print
- Museum number
- 1861,1012.89
- Title
- Object: Maximes du jeune républicain
- Description
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Maxims for the young republican: thirty-eight precepts of behaviour, engraved in two columns separated by medallions of revolutionary heroes on a spear, and flanked by fasces; in the upper part, three round medallions representing republican allegories; on the left Equality, in the middle, figure holding the book of destiny and on the right, Liberty; two Spirits with allegorical attributes (doves, burning heart, branch of laurel and club) surround the central medallion. c.1793
Etching
- Production date
- 1793 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 324 millimetres
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Width: 225 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Executed after the death of the revolutionaries represented; all died in 1793.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: French Revolution 1793
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1861,1012.89
