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Intérieur d'un comité révolutionnaire sous le régime de la terreur / Fragonard fils inv. ; Malapeau aqua forti ; Berthault sculp.

Intérieur d'un comité révolutionnaire sous le régime de la terreur / Fragonard fils inv. ; Malapeau aqua forti ; Berthault sculp.

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Summary

Print shows the interior of a room used by the Revolutionary committee during the Reign of Terror; citizens enter on the left and submit their appeals, then procede along the table where judgment is pronounced by a group of revolutionaries; scattered around the room are revolutionaries holding long pikes, and on the right, overlooking the scene, is a bust of Jean Paul Marat and the bust of another man.

Caption continues: Années 1793 et 1794: ou Années 2e dt 3e de la République.
Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution Française. Paris : Chez Auber, 1804.
Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1955 July 22.

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01/01/1804
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Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1748-1819, etcher
Fragonard, Alexandre, 1780-1850, artist
Malapeau, Claude-Nicolas, 1755-1803, etcher
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