Gericault Life – Hotel de Longueville articles
GLM 2019-2022
Plan of the ground floor of the Hôtel de Longueville (western section) in 1793 – tobacco manufactory in red. Image courtesy of the Archives Nationales (France), 1793 Sept. 5, Citoyen Détailleur au Citoyen Robillard Bail à Loyer, MC/ET/XCVI/565 Notaire Doillot
This index lists all Géricault Life Magazine articles published on Theodore Géricault’s connection to the Hotel de Longueville, the vast complex opening onto the Place du Carrousel and the Tuileries palace in Paris. Each entry contains a permanent link to the article which will open in a new window.
Paris Palace, The first article to place Théodore Géricault’s relations in the Hôtel de Longueville in 1791. (January 2019)
Birth of a Street, Creation of the Passage Longueville; life in the Hôtel de Longueville during Théodore Géricault’s early years in Paris. (March 2019)
Tuileries, Plan of the Tuileries section of Paris close to the Hôtel de Longueville, the Louvre and the Tuileries palace. (February 2019)
Hôtel de Longueville – Détailleur 1791, Meet Jean-Marie Détailleur, lease holder of the Hôtel de Longueville. (February 2022)
Hotel de Longueville 1791 East, Detailed plan of the Hôtel de Longueville facing the rue St. Thomas du Louvre. (February 2022)
Hôtel Longueville 1793 West, Detailed plan of the Hôtel de Longueville facing the Place du Carrousel and rue St. Nicaise. (February 2022)
Tobacco 1791, Discussion of the tobacco trade in France and the foundation of the Géricault family (Robillard) tobacco concern at the Hôtel de Longueville. (February 2019)
1791 Robillard Tobacco Foundation. Archival documents identifying the first partners in the Robillard tobacco concern of 1791. (August 2022)
Hôtel de Longueville August 10, 1792, Representation of 10 August, 1792, attack on the Tuileries palace. (April 2019)
1792 John Money, British general John Money’s account of the 10 August, 1792, attack on the Tuileries palace, and the aftermath. (April 2019)
Gericault Guillotine, Théodore Géricault’s relationship with death and decapitation is rooted, in part, in early family experiences with the guillotine in Paris and Rouen. (May 2019)
Culture Commerce, Englishman Thomas Brunton, tailor, at the Hotel de Longueville. Advertisements (affiches) and solicitations for investors/subscribers. (March 2019)
Culture Commerce 2, Discussion of Etienne Anisson Duperron and Jean-Demosthenes Dugourc’s Republican Wallpaper Manufactury at the Hôtel de Longueville; Carle Vernet, Géricault’s first teacher; and wallpaper and print advertising in England. (April 2019)
Culture Commerce 3, The national auction house at the Hôtel de Longueville and artistic responses to political change. (May 2019)
Republican Playing Cards – Jaume Dugourc, Jean-Demosthenes Dugourc and Urbain Jaume’s Republican Playing Card Manufactory opposite the Hôtel de Longueville. (May 2019)
Thermidor, Terror at the Hôtel de Longueville and among the artists of Paris. (July 2019)
Hotel de Longueville 1795, The Géricault family tobacco concern reforms in 1795. (August 2019)
1798 Entrepreneurs des Fêtes, Jean-Marie Détailleur and his partners first Ball at the Hôtel de Longueville. – (November 2019)
1798 Grand Opening Ballroom at the Hôtel de Longueville. (August 2022)
Hôtel de Longueville – Messageries Balls, Press notifications for the Messageries and Balls at the Hôtel de Longueville in 1797 and 1798. (October 2019)
Hôtel de Longueville – Messageries, Alexandre Fadatte’s Messageries (Stagecoach Line) at the Hôtel de Longueville. (November 2019)
Rue Saint-Nicaise 1799, Attempt on the life of Napoléon Bonaparte on the rue Saint Nicaise injures employees at the Hôtel de Longueville. (June 2019)
Titon Laneuville Hôtel de Longueville, Painter Titon Laneuville, Théodore Géricault’s supporter, at the Hôtel de Longueville. (February 2020)
Mary Berry Paris – 1802, Mary Berry returns to Paris with other English travelers and details her experiences at the Ball at the Hôtel de Longueville. (January 2020)
1808 Amédée-Selim Robillard, Théodore Géricault’s Robillard cousin born at the Hôtel de Longueville in 1792. (May 2022)
1812 Pierre Robillard, Pierre Robillard, elder brother of Amédée-Selim Robillard, Géricault cousin at the Hôtel de Longueville. (May 2022)
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