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Cerémonie de la Plantation de l'Arbrede la liberté sur la Place de la Cathedrale à Basle

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Date

c.1762-1817

Artist

Print after Unknown Artist

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3306511

Additional Makers

Print maker - Christian von Mechel; Publisher - Christian von Mechel

Description

A large crowd blocked by soldiers lines the edges of a square in the middle of which is the tree of liberty, stripped of its branches almost to the top and with a hat balancing on a single branch in the middle; rings of soldiers and figures dressed in black circle this tree; onlookers observe the scene through windows of houses in the square; a gothic church on the left side of the square flies two flags of black, white and red stripes. Etching with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered as part of title in French: “le Lundi 22.e Janvier 1798 en signe de l’Union et de l’Egalité établies entre les Citoyens de la Ville et les Citoyens de la Campagne”; with a German translation on the right.

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Basel, Switzerland

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Ruins
Religious Buildings

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People & Society

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