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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1925,0701.5
Title
Object:
Convoi de très haut et très puissant Seigneur des Abus, mort sous le règne de Louis XVI
Description
Satire on the summoning of the Estates General: a funeral procession with the Third Estate acting as pall-bearers and Necker following behind; a tree on the left and a group of antique ruins behind. May 1789 Etching and aquatint printed in light sepia
Producer name
Print made by:
Antoine François Sergent-Marceau
School/style
French
Production date
1789
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
aquatint
Dimensions
Height:
496 millimetres
Width:
645 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Advertised in 'Journal de la Librairie', 9 May 1789, with no price given. See de Vinck for a letter of the police on 16 May 1789, which shows both that this print was suppressed on its publication, and that it was immediately subject to copying and piracy.
Bibliographic references
De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique.
(2764)
Hennin 1877-84 / Inventaire de la Collection d'Estampes ... léguée a la Bibliothèque Nationale par Michel Hennin.
(10222)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated events
Associated Event:
French Revolution 1789
Acquisition name
Donated by:
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Jean Louis Soulavie
(L.1633)
Acquisition date
1925
Acquisition notes
Lot 39 in the 1925 Crawford sale; unsold and subsequently presented to the BM
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1925,0701.5
Conservation
Treatment
: 28 Oct 2003
Treatment
: 11 Aug 2003