 2.
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Dessiné et Gravé à l'Eau-forte par Girardet.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: et Terminé par Duparc.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: B 3 p 84
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: LIT DE JUSTICE TENU A VERSAILLES, Le 6 Aout 1787.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: L'Enregistrement des Edits du Timbre et de la Subvention Territoriale, proposés par le Ministre Calonne, n'ayant pu avoir lieu à cause de la résistance opinionaitre du Parlement; le Roi tint son /Lit de Justice à Versailles, le 6 Aout 1787, dans les formes usitées, et les Enregistremens ordonnés furent faits en sa présence; mais immediatement après, le Parlement protesta contre ces Actes.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2318-1991
Primary reference Number: 95617
BN Inventaire (18thC): 13 III/III
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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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