Artiste(s):

unknown maker

after Raffet, Auguste (1804-1860)

Titre anglais composé:

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.'

Sujet(s):

Vendémiaire, 13, an IV (5 October 1795)

Cote:

DC203 H43 1900z

Endroit supplémentaire:

vol. 2, p. 24