Sujet
'Jacques Turgot', (1933). Creator: Unknown.
Légende
'Jacques Turgot', (1933). Portrait of French statesman and economist Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, baron de l'Aulne (1727-1781). Turgot was an advocate of free trade and laissez-faire principles in economics. As comptroller-general of finances (1774-1776), he advocated radical reforms to the French economy and taxation system. His policies, particularly edicts abolishing guilds and levying taxation on all, including the nobility, made Turgot many enemies, and Louis XVI was persuaded to demand his resignation. Turgot's edicts were repealed, but his conviction that the only alternative to radical reform was revolution proved to be correct in 1789. From "Gestalten Der Weltgeschichte", a book of cigarette-card portrait miniatures of figures in world history from the last four hundred years. [Germany, 1933]
The Print Collector collection
Date
1933
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19D52_467
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
54,2Mo (2,6Mo) / 32,6cm x 41,7cm / 3853 x 4920 (300dpi)