The Bastille

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Artist

Name:: Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie
Dates:: 1804-1860
Country:: France

Illustration

Subjects:: Buildings & Monuments, Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Frilley, Jean-Jacques
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Douze journées de la Révolution
Author:: Barthélemy, Auguste Marseille
Publisher:: Paris: Perrotin, 1835
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Description:

The storming of the Bastille has begun, and the crowd is rushing to and fro at the foot of the building, where rifles and guns are being fired and the wounded are being carried away.
The caption reads in the original French: La Bastille. — 1789.

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{{cite web | title=The Bastille | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/bastille/ | author=Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie | year=1835 | access-date=July 28, 2025 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}