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Vue brillante de l'aniversaire du 14 juillet 1801 (LOC)

Vue brillante de l'aniversaire du 14 juillet 1801

 

[ca. 1801]

 

1 print : etching with engraving, hand-colored.

 

Notes:

Print shows a crowd viewing fireworks at a Bastille Day celebration in Paris, France. A balloon appears in the upper right corner.

Title from item.

"du 25 Messidor de l'Ang. Feu d'arlifice tiré á l'etoile des Champs Elyseés, sous le Consul Buonaparte prèmier de la Republique francaise"--printed below title.

Tissandier collection.

 

Subjects:

Bastille Day--1800-1810.

Celebrations--France--Paris--1800-1810.

Fireworks--France--Paris--1800-1810.

 

Format: Etchings--Hand-colored--1800-1810.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.02626

 

Call Number: LOT 13405, no. 1

 

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