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Michel, Jenny Ricard

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen

 Collection — Box BW 61, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS-16947
Content Description This collection contains a leather-bound handwritten manuscript copy of the 1789 Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen, comprising the preamble and all seventeen articles, produced by Jenny Ricard, a fourteen-year-old girl from Nîmes, France. Stamped on the front and back binding is "LA LOI" and "LE ROI" in gilt. The text is written in brown ink throughout, with decorative titles and section headings rendered in red ink and red capitals. The manuscript is signed at the end: "Nîmes...
Dates: 1792