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Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831. French Revolution scenes.

Title: French Revolution scenes. ca. 1789-1879.

Scenes of significant or dramatic events of the French Revolution. Subjects include the Tennis Court Oath of June 1789; Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de Mirabeau, giving a speech to the National Assembly in June of 1789; Georges Jacques Danton giving a speech to the Cordeliers political club; the arrest of Louis XVI at Varennes; the trial of Louis XVI; the assassination of Jean Paul Marat; revolutionary festivals; prisoners being summoned to execution; Danton, Jean Sylvain Bailly, and Camille Desmoulins going to the guillotine; Jean-Lambert Tallien speaking before the Revolutionary Tribune on July 27, 1794, the day that Robespierre was overthrown; and Napoleon and Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès conferring before their coup d'état of November 9-10, 1799. Also included are illustrated lyrics to the songs Le Reveil du Peuple and Hymne à l'Etre Suprème. Many prints are anonymous. Named artists include Ary Scheffer, Tony Johannot, Alfred Johannot, Raffet, J. Bulthuis, Swebach Desfontaines, Duplessi Bertaux, Prieur, Henri Scheffer, A. Sandoz, H. Vernet, La Fosse, Serbu, Macleret, Couché fils, R. Vinkeles, Monnet, Casenawe, J.P. Laminit, and François Flameng. Engravers include Revel, Pollet, R. Vinkeles and D. Vrydag, Berthault, Couché fils, A. Lefevre, Gaitte, Pourvoyeur, Ph. Langlois, Blanchard, Burdet, Marckl, Mme. Girard, Mauduit, Leroux, Frilley, Dutillois, W. Greatbatch, De Mare, Outhwaite, Goulu, Maulet, Salmon, Lacauchie, Masson, Onwhyn, Beyer, Cousin, and Gaujean. Most items are undated and issued by an unidentified publisher, usually French or, in many cases, Dutch. Named publishers: Paris: F. Chardon, Furne, Baudouin frères, Revue de Paris; London: Richard Bentley.

ArchivalResource: ca. 124 prints : engravings, wood engravings, etchings, 1 photogravure ; 35 x 36 cm. or smaller.

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Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831. French Revolution military scenes.

Title: French Revolution military scenes. [ca. 1792]-1893.

Consists mainly of battle scenes, including depictions of the battles of Valmy, Jemmapes, Fleurus, Neerwinden, Arcole, and Lodi, the siege of Lille, the attack on Nantes by Vendéan forces in June 1793, the recapture of Toulon from counterrevolutionaries in December 1793, and the pacification of the Vendée in 1795. Also included are scenes of military action against crowds in Paris, such as the violence of August 10, 1792, the September massacres of 1792, the Marquis de Lafayette giving the order to fire on the crowd at the Champs de Mars, and Napoleon directing cannon to fire on the crowd on October 5, 1795. In addition, the collection includes numerous prints of scenes from Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, including the battles of the Pyramids, Aboukir (battle of the Nile), and Mount Tabor. Many prints are anonymous. Named artists: Raffet, Bouchot, Martinet, Horace Vernet, Couché fils, Swebach Desfontaines, Girardet, Vinkeles and Brouwer, Cogniet and Philippoteaux, P. Grolleron, Prieur, Charlet, Duplessi Bertaux, W.M. Craig, Godfroy, Ary Scheffer, Tony Johannot, Alfred Johannot, Hyp. Lecomte, Lafitte, Paon, Albert Le Dru, and J. Bulthuis. Named engravers: J. Pass, Colin, Couché fils, R. Vinkeles and D. Vrydag, Lefevre, Pollet, Brunelliere, Burdet, Lerouge aîné, Masson, Frilley, W. Greatbatch, Eug. Laville, Pourvoyeur, Berthault, Huot, T. Wallis, Brouwer and Vinkeles, Audibran, Lefevre and Doherty. Etchers: Frilley, Duplessi Bertaux. Photogravures: Goupil; diagraphs and pantographs: Gavard. Many prints have unidentified publishers. Named publishers: Paris: Furne, Baudouin frères, F. Chardon, Ternisien d'Haudricourt, Jules Moutonnet, Imp. de Finot & Bougeard, Imp. lith. de Gihaut frères; London: Richard Bentley, T. Kinnersley; New York: D. Appleton & Co., Sarony & Major.

ArchivalResource: ca. 85 prints : engravings (1 hand col.), wood engravings, etchings, lithographs (1 hand col.), 3 photogravures ; 29 x 40 cm. or smaller.

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