Artist(s):
after Raffet, Auguste (1804-1860)
Composed Title English:
Defeat of the sections.
Inscription:
[on opp. p. : Photo-Etching. - After Painting by Raffet.]
Description:
Bonaparte on horseback leading the repression of the royalist insurgents on the steps of the church of St-Roch, with a 'whiff of gunpowder'. The operation would gain him the respect of the Directory earn him the nickname 'Général Vendémiaire.'
Subject Heading(s):
Vendémiaire, 13, an IV (5 October 1795)
LocNo:
Added Location:
vol. 2, p. 24