Ici l'on danse: vue de la décoration et Illumination faite sur le terrein de la Bastille pour le jour de la fête de la Confédération française le 14 Juillet 1790

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Title

Ici l'on danse: vue de la décoration et Illumination faite sur le terrein de la Bastille pour le jour de la fête de la Confédération française le 14 Juillet 1790

Collection

Prints depicting dance
Subjects

Names

Chereau, Jacques-François, 1742-1794 (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1790
Place: Paris

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFH Che J Ici 1

Subjects

Dance -- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
Dance -- France -- 18th century
Bastille Day

Genres

Prints

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: A Paris chez J. Chereau Rue St. Jacques pres la Fontaine St. Severin aux Colonnes No. 257.
Statement Of Responsibility: Possibly engraved by Jacques-François Chereau.
Reproduction: Cf. *MGS (French) 89-2194. Chazin-Bennahum, Judith. Dance in the shadow of the guillotine, 1988. Reproduction, p. 83.

Physical Description

Engraving
Extent: Engraving, hand-colored, image: 23 x 36 cm.

Abstract

A great crowd is gathered to celebrate on the site of the Bastille, which is decorated as a huge dance pavilion. Depicts one of the Fêtes Révolutionnaires which took place on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille.

Languages

French

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY906045136-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12169395
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7f534a00-1e97-0133-b131-58d385a7b928

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1790

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ici l'on danse: vue de la décoration et Illumination faite sur le terrein de la Bastille pour le jour de la fête de la Confédération française le 14 Juillet 1790" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1790. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f534a00-1e97-0133-b131-58d385a7b928

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1790). Ici l'on danse: vue de la décoration et Illumination faite sur le terrein de la Bastille pour le jour de la fête de la Confédération française le 14 Juillet 1790 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f534a00-1e97-0133-b131-58d385a7b928

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ici l'on danse: vue de la décoration et Illumination faite sur le terrein de la Bastille pour le jour de la fête de la Confédération française le 14 Juillet 1790" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f534a00-1e97-0133-b131-58d385a7b928

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