Memorable Day at Versailles, 5 October 1789 Still Image

Colored engraving of jubilant men and women riding a cannon carriage pulled by horses, waving branches and a tricolor flag, celebrating the October 1789 march on Versailles.
Hand-colored engraving of a horse-drawn cannon cart carrying celebrating men and women in period dress, waving poplar branches, with a man on horseback leading the way, titled "Journée Mémorable de Versailles, 5 Octobre 1789."

Dublin Core

Title

Memorable Day at Versailles, 5 October 1789

Description

This engraving marks success and reconciliation among revolutionaries, as men and women, as well as soldiers and civilians, relax together.

Creator

None Identified

Source

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Date

1789

Rights

Public Domain

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/540/|Collection de Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870. Vol. 18 (pièces 2908-3106), Ancien Régime et Révolution

Format

JPEG

Language

French

Identifier

540

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Engraving

Physical Dimensions

16.5 x 22.5cm

Title (French)

Journée mémorable de Versailles : le lundi 5 octobre 1789

Caption

Nos Modernes Amazones glorieuses de leurs Victoires revinrent à Cheval sur les Canons, avec plusieurs Messieurs de la Garde Nationale, tenant des branches de Peupliers au bruit des cris réitérés de Vive la Nation, Vive le Roi.

Caption (English)

Our modern Amazons, glorious for their victories, return on horse and upon cannons, with several good men of the National Guard, holding poplar branches to the repeated cries of “Vive la Nation, vive le Roi!”

Citation

None Identified, “Memorable Day at Versailles, 5 October 1789,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 9, 2026, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/540.