1574857 Aristocrats digging the Champ-de-Mars, 1790; (add.info.: Aristocrats digging the Champ-de-Mars. The image shows well-dressed aristocrats and members of the clergy digging and hauling soil in wheelbarrows in a effort to transform the Champ-de-Mars into a suitable place for a festival. "F礙te de la Federation" took place on the 14th of July 1790 in order to commemorate the first anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. A member of the Third Estate is standing in the lower left corner, holding a shovel. He is singing a revolutionary song "Ca ira", parts of which appear throughout the print.); Universal History Archive/UIG; out of copyright.