Farewell Bastille
Title
Farewell Bastille
Description
This hand–colored engraving equates the taking of the Bastille with the rise of the Third Estate against the clergy and nobility. A commoner in a black hat sporting a tricolor cockade plays the bagpipe triumphantly over the fallen lion of the absolutist monarchy. To the side, a revolutionary soldier raises his sword to menace a priest.
Creator
None Identified
Source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Date
1789
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/153/|Michel Hennin.<em> Estampes relatives à l'Histoire de France</em>. Tome 118, Pièces 10278-10385, période : 1789
Format
JPEG
Language
French
Identifier
153
Original Format
Engraving
Physical Dimensions
19 x 27.5 cm
Title (English)
Farewell Bastille
Title (French)
Adieu Bastille
Caption
Adieu Bastille
Caption (English)
Farewell Bastille
Citation
None Identified, “Farewell Bastille,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed April 19, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/153.