French Revolution of 1848, American Delegation to Provisional Government, c.1848

1848 · Views & Engravings

French Revolution of 1848, American Delegation to Provisional Government, c.1848

Name: French Revolution of 1848, American Delegation to Provisional Government, c.1848
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14302-29
Price: 545 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1848
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 26.4 × 36.3 cm (10.4 × 14.3 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition for age. Light age toning and scattered foxing primarily in the margins. Minor handling wear and slight discoloration consistent with age. The image remains strong and well-preserved. Please study photographs carefully. Unframed.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-14302-29

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A deputation of Americans in Paris presenting flags to the Provisional Government of France on 6 March 1848, an original lithograph issued in Paris in 1848. The sheet is printed in black and lettered with a long caption in French and English beneath the image, and the lower margin carries a Paris publisher's line and the lithographer's name.

At the center, two men shake hands before a raised platform: the American spokesman, Mr. Goodrich, and Arago of the provisional government. Around them a crowd of men in dark frock coats presses in, many with a hand on the heart or an arm raised, and two large flags, the Stars and Stripes at the left and the French tricolor at the right, wave over the scene. Statues stand on pedestals in the background.

The caption explains that the Americans came to offer the flags of the United States as a sign of sympathy with the new republic, a few days after the fall of Louis-Philippe in February 1848.

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