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        "tombstone": "The Storming of the Bastille, July 14, 1789 , 1790. Charles Th\u00e9venin (French, 1764\u20131838). Etching; sheet: 41.6 x 58.5 cm (16 3/8 x 23 1/16 in.); image: 36.9 x 58.1 cm (14 1/2 x 22 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust, 2015.21",
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                    "title": "Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings",
                    "description": "<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).",
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        "description": "Overtaking the Bastille, a fortress prison and symbol of the monarchy\u2019s power, was a turning point in the French Revolution (1789\u201399). This etching of the successful rebellion is the only print made by the history painter Charles Th\u00e9venin. Typically, artists recorded historical events in paintings that printmakers then engraved with tools called burins, but in this case Th\u00e9venin drew his composition directly on the prepared etching plate, capturing a sense of the excitement he claimed to have witnessed firsthand. A newspaper announcement for the etching marveled at its capacity to expediently relate the emotional spirit of the revolutionary event, for which viewers would otherwise have to \u201cawait vainly from the cold burin.\u201d",
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