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Artist
- Name:
- Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie
- Dates:
- 1804-1860
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- 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(s):
- Barthélemy, Auguste Marseille
- Publisher:
- Paris: Perrotin, 1835
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A terrified prisoner is dragged by a woman and a man to a fierce-looking, bearded executioner armed with an ax while the surrounding crowd brandishes severed heads on pikes.
The March on Versailles took place on October 5 and 6, 1789 against a backdrop of food shortage. It resulted in the weakening of the royal power and is one of the key events of the French Revolution.
The caption reads in the original French: 5 et 6 Octobre. — 1789.
Keywords: 1830s, 18th century, 19th century, black & white, crowd, death, France, frightened, history, nudity