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Builidng contractor Pierre-François Palloy (23 January 1755 – 1835), calling himself Patriot Palloy, promptly took advantage of the storming of the Bastille by assuming control over its demolition and selling fragments as souvenirs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Palloy#/media/File:Carnavalet_-_Mod%C3%A8le_r%C3%A9duit_de_la_Bastille_01.jpg)

Here, he adopts Andrieu's scene by using lead from the chains of the Bastille and adding a description to that effect. (1) An original (2) my bronze cast copy

4/n

Same as the preceding, but in bronze

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