File:An amphitheatrical attack on the Bastile (BM 1868,0808.5891).jpg
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[edit]An amphitheatrical attack on the Bastile ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: John Barlow
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Title |
An amphitheatrical attack on the Bastile |
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Description |
English: From the 'Attic Miscellany', i. 41. A stage representation of the fall of the Bastille. At the back of the stage is the gate of a fortress flanked by pinnacled turrets, each with a cock on the summit. Next it is a flimsy timber drawbridge inscribed 'This is a Drawbridge'. In front of the gate and behind a low battlement stands the governor (de Launay), a flag inscribed
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Depicted people | Associated with: Philip Astley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1789 date QS:P571,+1789-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.5891 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) A satire on the much advertised and rival performances during the autumn of 1789 at Astley's Amphitheatre and at Hughes's Royal Circus in St. George's Fields: e.g. Astley advertised 28 and 29 Oct. as the two last days of 'the popular and much admired performances'. 'The Bastille and the head of the Governor together with that of the Prevot des Marchands; . . . the real military proceedings of the armed citizens during the three hours siege of the Bastille . . .' in six scenes. 'Morning Post', 28 Oct. 1789. For the fall of the Bastille see BMSat 7550, &c. Part of this plate was reissued in the 'Carlton House Magazine', June 1794, see 'Catalogue', vii. (Supplementary information) See David Bindman, 'The shadow of the guillotine', BM 1989, cat.20. The satire concerns two rival stage reconstructions of the event, one at Astley's amphitheatre, the other at Hughes' Royal Circus. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5891 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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