Une Seance du Comite Fondateur de l'Academie d'Armes

Title: Une Seance du Comite Fondateur de l'Academie d'Armes
Subject: Acadamie d'Armes [society]; Candids; Fencing Societies—France
Description: The first French Academie d'Armes was founded and protected by Charles IX (b. 1550 d. 1574) and was abolished in 1789. The new Acadamie d'Armes pictured here was founded in 1887 and composed of twenty-two of the most prominent fencing masters of Paris, fifty assistant masters, honorary members, correspondent members and military members. The purpose of this new Academie d'Armes was to establish a joint center of study for the masters, to establish fraternity between them, and to promote the art of fencing.
Creator: Frédéric Régamey
Source: Albert de Saint-Albin, "A Travers les Salles d'Armes" A La Librairie illustrée, Paris, 1887.
Publisher: Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Date: 1887
Temporal Coverage: 1880s
Contributor: A La Librairie illustrée (Publisher)
Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0
Language: French
Type: Illustration
Identifier: 2018.02.011
Spatial Coverage: France; Paris
Provenance: Borrowed for digitization from Michigan State University Libraries; Digitized by Benjamin Bowles; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles