l'Ecole d'Escrime Française de la Rue Saint-Marc

Title: l'Ecole d'Escrime Française de la Rue Saint-Marc
Alternative Title: French Fencing School on rue Saint-Marc
Subject: Fencing Schools—France; Public Assaults—France; Salle d'Armes—France
Description: Four combined engravings by E.A. Tilly depicting the fencing school facilities on rue Saint-Marc, Paris, and Monsieur Rüe, the professor of the school. The top image depicts the salle d'armes during a public assault on December 8, 1887, with Messieurs Rue and L'Angle-Beaumanoir at assault with foils. Below the assault is the salon with school members at rest, and at bottom is the dressing and wash room.

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Contributor: E.A. Tilly (Engraver)
Source: L'Illustration
Date: December 24, 1887
number: 2339
page start: 459
page end: 460
Temporal Coverage: See all items with this value 1880s
Publisher: Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0
Is Part Of: Benjamin Bowles Collection
Extent: 23.7 x 34.8 cm (leaf)
Language: French
Type: Magazine article
Identifier: 2020.05.004
Spatial Coverage: France; Paris
Provenance: Loaned for digitization by Benjamin Bowles; Digitized by Benjamin Bowles; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles