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Bastille

Former fortress in Paris, France

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Images referencing Bastille

3 images from works
  • The liberation of a manacled prisoner during the taking of the Bastille on the 14 July 1789. Line engraving with etching.
  • The Bastille, Paris. Line engraving by J.F. Borgnet after J.M. Gudin (?).
  • The storming of the Bastille on the 14 July 1789. Line engraving with etching after H. Singleton.

Works from the collections

43 works

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    Historical remarks and anecdotes on the castle of the Bastille Translated from the French published in 1774.

    Brossais Du Perray | Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]
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    M�emoires sur la Bastille , par M. Linguet.

    Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri, 1736-1794. | Date: M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]
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    A true and minute account of the destruction of the Bastille . By Jean Jaques Calet. A French Protestant, who had been a prisoner, there upwards of twenty years, and in what manner he was taken from his house, and who recovered his liberty on, and who assisted at the demolition of that infamous prison.

    Calet, Jean Jacques | Date: 1800
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    The history of the campaign of 1796, in Germany and Italy

    | Date: 1796
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    A history of the cathedral church of Peterborough , from its foundation to the present time; containing the manner in which it has been destroyed, once by the Danes and twice by fire, and as often re-edified.

    | Date: [1800]
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France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799

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