Burning the Guardhouse on the Pont Neuf
Title
Burning the Guardhouse on the Pont Neuf
Description
This retrospective shows that early in the Revolution targets were often economic. This should be no surprise as the populace had a long tradition of taking the law into its own hands to rectify what they saw as injustices. Here a guardhouse is destroyed during a riot focused on a network of facilities regulating the market. Most dangerously, the crowd burned an effigy of Brienne, the leading minister in the government. Economic complaints were spilling into the political arena.
Creator
Claude Niquet (engraver)
Abraham Girardet (engraver and illustrator)
Source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Date
1802
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/85/|Michel Hennin. <em>Estampes relatives à l'Histoire de France</em>. Tome 116, Pièces 10092-10183, période : 1786-1788|<span>de Vinck. <em>Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870</em>. Vol. 9 (pièces 1423-1570), Ancien Régime et Révolution</span>
Format
JPEG
Language
French
Identifier
85
Original Format
Engraving
Physical Dimensions
26 x 34 cm
Title (French)
Incendie du corps de garde sur le Pont Neuf, le 29 aout 1788
Citation
Claude Niquet (engraver) and Abraham Girardet (engraver and illustrator), “Burning the Guardhouse on the Pont Neuf,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed December 4, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/85.