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Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs-Elysées, le 18 juillet 1790

Title
Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs-Elysées, le 18 juillet 1790 [graphic].
Author
Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831.
Publication
[179-?]

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Additional Authors
Prieur, J.-L. (Jean-Louis), 1759-1795.
Description
1 print : etching, b&w; 30 x 45 cm., plate mark 24 x 28 cm.
Summary
Depiction of a celebration in Paris commemorating the first anniversary of the taking of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. An illuminated obelisk stands at center, flanked by two smaller obelisks in the background. Two poles stand at either side, each with a man ascending or preparing to ascend it. Men and women dance in a circle around the central obelisk.
Subject
  • Bastille Day
  • France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
Genre/Form
Etchings.
Note
  • Title penciled below etching by an unknown hand.
Biography (note)
  • Probably an earlier state of a print titled Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs-Elysées, le 18 juillet 1790, engraved by Pierre Gabriel Berthault after Jean-Louis Prieur. The version held by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France shows a nighttime scene, with a darkened sky that points up the brilliance of the illuminations, particularly the central obelisk and the umbrella-like top of the pole at left.
Call Number
*MGZFX Ber P Fet 1
OCLC
825550850
Author
Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831. Attributed name
Title
Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs-Elysées, le 18 juillet 1790 [graphic].
Imprint
[179-?]
Biography
Probably an earlier state of a print titled Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs-Elysées, le 18 juillet 1790, engraved by Pierre Gabriel Berthault after Jean-Louis Prieur. The version held by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France shows a nighttime scene, with a darkened sky that points up the brilliance of the illuminations, particularly the central obelisk and the umbrella-like top of the pole at left.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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Added Author
Prieur, J.-L. (Jean-Louis), 1759-1795. Associated name
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Ber P Fet 1
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