Mr. de Lamartine, haranguing the people at the Hôtel de Ville, February 26, 1848., Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer, between 1875 and 1882

In this illustration, a key representative of the 1848 revolutionaries in paris, lamartine, addresses a group of likeminded revolutionaries on the value and significance of the new french flag. The provisional government of the february revolution in 1848 took over and temporarily inhabited the hôtel de ville. Date: between 1875 and 1882. Dimensions: 10 x 13 cm. Medium: lithograph. Collection: Brown University Library. M. de Lamartine, haranguant le peuple à l'Hôtel de Ville, 26 février 1848