France 1700-1789

Coronation processions, Parisian fairs and eighteenth-century dress fill these prints from France 1700-1789, Paul Lacroix's ...

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Coronation processions, Parisian fairs and eighteenth-century dress fill these prints from France 1700-1789, Paul Lacroix's illustrated portrait of French society before the Revolution. The book was published in English in 1876, and its engravings and colour plates draw on earlier artists, among them Watteau, Moreau and the Saint-Aubins. State carriages and royal ceremony contrast with taverns, theatre audiences and domestic interiors, and the settings range from Versailles to the gardens and streets of Paris. Military uniforms and fashionable clothing give the figures particular prominence, so the plates are as much about the people of the ancien régime as its monuments.

Coronation processions, Parisian fairs and eighteenth-century dress fill these prints from France 1700-1789, Paul Lacroix's illustrated portrait of French society before the Revolution. The book was published in English in 1876, and its engravings and colour plates draw on earlier artists, among them Watteau, Moreau and the Saint-Aubins. State carriages and royal ceremony contrast with taverns, theatre audiences and domestic interiors, and the settings range from Versailles to the gardens and streets of Paris. Military uniforms and fashionable clothing give the figures particular prominence, so the plates are as much about the people of the ancien régime as its monuments.

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