Image of the Attack of 20 June 1792
Title
Image of the Attack of 20 June 1792
Description
By the spring of 1792, the Revolution was in crisis on several fronts—in April, war had been declared on the Habsburg Empire, uprisings were taking place in provincial cities, and the Legislative Assembly was increasingly divided over whether to consolidate gains already made or press forward with more changes. On 20 June crowds of people in Paris took matters into their own hands, invading first the Assembly and then the Tuileries Palace, where they forced the King to don a Phrygian cap and drink a toast to the health of the nation.
Creator
Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Source
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
Date
1792-06-20
Rights
All Rights Reserved
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/174/
Format
JPEG
Language
French
Identifier
174
Original Format
Etching
Physical Dimensions
25.7 x 16.8 cm
Title (French)
Le peuple aux Tuileries, 20 Juin 1792
Citation
Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, “Image of the Attack of 20 June 1792,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed December 13, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/174.