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Object Type
Museum number: 1892,0714.708
Title: Object: Mirabeau arrive aux Champs Elisées
Description: Mirabeau, surmounted by the Spirit of Liberty and followed by Spirits carrying his works, arrives in Eliseum and hands out a text to Rousseau, sitting next to him, while Franklin is crowning him with a laurel wreath; in the background, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Mably and Fénelon approaching to welcome him; on the right, Cicero and Demosthenes conversing. 1792 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Louis Joseph Masquelier; After: Jean Michel Moreau le jeune; Published by: Desmaison
School/style
Production date: 1792
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 280 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 350 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The plate was executed in 1792, and reworked at a later date making some politically necessary changes from the original state: the Phrygian hat on the Spirit's spear has been erased, and Mirabeau's text has been changed. The concept of the arrival of a modern hero in the Champs Elysées was first popularised in a series of prints by Macret.
Bibliographic references: Bocher 1882 / Jean Michel Moreau le jeune: catalogue raisonné (271.VIII); De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique. (1930)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau; Representation of: Benjamin Franklin; Representation of: Jean Jacques Rousseau; Representation of: Montesquieu; Representation of: Voltaire; Representation of: Gabriel Bonnot de Mably; Representation of: François Fénélon; Representation of: Demosthenes; Representation of: Cicero
Associated events: Associated Event: Death of Mirabeau 1791
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1892
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1892,0714.708

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