Jean Sylvain Bailly, 1736-1793 – Antique Wall Art
![Jean Sylvain Bailly, 1736-1793, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ba/ba9bc08c851e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Jean Sylvain Bailly, 1736-1793, an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Jean Sylvain Bailly, 1736-1793
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Jean Sylvain Bailly, the astronomer, is the subject here, and the portrait shows a man better known for the sky than for the street. Bailly studied celestial motion and wrote a widely read history of astronomy before the Revolution, and he was elected to the Academy of Sciences. In 1789 he became the first mayor of Paris, a post he held through the early years of the upheaval until he ordered troops to fire on a crowd in 1791, an act that cost him popular support. He was guillotined in November 1793. The card gives no date for this engraving, so it is best read as a later likeness made to commemorate a man whose career ended in the Terror.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 966 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156685 |
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