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François-Auguste Biard: Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, 27 April 1848  wikidata:Q3201377 reasonator:Q3201377
Artist
François-Auguste Biard  (–1889)  wikidata:Q1383101 s:fr:Auteur:François-Auguste Biard
 
François-Auguste Biard
Alternative names
Auguste François Biard
Description French painter
Date of birth/death 30 June 1799 20 June 1889 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lyon Fontainebleau
Work location
Lyon (1813–1835); Paris (1835–1882) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1383101
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Title
English: Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, 27 April 1848
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1849
date QS:P571,+1849-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 261 cm (102.7 in); width: 391 cm (12.8 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,261U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,391U174728
institution QS:P195,Q2946
Accession number
MV 7382
Exhibition history
Notes Versailles, musée national du château et de Trianon
References Joconde database: entry 000PE012141
Authority file
Source/Photographer 1. www.assemblee-nationale.fr
2. langlois.blog.lemonde.fr

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