[28a] July Column (Colonne de Juillet) , Paris, France [front]

Creator

Architect/Sculptor of Monument

Jean-Antoine Alavoine and Joseph-Luis Duc

Outline of Content

Antique Photo Card Image ( carte-de-visite) - Located under download button

Re-edited image - Located under Additional Files

Background Research - Located under Additional Files

Bibliography of Sources - Located under Additional Files

Student Author

Emmet Cummings

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Identifier

28a

Medium

carte-de-visite

Keywords

Paris, France, Revolution of 1830, cartes-de-visite (card photographs), July Column:1840, Jean-Antoine Alavoine, Joseph-Luis Duc, Palace de la Bastille, neoclassical, Revolution of 1848, Louis Phillipe

Physical Dimensions

64 mm x 105 mm

Date of Publication

2022

Date of Publication

Unkown

Name of Monument

July Column (Colonne de Juillet)

Date of Creation of Monument

Summer 7-1831

Date of Completion or Dedication of Monument

Summer 7-1840

City of Monument

Paris

Location within City

Place de la Bastille

State/Province of Monument

Île-de-France

Country of Monument

France

Description

A carte-de-visite of the July Column (or Colonne de Juillet), a large Corinthian-style column that was built on the site of the Bastille prison to commemorate the 1830 Revolution. While a monument was originally planned to be built in 1793 to commemorate the Fall of the Bastille and the beginning of the 1789 French Revolution, nothing was built until King Louis-Phillipe commissioned this column which was finished in 1840. Designed by Jean Antoine Alavoine and Joseph Luis Duc, the column stands at 169 feet and is topped with an angel called the Spirit of Freedom. The vaults underneath contain the remains of rioters killed in both the Revolution of 1830, which brought King Louis-Phillipe to power, and the 1848 Revolution that overthrew him.

School of Art/Architecture

Neoclassical

Publisher

Teruel

Digital Date

Spring 3-1-2022

Copyright

Original physical carte-de-visite is in the public domain. Digital copy scanned by Rod Library, ©2022 Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa.

Rights Advisory

Original print carte-de-visite card is in the public domain; U.S. and International copyright laws protect this digital object. Commercial use of this digital object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

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