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Jean Lambert Tallien

Header: Jean Lambert Tallien
Also known as: Jean Lambert Tallien; primary name: Tallien, Jean Lambert; other name: Tallien, Jean-Lambert
Details: individual; politician/statesman; French; Male
Life dates: 1767-1820
Biography: French Revolutionary; initially a member of the Jacobin club, he helped engineer the fall of the Girondists (1793); later adopted a more moderate stance and played a part in overthrowing Robespierre. His political influence declined during the French Directory, though he took part in the campaign in Egypt (1798). Captured by the British on his way back to France (1800), he returned to France in 1802 and through the influence of Talleyrand and Fouché was appointed consul of Alicante in 1804, though he had to return to France after contracting the yellow fever and being left blind in one eye. Spent the rest of his life in poverty and died of leprosy. He had married Thérésa Cabarrus in 1794 (divorced 1802), later mistress of Paul Barras, and leader of a famous Parisian salon.
Bibliography: Encyclopaedia Britannica online

14 related objects

print; satirical print

Title: Two Pair of Portraits |
Museum number: 1851,0208.325 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:John Wright |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Two Pair of Portraits |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6794 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:John Wright |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: An Irish howl. |
Museum number: 1851,0901.957 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonPublished by:James Whittle |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; broadside

Title: A list of the regicides who voted in the National Convention for the murder of Louis XVI King of Fra |
Museum number: 1932,0226.5 |
Producer name: Published by:S W ForesPrinted by:Henry Reynell |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: An Irish howl. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6821 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonPublished by:James Whittle |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Tallien |
Museum number: 1875,0508.138 |
Producer name: Print made by:Melchior PéronardPublished by:Société de l'industrie fraternelle |
Production date: 1845 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; satirical print

Title: Two Pair of Portraits |
Museum number: 1983,U.216 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:John Wright |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Two Pair of Portraits |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6793 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:John Wright |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Arms of France. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.7189 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:John Hatchard |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Two Pair of Portraits |
Museum number: 1981,U.321 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:John Wright |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Two Pair of Portraits |
Museum number: 1935,0522.5.72.b |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:John Wright |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: An Irish howl. |
Museum number: 1981,U.251 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonPublished by:James Whittle |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; broadside

Title: A List of the Regicides, etc |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3956 |
Producer name: Printed by:Henry ReynellPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Two Pair of Portraits |
Museum number: 1851,0901.947 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:John Wright |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)