Return of the conquerors of the Bastille to the City Hall, 14 July 1789, from "Le Journal Illustré"

Engraver Louis Paul Pierre Dumont French
 After Alexandre Jean Louis Jazet French
 After Paul (Hippolyte) Delaroche French

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A weary, but jubilant crowd arrives at the City Hall in Paris after successfully storming the Bastille, a critical event in precipitating the French Revolution. The caption for this wood engraving, published in the "Le Journal Illustré," explains that it was made after a steel engraving by Jazet, which was in turn after a painting by Delaroche. The painting, now in the collection of the Petit Palais, was part of a state commission to celebrate the heroes of the Revolutions of 1789 and 1830 intended for the Throne Room of the Paris City Hall.

Return of the conquerors of the Bastille to the City Hall, 14 July 1789, from "Le Journal Illustré", Louis Paul Pierre Dumont (French, Paris 1822–1885), Wood engraving

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