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La France pleure les victimes, ses representants pleurent les bourreaux
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Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Gihaut

La France pleure les victimes, ses representants pleurent les bourreaux

1830

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La France pleure les victimes, ses representants pleurent les bourreaux

1830

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 385 x 292 mm. (15 3/16 x 11 1/2 in.) Image: 250 x 280 mm. (9 13/16 x 11 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 1996.48.5568
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
Phillip Dennis Cate. Circa 1800: The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking, 1775-1835. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, 1981, cat. no. 60, fig. 73 (published as “La France pleure ses victims… Martigna defend Charles X”).

Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower right "DC" Inscribed in stone: lower center "La France pleure les victimes, ses représentants pleurent les bourreaux. / Plus que personne j'ai connu Charles X il ne voulait point le mal son cœur était bon. / Je dirai ici qu il voulait le bien de la France. / (Chambre des Pairs) / Je le déclare le reproche de férocité ne saurait être adressé à ce malheureux prince. / Je le déclare l'amour de la patrie brûlait dans son cœur. / pourquoi donc insulter au malheur. (Chambre des Députés)"

Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)

Artist

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

French, 1803-1860

French, 1803-1860
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Printer

Gihaut

French

French
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