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Incendie du corps de garde sur le Pont Neuf, le 29 août 1788: P.2319-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Incendie du corps de garde sur le Pont Neuf, le 29 août 1788
Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution française

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Girardet, Abraham
Printmaker: Niquet, Claude I

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

II/II. Plate drawn and etched by Girardet, engraved by Niquet.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Plate Height 268 mm Width 335 mm
Sheet Height 310 mm Width 475 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Pag. 10.
  • Location: Plate upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Page number
  • Text: No. 6
  • 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 Cl. Niquet.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: INCENDIE DU CORPS DE GARDE SUR LE PONT NEUF. / Le 29 Aout 1788.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Cet Incendie eut lieu à l'occasion d'une Rixe qui se passa entre le Peuple et le Guet à pied et à Cheval, qui le chargea sur les Trotoirs des différens / Quais. C'est alors que le Peuple se vengea en mettant le feu au Corps de Garde. Il brula sur la place Dauphine l'effigie des Ministres. Brienne / et La Moignon. On forma un Bucher avec les Guérites et autres dépouilles des differens Postes de la garde du guet, et des Claies des / Marchands de Volaille du quai des Augustins ou de la Valée.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: B 3 p 108
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2319-1991
Primary reference Number: 95619
BN Inventaire (18thC): 14 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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