Genl. E. Cavaignac: appointed provisional president of the French republic with the powers of a dictator, June 23, 1848 – Historic Reproduction
(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 Genl. E. Cavaignac: appointed provisional president of the French republic with the powers of a dictator, June 23, 1848, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Genl. E. Cavaignac: appointed provisional president of the French republic with the powers of a dictator, June 23, 1848
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Nathaniel Currier's New York shop turned European news into a portrait of General Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, who was named provisional president of the French republic with dictatorial powers in late June 1848. He had just crushed the workers' uprising in Paris known as the June Days, a bloody street fight that followed the closing of the national workshops. The lithograph reached American buyers within months, showing how quickly European upheaval became a subject for domestic printshop walls. Hand coloring, typical of the firm's 1840s output, gives the portrait a bright immediacy.
| Created / published | New York : Published by N. Currier, c1848. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2492 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,035 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174534 |
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