Costumes of the Council of Five Hundred
Title
Costumes of the Council of Five Hundred
Description
In this bicameral legislature, the smaller of the two councils (the Elders with 250 members) had to pass all the legislation, while the Five Hundred could initiate legislation. The revolutionaries decided on the division of authority. The directors functioned as the executive branch, in order to make less possible the consolidation of power, as in the Terror.
Creator
Jaques St. Sauveur
Labrousse (sculptor)
Source
Museé de la Révolution Française, Vizille
Date
1795
Rights
All Rights Reserved
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/56/|Images de la Révolution française : catalogue du vidéodisque, 1990, 31918-31919
Format
JPEG
Language
French
Identifier
56
Original Format
Engraving
Physical Dimensions
16 x 10 cm
Title (French)
Conseil des Cinq Cents
Citation
Jaques St. Sauveur and Labrousse (sculptor), “Costumes of the Council of Five Hundred,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed December 21, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/56.