Attack on the Bastille Still Image

Engraving of armed revolutionaries charging through gun smoke with muskets and bayonets raised, storming the Bastille amid fallen bodies and cannon fire.

Dublin Core

Title

Attack on the Bastille

Description

This engraving of the attack highlights the heroism of the people charging determinedly into the billowing clouds and firing relentlessly in the face of strong resistance emanating from the fortress.

Source

Cornell 4606.17.33

Date

July 14, 1789

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/188/

Identifier

188

Citation

“Attack on the Bastille,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 9, 2026, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/188.