From the 'Attic Miscellany', i. 41. A stage representation of the fall of the Bastille. At the back of the stage is the gate of a fortress flanked by pinnacled turrets, each with a cock on the summit. Next it is a flimsy timber drawbridge inscribed 'This is a Drawbridge'. In front of the gate and behind a low battlement stands the governor (de Launay), a flag inscribed
<p><br>'France' over his shoulder, but holding out a cloth inscribed 'D------n You
<br>what do you want'. In the foreground are the assailants of the Bastille with muskets, some in regimentals with cocked hats and long pigtail queues. One man in back view, striking an attitude, fires with his cane a toy cannon. They have a 'Standard of Liberty' of makeshift appearance. There are eight men on the right and two on the extreme left, one of whom holds up a cloth inscribed 'No Bastille'. On the front of the stage is a paper: 'Mr Centaur can assure the publick since his return from Paris [engraved above 'Dublin', which has been struck out] that this here Bastile is the most exactest of any of the Bastiles existin.' The actors are out of proportion to the scenery which is on a very small scale. A festooned curtain hangs above the heads of the actors.  1 November 1789
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<p>Print made by: John Barlow
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<dl><dd>After: Samuel Collings</dd>
<dd>Published by: Bentley &amp; Co</dd></dl></div>
1789<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1789-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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