Tardieu, After Lafayette - Engraving Of The National Guard Flag For The Administration

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Administrative engraving
Watercolour and gilded etching on laid paper
Overall dimensions : H. 58 ; W. 67 (cm.)
Sight size : H. 31 ; W. 39 (cm.)
Paris, circa 1831

Very rare etching in a royal blue passe-partout frame with tricoloured fillets. Mounted in a black lacquered and varnished beechwood frame with keys, circa 1850.

This document provides information on the protocols surrounding the functioning of King Louis-Philippe's "close guard". King Louis-Philippe triumphed in 1830 thanks to a "bourgeois" militia that adopted the codes established during the Revolution and popularised by the presence of General Lafayette in their ranks. 
Produced around 1830-31, this document was engraved at the suggestion of Lafayette, who was always present on the political scene, as well as Dumas. Its purpose was to standardise the models used in the context of the law of 22 March 1831. This etching was probably therefore addressed to all communes in which the National Guard was placed under the authority of mayors, prefects and the Minister of the Interior (article 6).

Work in comparison: the Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris holds one of these engravings. 

Condition report: minor wear and creasing, no wetness or foxing. New frame, under glass.