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Vue de la montagne elevée au champ de la reunion
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Spatial Coverage | France |
Description | Print shows the Festival of the Supreme Being, inspired by Robespierre, planned by Jacques Louis David, to commemorate the second year of the Republic; a female figure, representing France, riding on a cart with objects of abundance around her, pulled by 6 bulls, is shown at the base of an artificial mountain, as a long procession of citizens makes their way to and up the mountain where, at top, a Liberty cap rises above the tree of liberty. To the left is a tall column with a statue of Hercules on top. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Parades & processions--France--1790-1800. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hercules (Roman mythology)--1790-1800. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Liberty--1790-1800. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Commemorations--France--1790-1800. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Carts & wagons--France--1790-1800. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Political pageantry--France--1790-1800. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mountains--France--1790-1800. |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |