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The Bastile dissected

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

  • Alphabet discs
  • The spot where the body of Shelley was burned
  • Sketchbook containing views recording a tour in Switzerland and France
  • Anne Wagner album
  • Lord Byron, as he appeared after his daily ride at Pisa & Genoa
  • Julia Conyers album
  • Watercolor portrait of Lord Byron
  • The great aerial navigator, or atmospheric machine!
  • Conundrum fan
  • Ettore
  • Lives of the necromancers (with tipped in autograph letter signed to Thomas Northmore, 3 January [1803])
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet
  • Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus; to which is added vol. 1 of F. Schiller's The Ghost-Seer
  • Lady Anne Hamilton commonplace book of poetry
  • Songs of innocence
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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Title
The Bastile dissected
Additional title: Bastille dissected
Collection

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: visual materials

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1795 (Approximate)
Place: London?
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz VMAT
Shelf locator: Pforz (OBJ. 0003)
Topics
France -- History -- Storming of the Bastille, 1789
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
Genres
Jigsaw puzzles
Puzzles
Ephemera
Prints
Notes
Content: Lacking one puzzle piece; with a blank piece shaped to fill the empty space. -- With a price written on the box label in a contemporary hand: "2s."
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: 21 pieces + box : ill. (hand colored) ; 152 x 240 mm. (assembled)
Description
Hand-colored engraved scene of the storming of the Bastille, mounted to thin wooden board and cut into a 21-piece puzzle; within a wooden box with sliding lid and engraved label.
Type of Resource
Three dimensional object
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19980492
RLIN/OCLC: 862978634
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19984930
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f802de80-3a71-013e-10fd-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1795: Issued
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "The Bastile dissected" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1795. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d7c2260-3a72-013e-13bf-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "The Bastile dissected" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d7c2260-3a72-013e-13bf-0242ac110003

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1795). The Bastile dissected Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d7c2260-3a72-013e-13bf-0242ac110003

Wikipedia Citation

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The Bastile dissected