Five medallions alluding to five months of disgrace of the courts (?): P.2326-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Five medallions alluding to five months of disgrace of the courts (?)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Martinet, François Nicolas (?)

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

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

Production date: AD 1788

School or Style

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Plate Height 243 mm Width 204 mm
Sheet Height 243 mm Width 204 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

Text: Senatoriae virtutis / Triumphus.
Location: Image upper centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Text: 1788.
Location: Image upper centre, below the above
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Date

Text: 1. / Mutui roboris, - faedere Inconcussa. // REX / Curia / Parium, / Senatus, / Gens ipsa, / Tutela / Sunt / Gentis / Fidelité / Obeissance. / Liberté publique / et particuliere, / Droit de la propriété / Privilêges, Loix.
Location: Image upper left, around medallion and on obelisk in centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Text: 2. / Nomina legibus - et Patriae Sacra.
Location: Image upper right, around medallion
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Text: 3. / hoc omine - Roma Potens. - Sic francigenis se promsere Dignos.
Location: Image centre, around medallion and on scrolls below a lamp
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Text: 4. / Oppressa Quidem - non laesa // LOIX DU 8 MAI
Location: Image lower left, around medallion and on scroll in centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Text: 5. / Votis Populi redditus. - unanimi dives animo - RESTITUET REM. // CONCORDE / ECONOMIE // retard / des / payemens // payemens en billets
Location: Image lower right, around medallion and on scrolls in centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Text: Salvis Legibus, Salva Patria.
Location: Image lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Text: Les cinq médaillons font allusion aux 5. mois de disgrace des Cours.
Location: Plate lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Text: 1. Image et Baze de la Monarchie françoise. / 2. Les Magistrats de tous les ordres ... Prince / et Magistrats Exilés ... Officiers exposés ... / Seigneurs disgraciés ... Députés prisonniers. / 3. l'Honneur national, qui ne s' est jamais // développé avec plus d'énergie. allus au feu des Vestales / 4. Allusion à nos Augustes Princes, qui ont / déterminé le Roi au retablissement des Cours. / 5. M. Necker: il arrache un crêpe qui couvroit une partie / du Globe de la France.
Location: Plate lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Key

Text: Senatibus et Patriae Congratulans, offérébat civis Campanicus. --------- Buirette de Verrierres / Officier des Maréchaux de France, Inspecteur / Général des chasses de Mgr. Comte d'Artois.
Location: Plate lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Text: dessiné et gravé par Martinet.
Location: Plate lower left
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Signature

Text: Estempes [sic] Rare
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Brown ink
Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2326-1991
Primary reference Number: 95652
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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