I'm actually not sure where the original of the portrait of Robespierre as a child is from. I've seen it in books and around the internet, but I don't recall seeing a source.
The only attribution I've seen was in a dodgy 19th Century googlebook which says "from a portrait by Boze" which seems wrong for various reasons - I wondered if was an attempt by someone to imagine a young Robespierre from the Boze painting.
This book also states that Robespierre did not live at LLG while taking his degree, but got a evening job doing legal copyist work, which paid for digs and nice hair, giving Hamel as a source. I have to admit, I'm rather fond of Robespierre working through college, but I've never seen it mentioned anywhere else, so I assume it is bunk. Any idea if there's any truth in ramen noodle Robespierre?
most historians think it's accurate because being chosen to do that reflects rather well on Robespierre and Proyart probably wouldn't have made it up for that reason.
And it would have been a fairly audacious thing to make up, I suppose. There'd have been plenty of other people around who would remember that particular event.
I just finished my last exam and once I'm done revising my paper tomorrow, I'll be done for the year.
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Date: 2010-05-23 07:49 pm (UTC)The only attribution I've seen was in a dodgy 19th Century googlebook which says "from a portrait by Boze" which seems wrong for various reasons - I wondered if was an attempt by someone to imagine a young Robespierre from the Boze painting.
This book also states that Robespierre did not live at LLG while taking his degree, but got a evening job doing legal copyist work, which paid for digs and nice hair, giving Hamel as a source. I have to admit, I'm rather fond of Robespierre working through college, but I've never seen it mentioned anywhere else, so I assume it is bunk. Any idea if there's any truth in ramen noodle Robespierre?
most historians think it's accurate because being chosen to do that reflects rather well on Robespierre and Proyart probably wouldn't have made it up for that reason.
And it would have been a fairly audacious thing to make up, I suppose. There'd have been plenty of other people around who would remember that particular event.
I just finished my last exam and once I'm done revising my paper tomorrow, I'll be done for the year.
Congratulations!