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Object Type
Museum number: 1898,0527.222
Title: Object: Réaction thermidorienne. Marat, apôtre sanguinaire, traité comme il le mérite. Applaudissements unanimes des spectateurs
Description: A scene in Théâtre Feydeau in Paris during the French Revolution, with the audience cheering as a bust portrait of Marat is removed from a console by the stage; the stage is on the left; musicians play in the pit orchestra; copy of a print by Rebel, from 'Reimpression de l'Ancien Moniteur', volume XXIII, page 363 Wood-engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Maximilien Honoré François Rapine; After: Eléonore Sophie Rebel; After: Jean Massard; Printed by: Plon (as typographie Henri Plon)
School/style
Production date: 1840-1860 (circa)
Production place: Published in: Paris (France); Printed in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 124 millimetres (image size); Width: 178 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Théâtre Feydeau was famous for staging counterrevolutionary performances during the French Revolution. It was demolished in 1829. This is a copy of a print etched by Rebel after Massard; see 1898,0527.221.
Bibliographic references: Chevremont 1876 / Marat - index du bibliophile et de l'amateur de peintures, gravures, etc (p.437); De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique. (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: theatre/opera house; interior; theatre/theatrical life
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Paris (théâtre Feydeau)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1898,0527.222

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