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Insurrection at Versailles / design'd by H. Bridport ; engrav'd by J.H. Nesmith. – Historic Print

Insurrection at Versailles / design'd by H. Bridport ; engrav'd by J.H. Nesmith., [between 1820 and 1870(?)] — antique engraving
Insurrection at Versailles / design'd by H. Bridport ; engrav'd by J.H. Nesmith., [between 1820 and 1870(?)]. Antique engraving from the Europe collection.

(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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A window into the past: Insurrection at Versailles / design'd by H. Bridport ; engrav'd by J.H. Nesmith., preserved in this antique engraving. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Insurrection at Versailles / design'd by H. Bridport ; engrav'd by J.H. Nesmith.

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Few places in France are as tied to revolt as Versailles, and this engraving, titled *Insurrection at Versailles*, puts the palace grounds at the center of a crowded, turbulent scene. The plate credits H. Bridport as designer and J.H. Nesmith as engraver, but the record does not say which uprising it shows. The best-known episode came in October 1789, when Parisian women marched out to the palace over bread shortages and pressed the royal family back to Paris. Because the print dates from somewhere between 1820 and 1870, it reflects how later decades remembered such events rather than an eyewitness view.

Created / published[between 1820 and 1870(?)]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenreEngravings 1820-1870.
SubjectsRebellions--France--Versailles--1820-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,637 × 3,737 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222315

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