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Months in the Second Year of the French Republican Calendar
Salvatore Tresca (mentioned on object), 1792 - 1794
The calendar sheets are illustrated with young women flimsily attired in the latest Neoclassical fashion. After the French Revolution of 1789, the Republicans emphatically distanced themselves from the past, the Ancien Régime. They replaced the old Gregorian calendar and gave the months new names based on natural elements. This publication, which is reminiscent of later pin-up calendars, may have been intended for an intimate private setting.
- Artwork typeprint, calendar
- Object numberRP-P-2017-6023-7
- Dimensionsheight 330 mm x width 231 mm
- Physical characteristicsstippelgravure, gravure en ets met de hand gekleurd