The visual rhetoric of Jean-Louis Prieur. (engravings of French Revolution)

Canadian Journal of History | December 1, 1997| | Copyright

From the beginning of the French Revolution the people of France were aware that they were living through a time of momentous change, and they understandably wanted a visual record of the events that marked the beginning of a new era. In the absence of the camera the only way to create that record was through prints. The most ambitious and successful of the commercial ventures that offered prints illustrating revolutionary events for sale to the public was the Tableaux historiques de la Rivolution francaise, comprised of 144 engravings covering the period 20 June 1789 to 18 ...

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