Additional Makers
Publisher - Cabinet Littéraire; Print maker - Jean Baptiste Chapuy; Publisher - De la Grye
Description
View of the Champ de Mars in Paris with people gathered for the Festival of Federation around the high altar where Louis XVI swore to uphold the Constitution. 1790. Colour aquatint over etched line.
Inscription
Lettered with names of designer and engraver, title, inscription in French organized in four columns (oaths pronounced by the King and the Nation, and inscriptions engraved on the monuments), and publication addresses: "à Paris, au Cabinet Littéraire rue St. Honoré Coin du Cul de Sac de l'Oratoire" and "chez Md. de la Grye Md. de Papier rue de Marivaux près la Comédie Italienne."
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
image © Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Champ-de-Mars, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Country
France
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
People & Society
