Author: Hennin, Michel, (1777-1863); James Aitken, éditeur, 17..-17.. Title: La Contre Révolution. (L'Attaque de la Constitution. ) First Edition of the Etching
Description: Paris : Chez les principaux Marchands d'estampes [1792]. Original etching on chine collé (36.5 x 52cm.) mounted on a support sheet (49 x 58.5 cm.. Cartoon showing clergy, nobility, and fugitive counterrevolutionaries, carrying flags labeled "Vive la noblesse et le Clerge", "Lettre Pastorale", and "Voincre ou Courir", attacking a rock, identified as the "Constitution Francoise", on which sits the French flag labeled "Liberté" on the far left, across the Rhine. Includes a key with numbers corresponding to numbered figures in the print.. Those mentioned include: prince de, Condé, Louis-Joseph de Bourbon, 1736-1818, comtesse de, La Motte, Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, 1756-1791, Eymar, Jean-François-Ange d', 1731-1807, vicomte de, Mirabeau, André-Boniface-Louis Riqueti, 1754-1792, comte de, Limbourg-Vehlen-Styrum, Augustin Philippe Charles, 17.-1, duchesse de, Polignac, Yolande-Martine-Gabrielle de Polastron, 1749-1793, Rohan, Louis-René-Édouard de, 1734-1803, Maury, Jean-Sifrein, 1746-1817, and Armée du Prince de Condé (1789-1801)....References: - de Vinck, 4431; - Blum, 498; - UCLA, 106; - (DLC/PP-1983:172.42); - Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress). .
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Price: US$ 500.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 16-5618
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