Wow, you have a scriptwriter? XD So is this very official then--do I need to pick a part in advance? (Are there any left? :O)
I hate to say it, but a lot of them dressed pretty much the same. There are a lot of bust portraits floating around, but I don't know how useful they'd be to you. As far as costume goes, there's some good generic stuff here (and a few Revolutionaries in particular): http://costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/frenchrevdirect.htm
Here's some other portraits that show more of the sitters' costumes; for those whose portraits I don't have, unless they're someone like Marat or Louis Capet--who, obviously for different reasons--dressed differently, any Conventionnel can pretty much be wearing interchangeable clothes.
That said, here's a couple different portraits of Robespierre--the first one is c. 1791, the second one is later, so you can see how fashions changed, subtly (Robespierre was not, contrary to popular belief, the only Conventionnel who continued to dress like that; in fact, as you'll note, with the exception of the wig issue, most of them dressed pretty much like Robespierre): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Robespierre3.jpg http://pics.livejournal.com/maelicia (maelicia will hopefully forgive me for linking to her gallery. >.>)
I know you've seen Barère's portrait... I'm not sure I know of any other Revolutionaries with full-length portraits, unfortunately. I know a few random facts about people's coat-colors: Robespierre is known to have owned three, one olive, one striped, and one blue; Danton liked to go around in a blood-red one, especially during his ministry (-_-;). For most of them you probably can't go wrong with something neutral though.
As to the "exceptions" I mentioned earlier, kurotoshi is probably the best person to ask about anything Marat-related. As for Louis Capet, well, he *liked* to dress like this: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Antoine-Fran%C3%A7ois_Callet_-_Lu%C3%ADs_XVI.jpg. However, take note that this portrait was painted in 1786. During the Revolution, he gradually lost the right to wear all those decorations you see on him there; by the time of his trial, he was wearing extremely ordinary clothes--not only extremely ordinary, but less fashionable than those of the Conventionnels. Considering what seems to be your time-frame, I would recommend dressing him plainly. (Also, I do, for one reason or another, remember two random facts about his wardrobe that you may or may not find useful: on the 10th of August he wore a lavender suit--lavender was the color of royal mourning--and he was executed in a grey one.)
My only other piece of advice if you're trying to be accurate is to be wary of 19th century portraits, unless they're the only source you have, for reasons that I'm sure you can figure out on your own. Good luck, and let me know if there's anything else I can do (if there's any document you absolutely need, I may be able to translate it)!
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Date: 2008-06-27 07:03 am (UTC)I hate to say it, but a lot of them dressed pretty much the same. There are a lot of bust portraits floating around, but I don't know how useful they'd be to you. As far as costume goes, there's some good generic stuff here (and a few Revolutionaries in particular): http://costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/frenchrevdirect.htm
And then, if you still want some bust-portraits, there are a great many here: http://membres.lycos.fr/discours/portraits.htm
Here's some other portraits that show more of the sitters' costumes; for those whose portraits I don't have, unless they're someone like Marat or Louis Capet--who, obviously for different reasons--dressed differently, any Conventionnel can pretty much be wearing interchangeable clothes.
That said, here's a couple different portraits of Robespierre--the first one is c. 1791, the second one is later, so you can see how fashions changed, subtly (Robespierre was not, contrary to popular belief, the only Conventionnel who continued to dress like that; in fact, as you'll note, with the exception of the wig issue, most of them dressed pretty much like Robespierre):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Robespierre3.jpg
http://pics.livejournal.com/maelicia (
Here's Saint-Just (you can compare with other portraits for a more accurate assessment of how he dressed): http://www.saint-just.net/art/greuze2.jpg
I know you've seen Barère's portrait... I'm not sure I know of any other Revolutionaries with full-length portraits, unfortunately. I know a few random facts about people's coat-colors: Robespierre is known to have owned three, one olive, one striped, and one blue; Danton liked to go around in a blood-red one, especially during his ministry (-_-;). For most of them you probably can't go wrong with something neutral though.
As to the "exceptions" I mentioned earlier,
My only other piece of advice if you're trying to be accurate is to be wary of 19th century portraits, unless they're the only source you have, for reasons that I'm sure you can figure out on your own. Good luck, and let me know if there's anything else I can do (if there's any document you absolutely need, I may be able to translate it)!