Primary Source
Entry of the French into Holland
Annotation
From Berthault’s series of great moments of the Revolution, this engraving depicts the victorious entry of the republican French forces into the southern Netherlands (currently Belgium) on 21 January 1795, where a "sister republic" of Batavia would soon be established.
Translation
Title (French)
Entrée des Français dans la Hollande : le 21 janvier 1795
Caption
ou 2 pluviose, an 3.eme de la République
Credits
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault (engraver)
Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (engraver)
de Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870. Vol. 28 (pièces 4623-4855), Ancien Régime et Révolution.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, RESERVE QB-370 (28)-FT 4 De Vinck, 4704.