The French Revolution.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1848-1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/8 x 12 3/8in. (20.6 x 31.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/16 x 14 1/16in. (25.6 x 35.7cm)

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Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionSoldiers in uniform stand in ranks in the courtyard of a large stone palace, while crowds of people in the interior of the building throw furniture from the windows. Chairs, tables, cushions, a pitcher, a bottle, a book, and several paintings in gilt frames fly through the air. Some men lie on the ground, dead or wounded. Two soldiers carry an injured comrade. Some soldiers are on horseback. In the background, some men in civilian clothes are entering the palace through an arched doorway.

Object number1988.173.2

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. / SCENE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF AT THE PALAIS ROYAL. / The furniture was hurled from the windows into the court-yard and burnt together with the throne on which Louis Philippe first sat as King of the French." In pencil, lower left, "85-AE-14".

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