Sujet

The Paris Fete - Illumination in the Place de la Concorde, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

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The Paris Fete - Illumination in the Place de la Concorde, 1850. 'Parisians commemorated the proclamation of the Republic...The beautiful Place de la Concorde, which was the chief scene of the display on the occasion, was decorated for the purpose with a view to theatric effect...The square itself was enclosed by a series of columns representing the departments of France, interspersed with lofty poles with tri-coloured flags waving on the top, and rostral columns surmounted by statues. Balustrades encircled the vast space, with 88 antique vases mounted on tripods, and adorned each with three Greek figures holding together by festoons of illuminated garlands...In the evening the illuminations of the Place de la Concorde were magnificent beyond description, and the multitudes that assembled to view them were immense'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_335

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

45,7Mo (5,1Mo) / 42,0cm x 27,3cm / 4960 x 3219 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people crowd crowds square architecture night country entertainment fountain fountains France Paris British celebrations celebration celebrating show illumination firework fireworks obelisk location Victorian century illuminated Britain illuminate newspapers press illuminations Place de la Concorde time of day B&W Parisian engraved engraving fete lit Up 19th century Firework display black & white black and white B W Luxor Obelisk nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News Place de la Revolution ILN newspaper Unknown fête Parisians 19th-century