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The Public Promenade

1792
Not on view
An accomplished printmaker and social satirist, Debucourt matched wits with British caricaturists as revolutions roiled at home and abroad. While Paris prepared for a bloodbath, Debucourt pictured the swells admiring each other in the Palais Royale gardens. Rowlandson's color aquatint of the satisfied crowd in London's lush Vauxhall Gardens provided inspiration.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Public Promenade
  • Artist: Louis Philibert Debucourt (French, Paris 1755–1832 Paris)
  • Date: 1792
  • Medium: Etching, engraving, and aquatint printed in color
  • Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 23 1/4 in. (36.5 x 59.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
  • Object Number: 61.531
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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