Presenté et dedié a la convention National l'an 2 de la Republique
1793
Medium
Etching and stipple engraving, roulette and burnishing in black on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 41 × 60.8 cm (16 3/16 × 23 15/16 in.); Sheet: 52.4 × 64.1 cm (20 11/16 × 25 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
148581
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The little-known Parisian printmaker A. Duplessis specialized in allegorical representations of events surrounding the French Revolution. This large sheet celebrates the 1793 constitution, which was based on the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man, with additions including the abolition of slavery and the right of rebellion. Delicate roulette shading contrasts the architectural space occupied by the National Convention with the outside crowds. The burnished beam of light issuing from the cloud...