Memorable Day at Versailles, 5 October 1789
Title
Memorable Day at Versailles, 5 October 1789
Description
This engraving marks success and reconciliation among revolutionaries, as men and women, as well as soldiers and civilians, relax together.
Creator
None Identified
Source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Date
1789
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/540/|<span>Collection de Vinck. <em>Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870</em>. Vol. 18 (pièces 2908-3106), Ancien Régime et Révolution</span>
Format
JPEG
Language
French
Identifier
540
Original Format
Engraving
Physical Dimensions
16.5 x 22.5cm
Title (French)
Journée mémorable de Versailles : le lundi 5 octobre 1789
Caption
Nos Modernes Amazones glorieuses de leurs Victoires revinrent à Cheval sur les Canons, avec plusieurs Messieurs de la Garde Nationale, tenant des branches de Peupliers au bruit des cris réitérés de Vive la Nation, Vive le Roi.
Caption (English)
Our modern Amazons, glorious for their victories, return on horse and upon cannons, with several good men of the National Guard, holding poplar branches to the repeated cries of “Vive la Nation, vive le Roi!”
Citation
None Identified, “Memorable Day at Versailles, 5 October 1789,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed April 16, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/540.