A Memorable Day at Versailles Still Image

Hand-colored print of a crowd marching with pikes bearing two severed heads, celebrating the October 1789 Versailles uprising, with figures in revolutionary-era dress dancing and cheering.

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Title

A Memorable Day at Versailles

Creator

None Identified

Source

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Date

1789

Rights

Public Domain

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/1133/|de Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870. Vol. 18 (pièces 2908-3106), Ancien Régime et Révolution

Format

JPEG

Language

French

Identifier

1133

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Original Format

Etching and colored wash

Physical Dimensions

16.0 x 14.7 cm

Title (English)

A Memorable Day at Versailles

Title (French)

La Journée mémorable de Versailles, le lundi 5 Octobre 1789

Caption

Dans cette émeute générale plusieurs Gardes du Corps ont été Massacrés, deux d’entre eux furent Décollés et leurs têtes portées en Triomphe par ce même peuple ami de la liberté Nationale.

Caption (English)

In this general riot, several bodyguards have been massacred; two among them were decapitated and their heads carried in triumph by this same people, friend of national liberty.

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Citation

None Identified, “A Memorable Day at Versailles,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 9, 2026, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/1133.