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- Museum number
- 1872,1012.4176-4178
- Title
- Series: Tableaux Historiques De La Révolution Française
- Description
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Group of 3 plates for the series 'Tableaux Historiques De La Révolution Française' bound together with other plates for the third volume, the first plate showing tablet with the Declaration of the rights of men titled 'Droits de l'homme et du citoyen', and 2 plates with portraits of La Tour d'Auvergne and Pierre Augereau, each plate with half-length portrait in circle by Levachez, with scene of the Revolution in rectangle by Duplessi-Bertaux and biography of the sitter below, within rectangular frame.
Mezzotint, etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1798 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 455 millimetres (approx. size of sheet)
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Width: 300 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- See 1872,1012.2492 for comment.
This series was bound in 3 volumes at the BM bindery, in green leather with gold lettering on spine, raised bands and marbled endpapers. Each volume has various sets of registrations numbers but have been catalogued as a single entry when possible.
Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: French Revolution 1789
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1872,1012.4176-4178