The entrance of the prince of Lambesc to the Tuileries
Pen and black and grey ink, watercolor.
39 x 51 cm
Titled at the bottom The Prince of Lambesc Entering the
Thuilleries at the head of a detachment of German royalty on July 12, 1789 at 7 o'clock in the evening, he put to flight the citizens who were walking there and sabered an old man who was on his way out
On July 12, 1789, the prince Charles Eugène de Lorraine, prince of Lambesc, was charged to take care to maintain the order on the place
Louis XV where a crowd of rioters had gathered, demonstrating against the dismissal of Necker. At the head of the Royal German Regiment, with little experience in maintaining order, he chose to evacuate the Tuileries gardens. In the evening, the rumor spread in Paris, that he would have had some poor people charged. At the end of the provocations of the crowd, without precise order of the court, the royal troops of Besenval and Lambesc left the capital.
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