Farewell Bastille Still Image

A commoner in a tricolor-cockaded hat plays bagpipes beside a defeated lion, while a soldier brandishes his sword at a fleeing priest, with the Bastille looming behind them.

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Title

Farewell Bastille

Description

This hand–colored engraving equates the taking of the Bastille with the rise of the Third Estate against the clergy and nobility. A commoner in a black hat sporting a tricolor cockade plays the bagpipe triumphantly over the fallen lion of the absolutist monarchy. To the side, a revolutionary soldier raises his sword to menace a priest.

Creator

None Identified

Source

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Date

1789

Rights

Public Domain

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/153/|Michel Hennin. Estampes relatives à l'Histoire de France. Tome 118, Pièces 10278-10385, période : 1789

Format

JPEG

Language

French

Identifier

153

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Engraving

Physical Dimensions

19 x 27.5 cm

Title (English)

Farewell Bastille

Title (French)

Adieu Bastille

Caption

Adieu Bastille

Caption (English)

Farewell Bastille

Citation

None Identified, “Farewell Bastille,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 9, 2026, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/153.