Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker (IPA: [ʒak nɛkɛʁ]; 30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a banker from Geneva who became a finance minister for Louis XVI. He tried to make France's tax system better.
His dismissal on 1789 caused the Storming of the Bastille.
Jacques Necker Media
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Suzanne Curchod, Necker's wife
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Daughter Germaine Necker by Carmontelle 1780
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Château de Madrid, Necker's home in Neuilly-sur-Seine
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Necker, Jacques, par Boillet, BNF Gallica
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Compte Rendu au Roi by Necker, Paris 1781
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Jean-Michel Moreau, Le festin royal, 1782, NGA 2791
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In this 1789 engraving, James Gillray caricatures the triumph of Necker (seated, on left) in 1789, comparing its effects on freedom unfavorably to those of William Pitt the Younger in Britain. France has the caption "Freedom," while Britain has the caption "Slavery."
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Early French banknote issue by Domaines Nationaux – Assignat for 100 livres, 1790 Issue
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- Coppet, Château de Coppet, vue partielle; Vue partielle de la façade et de la cour intérieure du Château de Coppet, dans le canton de Vaud
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Schloss Coppet. Wohnsitz von Madame de Staël.