Exhibition
Whistler on the Thames
29 Apr 2016
UCL Art Museum
London, United Kingdom
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Jean-Michel Moreau after Noël Le Mire, Louis Seize: Bonnet des Jacobins donné au Roi, le 6 Juin 1792, Copper Engraving, UCL Art Museum
Exhibition
Revolution under a King: French Prints 1789-92
11 Jan 2016 – 10 Jun 2016
Regular hours
- Tuesday
- 13:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 13:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 13:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 13:00 – 17:00
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- South Cloisters, University College London
- Gower Street
- London
- WC1E 6BT
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: 10, 18, 30, 24, 29, 73, 134
- Tube: Euston, Euston Square, Goodge Street or Warren Street
- King's Cross
Event map
Revolution under a King features a selection of prints from the early, highly volatile years of the French Revolution, curated by Emeritus Professor David Bindman and Dr Richard Taws, in collaboration between UCL Art Museum and UCL History of Art.
About
It is well known that a chain of key historical events characterised the French Revolution, making it effectively the biggest political media event of its time. These events were communicated extensively throughout Europe in print culture and the combination of image and text, employed extensively in newspapers and graphic works, made for powerful satire and caricature.It is however often overlooked that the pivotal moment, the Fall of the Bastille, was in fact followed by three years in which the king of France still nominally presided over the dissolution of the old feudal order. It is this period that is the focus of the exhibition, tracing the early years of the Revolution from the ‘June Days’ of 1789, through the Fall of the Bastille, to the eventual deposition of the Louis XVI in 1792. The exhibition will consist of vivid coloured prints of major events from the period, and a selection of medals, including one made from ‘chains of servitude’ supposedly found in the ruins of the Bastille.
