View of the Bastille St. Anthony’s Gate and Part of the Suburbs of Paris
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The Bastille about a decade before its destruction.
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Description
This beautiful copperplate engraving was originally published in 1779 as part of Charles Middleton’s Complete System of Geography. The print presents a sweeping view of the Bastille in Paris, a notorious fortress and prison that functioned as a catalyst for the French Revolution.
Home to such state prisoners as ‘The Man in the Iron Mask’, the armory was ‘stormed’ and subsequently destroyed on July 14, 1789. Immediately to the right of the imposing edifice is the Porte Saint-Antoine, one of the several gates that punctuated the fortified walls of Paris.
Map Details
Publication Date: 1779
Author: Charles Middleton
Sheet Width (in): 14.4
Sheet Height (in): 8.9
Condition: A-
Condition Description: Scattered soiling and discoloration visible in the margins, including two faint damp stains on the right side. Pieces of archival tape on the verso where previously matted. Very good overall, with attractive modern hand color.
$110.00
1 in stock