Chapuy, Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Baptiste Chapuy (1760-18??) was a French engraver. He studied under Janinet and made several engravings in collaboration with him. He made numerous engravings on a variety of subjects throughout the late 18th century and into the early 19th century.
Merchandising the French Revolution and making the Bastille an Icon..
Plan de la Bastille.
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This is a rare 1790 Pierre-François Palloy broadside map of the Bastille published as part of Palloy's brilliant contemporaneous merchandising of the French Revolution. Palloy recognized the significance of the Bastille as a symbol of the French Revolution. With the inspired idea that he would sell off the Bastille block by block, Palloy began demolishing the infamous prison on the night of its Storming. His entrepreneurship and promotional efforts not only made him rich, they also effectively cemented the Storming of the Bastille in the global imagination. The printed ephemera Palloy published to promote his demolition of the rebranding of the Bastille is thus of the utmost significance and rarity - this being just one of just 6 confirmed surviving examples. (more details)