Lot no. 43
5 engravings showing "Les Principales Journées de la Révolution", including :
- Engraving entitled "Ouverture des Etats Généraux à Versailles le 5 mai 1789" and numbered 1.
Designed by Charles Monnet.
Printed by C. Chardon, Paris.
The original work is kept at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris.
Salle du Jeu de Paume in Versailles, the King at the back, the nobility to his left, the clergy to his right and the Third Estate opposite. Out of 1139 deputies, 291 belong to the clergy, 270 to the nobility and 578 to the Third Estate.
Size: 45 cm (height) x 63 cm
Note: stains
- Engraving entitled "Pompe Funèbre en l'honneur des Martyrs de la Journée du 10 dans le Jardin National, le 26 Août 1792" and numbered 7.
Designed by Charles Monnet.
Impressions C. Chardon, Paris.
Etching preserved at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris.
Size: 45 cm (height) x 63 cm
Note: tears, missing parts
- Engraving entitled "Journée du 16 octobre 1793" and numbered 10.
Drawn by Charles Monnet.
Impressions C. Chardon, Paris.
Etching kept at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris.
Marie-Antoinette on the scaffold, Place de la Révolution (now Place de la Concorde, 1st arrondissement), Palais Bourbon. 16 October 1793. Pl. 10 of "La Révolution française depuis l'ouverture des Etats-généraux...", 1838, by Décrouan. Historical scene, portrait, urban landscape. Guillotine, sculpture by Coysevox (Horses of Marly), Queen, executioners, soldiers of the National Guard, municipal officers on horseback, people, citizen, Statue of Liberty, cart, facade of house, octroi gate, pump, bridge, architecture, National Assembly, entrance to the Champs-Elysées.
Size: 45 cm (height) x 63 cm
Note: accidents, missing parts
- Engraving entitled "Le IX Floreal an VII - Assassinat des Plénipotentiaires Français au Congrès de Rastadt".
French Revolution, Directoire period. Assassination of the French envoys in Rastadt (Germany) by Austrian hussars on 28 April 1799 (9 Floréal year VII). Historical scene, night ambush.
Printed by C. Chardon, Paris.
Size: 45 cm (height) x 63 cm
Note: foxing and stains around the edges
- Engraving entitled "Journée de Saint-Cloud, le 18 Brumaire an 8" (9 November 1799).
Drawn by Charles Monnet.
Impressions C. Chardon, Paris.
Etching preserved at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris.
Size: 45 cm (height) x 63 cm
Note: brown spots