Author(s):
lesueur, jean-baptiste (paris, in 1749 - plailly, in 1826), designer
other title: le prince lambesc aux thuilleries (inscribed title (letter))
date of production: between 1789 and 1790
type(s) of object(s): drawing, graphic arts
name(s): drawing
dimensions - artwork:
height: 36cm
width: 53. 5cm
description:
set of 83 known revolutionary gouaches, including 73 preserved at the carnavalet museum. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
legend - on the front of the old montage, under gouache, label with handwritten legend in ink: "le prince lambesc at thuilleries. / when we learned [sic] at the court what was happening in paris, we believed that the presence of a few troops would impose on the people, and make them/ return to duty. Around 7 o'clock in the evening the royal-german cavalry regiment, having the prince lambesc, his colonel at the head, came / lined up in the place louis quickly [sic], this action / outraged the public and made the factious / more bold to follow their projects. Inscription - on the front of the old montage, top right, handwritten label in ink: "2nd sheet" \ inscription in ink
stamp - front: "carnavalet"
iconographic description:
historical scene: lorraine eugène-charles de (1751-1825), prince of lambesc, royal-german, rider, charge, crowd, bourgeois, woman, child, old man, dog, fear; french revolution. Historical commentary:
unfortunate charge of july 12, 1789. Lesueur, like many other illustrators of this scene, emphasizes the episode of the old man pushed and slashed by lambesc. All of lesueur's gouaches preserved at the carnavalet museum constitute a unique testimony to the revolutionary period. A sort of diary in images, the technique in which it is produced, as well as its scale, suggest a public, theatrical or "museographic" function. These small paintings and - a little differently - the texts which accompany them, reflect the varied feelings, sometimes enthusiastic, sometimes reproachful, of the parisian petty bourgeoisie facing the revolutionary event and daily life. Historical scenes, more innocuous skits, or isolated characters like military figurines are captured with liveliness, accuracy of observation, sense of color and layout which give them great flavor. The undeniable documentary interest of the series is particularly clear with regard to sans-culottes, the army, women, costume; but also mentalities and their evolution in the political situation of the years 1789-1806, and this with all the more force as the gouaches were painted immediately after the event or the fact that they represent. Acquisition mode: dation
name of donor, testator, seller: bidault de l'isle, georges
date of acquisition: 17–10–1977
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: d. 9056. Date: between 1789 and 1790.
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