Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Storming of the Bastille

 
Original - French etching from 1789 depicting the storming of the Bastille.
Reason
This French etching from 1789 depicts one of the most important events from the early phase of the French Revolution and illustrates the event as it was communicated within France the year the event occurred. A historic document in a high resolution file. English translation provided at image hosting page. Restored version of Image:Storming the bastille.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Storming of the Bastille, Public holidays in France, Bernard-René de Launay
Creator
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Promoted Image:Storming the bastille 4.jpg --jjron (talk) 08:19, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]