C'est ainsi qu'on se venge des traitres – Historic Print
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Few pictures from 1789 name their victims as plainly as this one, which pairs Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, governor of the Bastille, with Jacques de Flesselles, the provost of the Paris merchants. Both were killed by crowds on 14 July 1789, during the storming of the Bastille, when angry Parisians seized and executed officials they believed had betrayed the city. The title, roughly "This is how one takes revenge on traitors," presents the killings as retribution rather than murder, a stance many engravings of the early Revolution took. Its combined mezzotint and engraving was typical of the inexpensive commentary prints sold in Paris during those years.
| Created / published | 1789 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : mezzotint and engraving. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) French 1780-1790.Intaglio prints French 1780-1790. |
| Notes | Title from item. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Launay, Bertrand-René Jourdan de--Death & burial--France--Paris. Flesselles, Jacques de--Death & burial--France--Paris. Decapitations--France--1780-1790. France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Military personnel. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,640 × 5,673 px · prints to 15 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226069 |
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