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The Inauguration Ceremony of the July Column
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Charles-François Daubigny and Joseph Louis Trimolet

The Inauguration Ceremony of the July Column

1840

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The Inauguration Ceremony of the July Column

Charles-François Daubigny and Joseph Louis Trimolet

The Inauguration Ceremony of the July Column

The Inauguration Ceremony of the July Column

1840

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 259 x 383 mm. (10 3/16 x 15 1/16 in.) Image: 159 x 295 mm. (6 1/4 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.4518
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Inscribed in plate: lower center "DÉDIÉ A LA GARDE NATIONALE / 28 Juillet 1840. / Partout luira l'égalité féconde / Les vieilles lois errent sur des débris / Le monde ancien finit d'un nouveau monde / La France est reine et son louvre est Paris / A vous, enfans, ce fruit des trois journées / Ceux qui sont là vous fravaient le chemin / Le sang français des grands destinées / Trace en tout temps la route au genre humain / Béranger / à Paris chez les Mds. d'Estampes"; lower right "Trimolet et Doubigny [sic] del. & sc."

Markings: None

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