La Place des Victoires à Paris

Etcher Aquatint by Samuel Alken British
Publisher Samuel Alken British
November 1789
Not on view
A view of a square in Paris built by Mansard in 1686. A burlesqued statue of Louis XIV stands at left. Figures include an abbé and lady walking together, a two-wheeled chair containing a Frenchman who looks up adoringly at the statue, a stout English tourist in jack boots and lady in a riding habit who watch the scene with bemusement. Beside them stands a bare-footed monk. In the middle distance are a procession of monks and a coach with four footmen.

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Object Information
  • Title: La Place des Victoires à Paris
  • Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Etcher: Aquatint by Samuel Alken (British, London 1756–1815 London)
  • Publisher: Samuel Alken (British, London 1756–1815 London)
  • Date: November 1789
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint
  • Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to image): 13 3/4 x 20 11/16 in. (35 x 52.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.325
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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