Le chevalier de Latude, La Fayette and Bailly, France, circa - Lot 109

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Le chevalier de Latude, La Fayette and Bailly, France, circa - Lot 109
Le chevalier de Latude, La Fayette and Bailly, France, circa 1789. Large folded fan, revolutionary, the double sheet in engraved paper enhanced with gouache. In the center, a portrait of Jean-Henri Masers, chevalier de Latude, based on a 1789 work by painter Antoine Vestier. The prisoner is pointing to the Bastille fortress, holding the rope ladder that enabled him to escape in 1756. The story of his escape was very popular during the French Revolution. Latude donated the rope ladder to the City of Paris, and it is now part of the Musée Carnavalet collection. Latude is flanked by two tricolor cockades, portraits of the Marquis de La Fayette and Bailly, Mayor of Paris. Ribbon bows, altars of Love and doves snogging complete the composition. The reverse features four verses dedicated to Revolutionary heroes La Fayette, Bailly and Latude. Handwritten on the right: "Ce te vantall apartient". Wooden mounting. (Restorations.) Height 40.7 cm; leaf height 20.5 cm. In a box bearing the address of the Parisian fan maker Duvelleroy. Circa 1900. Expert : Georgina Letourmy-Bordier
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