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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