Prise de la Basteille/les Gardes Francoises et le Bourgeois de Paris le 14 Juillet 1789.
Translated as: The taking of the Bastille
Maker: Unknown
Brisé fan; sticks and guards of wood, the former pierced and decorated with three applied stipple prints; the taking of the Bastille, titled 'Prise de la Bastille/les Gardes Françaises et les Bourgeois de Paris le 14 Juillet 1789', flanked by smaller prints of a woman in classical dress holding up a vase, and a youth carrying grapes in a basket. Brown silk ribboning.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, Late#
Louis XVI
Production date:
after
AD 1789
: Start of French Revolution
Sticks+guards
composed of
wood
Ribbon
composed of
silk
Leaf
composed of
ink
Guards
Length 28.3 cm
Accession number: M.289-1985
Primary reference Number: 117874
Old catalogue number: DR 8/141
Old object number: 332
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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