National Assembly Relinquishes All Privileges
Title
National Assembly Relinquishes All Privileges
Description
This image, part of a series produced to show the most important events of the Revolution, focuses on 4 and 5 August 1789, when the system of privileges came to an end. This legal structure, characteristic of the old regime, guaranteed different rights for different people. Most obviously, nobles had advantages over commoners, but the system was a far more general phenomenon that encompassed guilds, cities, and regions. Almost, everyone participated in this system, but grievances were most obviously directed against the nobility. In destroying privilege, the National Assembly meant to set up a new system, in which every individual was equal before the law.
Creator
Isidore-Stanislas Helman (engraver)
Antoine-Jean Duclos (engraver)
Charles Monnet (designer)
Source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Date
1790
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/648/|Michel Hennin. <em>Estampes relatives à l'Histoire de France</em>. Tome 119, Pièces 10386-10489, période : 1789
Format
JPEG
Language
French
Identifier
648
Original Format
Engraving
Physical Dimensions
36 x 47cm
Title (French)
Assemblée Nationale abandon de tous les privilèges, à Versailles, séance de la nuit du 4 au 5 aout 1789
Citation
Isidore-Stanislas Helman (engraver), Antoine-Jean Duclos (engraver), and Charles Monnet (designer), “National Assembly Relinquishes All Privileges,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed December 5, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/648.