COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1415827
Reference Number:
R207075
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Discours du Roi prononcé le 5 mai 1789, jour où Sa Majesté a fait l'ouverture des États-Généraux
Creator:
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1789
Publication Details:
Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Didot l'ainé; France Paris
Description:
Louis XVI's speech on the opening of 'États-Généraux', 5th May 1789. Printed on silk. Decorative border. Illustrations in margins signed 'Par M. de la Harpe' and below text: 'Chez l'artiste, rue des Cinq Diamonts'. Portrait spaces in margins unfilled and royalist header image and word 'Roi' in title both cut out.
Language Code:
fre-FR
Subject:
France--History--1789-1793
Subject:
France. États généraux
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Broadsides
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Silk (textile)
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Item Height:
530 mm
Item Width:
390 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of, 1871-1940, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Notes:
Presented to The John Rylands Library by David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford, in 1924.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2014-07-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Educational Notes:
Writing, Printing and Reading Revolutions in France, 1789-1871
Academic Project Lead:
Alexander Fairfax-Cholmeley
Collection Code:
Rylands
