"Destruction of the Bastille", 1789

The throng of workers armed with picks on the battlements of the fortress corresponds to the motley crowd of spectators from all estates below. In the foreground to the right, one sees the children of the Duke of Orléans, who attended the spectacle with their governess, Mme de Genlis.

Pierre and Joseph-Alexandre Le Campion with reference to François-Martin Testard, "Zerstörung der Bastille", colored etching, Paris: Basset 1789; source: Prometheus – Das verteilte Bildarchiv für Forschung und Lehre, Lexikon der Revolutions-Ikonographie, Justus Liebig Universität Gießen, Historisches Institut,  https://prometheus-bildarchiv.de/de/ (fee for access).