Maker: Unknown
Double paper leaf printed in black and brown and painted in green water-colour. Pale pink binding on upper edge. Sticks and guards of shaped, dark-coloured striped wood (17+2). Rivet with ivory washers.
Front: Trompe l'oeil design of Assignats, including examples dated 1791 and 1792. Reverse: Undecorated.
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
First Republic (Convention)
Circa
1792
-
Circa
1793
Issued by the National Assembly in 1789 as 5% bonds repayable from confiscated ecclesiastical property, assignats became currency in 1790. Their issuance in large numbers led to violent inflation and in 1796 metal currency was restored.
Leaf
composed of
ink
( black)
paper
( double)
watercolours
Sticks+guards
composed of
wood
( dark-coloured, striped)
Washers
composed of
ivory
Guards
Length 23.7 cm
Accession number: M.344-1985
Primary reference Number: 117929
Old catalogue number: DR 16/228
Old object number: 387
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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