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Atroupement au Fabourg St Antoine, le 28 avril 1789: P.2324-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Atroupement au Fabourg St Antoine, le 28 avril 1789
Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution française

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Niquet, Claude I
Printmaker: Lépine, P. E. (With)
Draughtsman: Girardet, Abraham (After)
Draughtsman: Veny (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1793 - Circa 1817

Note

II/II (?). Designed by Girardet and Veny.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper ( remains of binding along upper edge)
Plate Height 268 mm Width 335 mm
Sheet Height 312 mm Width 475 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Pag. 18.
  • Location: Plate upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Page number
  • Text: No. 8.
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: MANUFACTURE ROYALE DE / PAPIERS PEINTS ET VELOUTÉS
  • Location: Image lower right, on gateway
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Dessiné par Vény et Girardet.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Gravé par L'Epine et Cl. Niquet.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: ATTROUPEMENT AU FAUXBOURG ST. ANTOINE, / Le 28 Avril 1789,
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: 4/124
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: On répandit le bruit dans ce fauxbourg que les Ouvriers de la Manufacture de Papiers Réveillon seroient taxés a 15s. par jour, et que le Pain étoit trop bon pour eux. / sous ce pretexte on forma un attroupement considérable qui se porta à cette Manufacture dont les meubles furent jettés par les fenêtres et incendiés
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2324-1991
Primary reference Number: 95650
Portalis/Béraldi: p. 235
BN Inventaire (18thC): 19 (II/II?) (Lépine)
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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