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Object Type
print
Museum number
1899,1116.2
Title
Object:
La voûte d'acier
(The arch of steel)
Description
Louis XVI arriving at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, and Bailly standing at the bottom of the stairs and offering him a tricolor cockade; behind the latter, at right, men forming two lines opposite each other and raising their swords to form an 'arch of steel'; at left, group of aristocrats waiting beside the King's coach; crowd in the background. 1899 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Eugène André Champollion
After:
Jean Paul Laurens
Printed by:
Charles Wittmann
School/style
French
Production date
1899
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
325 millimetres
Width:
608 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(57)
De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique.
(not described)
Beraldi 1885-92 / Les Graveurs du dix-neuvième siècle
(not described)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Representation of:
Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre
Representation of:
Jean Sylvain Bailly
Representation of:
Hôtel de Ville
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Hôtel de Ville
Associated events
Associated Event:
French Revolution
(Louis XVI at the Hôtel de Ville)
17 July 1789
Acquisition date
1899
Acquisition notes
Given by the Prefect of the Seine
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1899,1116.2