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Fusillade au Faubourg St Antoine, le 28 avril 1789: P.2325-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Fusillade au Faubourg St Antoine, le 28 avril 1789
Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution française

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Niquet, Claude I
Printmaker: Pélicier, J (With?)
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 268 mm Width 338 mm
Sheet Height 279 mm Width 351 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Pag. 19.
  • Location: Plate upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Page number
  • Text: No. 9.
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Dessiné par Vény et Girardet.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Gravé à l'Eau-forte par Pélicier et terminé par Cl. Niquet.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: FUSILLADE AU FAUXBOURG ST. ANTOINE, / Le 28 Avril 1789,
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Après le pillage de la Maison et de la Manufacture de Réveillon, les gardes françaises et suisses, qui s'avançoient dans le fauxbourg pour en chasser les brigands, ayant / été assaillis par un grêle de pierres et de tuiles qu'on leur lançoit du haut de differentes Maisons; firent feu sur les assaillans dont ils firent un grand carnage.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2325-1991
Primary reference Number: 95651
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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