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Arrestation de D'Éprémesnil et Goislard, le 6 mai 1788: P.2322-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Arrestation de D'Éprémesnil et Goislard, le 6 mai 1788
Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution française

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Niquet, Claude I
Draughtsman: Girardet, Abraham (After)
Draughtsman: Veny (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 1804 - Circa 1817

Note

Designed by Girardet and Veny.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Plate Height 267 mm Width 334 mm
Sheet Height 307 mm Width 475 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Pag. 9.
  • Location: Plate upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Page number
  • Text: No. 5.
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Dessiné par Veny et Girardet.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Gravé par Cl. Niquet.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: ARRESTATION D'ÉPRÉMESNIL ET GOISLARD, / Le 6 Mai 1788,
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: B3 p 100
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Le Conseiller d' Eprémesnil ayant découvert le projet d'édit du Cardinal de Loménie, concernant la Cour Pléniere, et l'ayant dénoncé au Parlement qui le fit avorter par le fameux Arrêté / du 3 Mai. Fut enlevé par Vincent D'Agoust ainsi que son collegue Goislard, et conduit par Ordre de la Cour le 1er. aux Isles Ste. Marguerite et le 2d. au Chateau de Pierre-en-Cise.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2322-1991
Primary reference Number: 95644
Portalis/Béraldi: p. 235
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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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