Satirical scene showing Lafayette bearing a candle over his head, surmounted by a Phrygian cap., n.d.
Item — Box: 184
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents
Anonymous engraving. Inscription: "M.r de Lafayette est comme une chandelle qui ne brille que chez le Peuple..." [1790?] 85mm. x 100mm.
Dates
- n.d.
Creator
- From the Collection: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834. (Person)
- From the Collection: Lafayette, Marie Adrienne de Noailles, marquise de, 1759-1807. (Person)
- From the Collection: Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849. (Person)
- From the Collection: Noailles de Tessé, Adrienne-Catherine, comtesse de, -1814. (Person)
- From the Collection: Tessé, René Mans de Froullay, comte de, 1736-1814. (Person)
- From the Collection: Beauchet, Philippe. (Person)
- From the Collection: Hénin, Etiennette de Montconseil, princesse d\'. (Person)
- From the Collection: Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817. (Person)
- From the Collection: Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828. (Person)
- From the Collection: Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817. (Person)
- From the Collection: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. (Person)
- From the Collection: Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832. (Person)
- From the Collection: Owen, Robert, 1771-1858. (Person)
- From the Collection: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. (Person)
- From the Collection: Marshall, John, 1755-1835. (Person)
- From the Collection: Madison, James, 1751-1836. (Person)
- From the Collection: Adams, John, 1735-1826. (Person)
- From the Collection: Monroe, James, 1758-1831. (Person)
- From the Collection: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. (Person)
- From the Collection: Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850. (Person)
- From the Collection: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. (Person)
- From the Collection: Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. (Person)
- From the Collection: Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. (Person)
- From the Collection: Willard, Emma, 1787-1870. (Person)
- From the Collection: Wright, Frances, 1795-1852. (Person)
- From the Collection: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. (Person)
- From the Collection: Cadet de Gassicourt, C.-L. (Charles-Louis), 1769-1821. (Person)
- From the Collection: Carnot, Lazare, 1753-1823. (Person)
- From the Collection: France. Armée. Garde nationale (Paris) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material mainly in French, with a few items in English.
Extent
49.6 cubic feet. (49.6 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu