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Object Type
Museum number: 1925,0701.98
Title: Object: Vue du Champ de Mars, à l'instant où le Roi, les Députés à l'Assemblée Nationale & les Fédérés réunis, y prononcent le Serment Civique
Description: Aerial view of the Champ de Mars in Paris, turned into an amphitheatre for the Festival of Federation, with crowd gathered around a central altar, swearing loyalty to the Constitution. c.1790/91 Colour aquatint on etched line
Producer name: Print made by: Jean François Janinet; After: Meunier; Published by: Jean François Janinet
School/style
Production date: 1790-1791
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: aquatint; colour; etching
Dimensions: Height: 306 millimetres; Width: 606 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Shown at the Salon, 1791.
Bibliographic references: De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique. (3770); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (149)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: festival; politics
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Champ-de-Mars
Associated events: Associated Event: French Revolution; Associated Event: Festival of Federation 14 July 1790
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1925
Acquisition notes: This was part of lot 88 in the 1925 Crawford sale; unsold and subsequently presented to the BM.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1925,0701.98

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