New Square of the Bastille
Title
New Square of the Bastille
Creator
None Identified
Source
Library of Congress
Date
1789
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/1131/
Format
JPEG
Language
French
Identifier
1131
Original Format
Etching, hand colored
Physical Dimensions
21 x 18.5 cm
Title (English)
New Square of the Bastille
Title (French)
Nouvelle Place de la Bastille
Caption
Ami le temps passé n’est plus, rendons à César ce qui appartient à César, et à la Nation ce qui est à la Nation. (Louis XVI, Restaurateur de la Liberté Française)
Caption (English)
The friend of times past is no longer. Render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, to the Nation what is the Nation’s. (Louis XVI, Restorer of French Liberty)
Citation
None Identified, “New Square of the Bastille,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed March 10, 2025, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/1131.