Lithograph, from "Iconographie des Contemporains depuis 1789 Jusqu'a 1829".
Henri Gregoire a remarkable and contradictory character who despite being Bishop of Blois supported the Revolution. He wished to abolish slavery, and eliminate the local dialects by imposing French speaking throughout the country. He wrote a pamphlet deploring the destruction of historical monuments in which the term vandalism was used for the first time.
Lithograph, from "Iconographie des Contemporains depuis 1789 Jusqu'a 1829".
Henri Gregoire a remarkable and contradictory character who despite being Bishop of Blois supported the Revolution. He wished to abolish slavery, and eliminate the local dialects by imposing French speaking throughout the country. He wrote a pamphlet deploring the destruction of historical monuments in which the term vandalism was used for the first time.
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| Publication | 1832. Image 4in x 3in. Sheet size 10.5in x 6.5in |
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