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Un Sans culotte instrument de crimes dansant au milieu de horreurs ...

Un Sans culotte instrument de crimes dansant au milieu de horreurs ...

Print shows a sansculotte waving banner labeled "Fête du 21 Janvier" at a female figure labeled "Humanité"; in the background is a scene of murder and mayhem. Satire on the death of Louis XVI. Forms part of: F... More

Mr. De Vergennes, ministre des affaires etrangères sous Louis XVI / Bovinet sculp.

Mr. De Vergennes, ministre des affaires etrangères sous Louis XVI / Bo...

Print shows Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; in oval.

Reforme de différents droits feodaux et de la dime - le 11 aoust 1789

Reforme de différents droits feodaux et de la dime - le 11 aoust 1789

Print shows, in a rural setting, a man from the working class or third estate, handing a bag of money to a member of the clergy, who refuses with his right hand, but reaches behind his back with his left hand t... More

Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau, né à Dijon le 4 janvier 1737 / Dess. et gravé au physionotrace par Quenedey, rue Croix des Petits Champs, no. 10,à Paris.

Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau, né à Dijon le 4 janvier 1737 / Dess. et ...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French scientist Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau. Tissandier collection.

Noah's Ark improved, or an attempt to land in the teeth of the wind, British Cartoon Print

Noah's Ark improved, or an attempt to land in the teeth of the wind, B...

A British satire on Charles Stanhope's Toleration Bill of 1789 which was an attempt to remove the yoke of religious obligations on persons seeking public office (cf. Test and Corporation Acts). Despite the fact... More

Philosophy run mad or A stupendous monument of human wisdom / GLS.

Philosophy run mad or A stupendous monument of human wisdom / GLS.

"A central monument [1] representing the French Republic is flanked by figures on pedestals inscribed [2] Liberty and [3] Equality..." (Source: George)

Marie Antoinette, late queen of France / drawn & engraved by J. Conde.

Marie Antoinette, late queen of France / drawn & engraved by J. Conde.

Print shows Marie Antoinette, half-length, facing slightly left. Printed at top: Engraved for Monthly Beauties.

Le roi promettant de venir a Paris avec sa famille. Salve d'Artillerie devant le Chateau de Versailles, le 6 Octobre 1789 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp

Le roi promettant de venir a Paris avec sa famille. Salve d'Artillerie...

Print shows the departure from Versailles of Louis XVI and his family accompanied by a large mob of citizens, mostly women, who have come to excort them back to Paris. Illustration from: Collection complète de... More

The interrogation of Robespierre on the morning of the tenth Thermidor

The interrogation of Robespierre on the morning of the tenth Thermidor

8523 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of a painting by L. Melingue. Copyright by G. Barrie & Son.

Franklin's reception at the court of France, 1778. Respectfully dedicated to the people of the United States / Hohenstein.

Franklin's reception at the court of France, 1778. Respectfully dedica...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin receiving a laurel wreath upon his head. From left to right, some of the members of the French court include: Duchesse Jules de Polignac, Princesse Lamballe (holding flowers), Dia... More

Paris gardé par le peuple la nuit du 12 au 13 Juillet 1789 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp.

Paris gardé par le peuple la nuit du 12 au 13 Juillet 1789 / Prieur in...

Print shows a citizens patrol in Paris, trying to restore order in the nights prior to the storming of the Bastille. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. ... More

C'est ainsi qu'on se venge des traitres

C'est ainsi qu'on se venge des traitres

French soldiers or militia carrying the heads of the Marquis de Launay and Jacques de Flesselles on pikes, who were killed on July 14, 1789, following the taking of the Bastille.

Touchez la messieurs je sçavois bién que vous seriez des notres

Touchez la messieurs je sçavois bién que vous seriez des notres

Prints show, in a rural setting, a nobleman and a member of the clergy, representing the estates general, holding the hands of a man from the working class or third estate, signifying their unity. The Gallic co... More

Marie Antoinette - Print, Library of Congress collection

Marie Antoinette - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Francois, Alphonse.

Premier hommage des Habitans de Paris á la Famille Royale le mercredi 7 Octobre 1789, lendemain de son heureuse arriveé dans cette Ville ...

Premier hommage des Habitans de Paris á la Famille Royale le mercredi ...

The royal family--Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their children. Translated title: First hommage of the people of Paris to the Royal Family, Wednesday, October 7, 1789, the day after his happy arrival in thi... More

Journée memorable de Versailles le lundi 5 Octobre 1789

Journée memorable de Versailles le lundi 5 Octobre 1789

Print shows market women of Paris riding on a cannon drawn by two horses, one with rider, during the memorable journey from Paris to Versailles, accompanied by members of the National Guard and others carrying ... More

Sous la gloire des augustes maisons de nos princes, Minerve deésse protectrice de la France, contemple le tiers etat figuré par un laboureur poussant sa charrue dans un sillon

Sous la gloire des augustes maisons de nos princes, Minerve deésse pro...

Print shows Minerva, gazing fondly heavenward, standing on the top level of a tiered checkerboard, holding a pike with banner and a shield with the likeness of Medusa on it; in a pastoral setting is a member of... More

Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.

Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.

Book illustration shows five early balloon ascensions in France: two Montgolfier balloons (Fauxbourg St. Antoine and St. Germain); a 1784 balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; and a Charles and Robert balloon being... More

An escape a la Francois! - Public domain dedication image

An escape a la Francois! - Public domain dedication image

"A burlesque representation of the flight to Varennes; the royal family in a two-wheeled carriage drawn (left to right) by four galloping horses with two postilions..." (Source: George)

La plaisanterie confondüe ou les intrépides voyageurs

La plaisanterie confondüe ou les intrépides voyageurs

Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight; spectators in foregrou... More

Reveil du Tiers Etat, ma feinte, il doit tems que je me revillise, car l'opression de mes fers me donnions le cochemar un peu trop fort

Reveil du Tiers Etat, ma feinte, il doit tems que je me revillise, car...

Clergyman and aristocrat recoiling from figure representing Third Estate, who is picking up chains and guns; storming of the Bastille in background.

The right honourable the Marquis De La Fayette, unanimouslly chosen commandant of the National Guards / engraved by S. Hill.

The right honourable the Marquis De La Fayette, unanimouslly chosen co...

Print shows Marquis de Lafayette, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing uniform; in oval. Includes four lines of verse "translated from the French of the Chev. P. de Berainville" below ima... More

View of the triumphal arch and colonnade, erected in Boston / engrav'd by S. Hill.

View of the triumphal arch and colonnade, erected in Boston / engrav'd...

Print shows an arch spanning the street in front of the state house in Boston, Massachusetts, in honor of George Washington's visit in October 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of... More

Baron du Pont Duchambon, elève du roi à l'École royale militaire de Paris le jour ou il a voulu s'enlever dans le balon de Blanchard au Champs de Mars, 1784 / / Peint par son cousin eleve du Roi.

Baron du Pont Duchambon, elève du roi à l'École royale militaire de Pa...

Half-length portrait of Baron Du Pont Duchambon with balloon in background. Tissandier collection.

Assemblée nationale, abandon de tous les privileges, à Versailles sceance de la nuit du 4 au 5 aout 1789 / dessiné par C. Monnet, peintre du Roi ; gravé par Helman, de l'Académie des Arts de Lille en Flandre.

Assemblée nationale, abandon de tous les privileges, à Versailles scea...

Print shows the Assemblée nationale meeting in a large room with amphitheater seating as members of the clergy and the nobility come forward to renounce their priviledges. No. 4 from the series "Principales Jo... More

Le Fevre / peint d'après nature par Mengelberg et gravé par G. Fiesinger.

Le Fevre / peint d'après nature par Mengelberg et gravé par G. Fiesing...

Pierre-François-Joseph Lefebvre, Duc de Dantzi, French soldier, Marshall of the Empire, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left.

French happiness - English misery / IC.

French happiness - English misery / IC.

Print shows, on the left, four ragged and starving sansculottes fighting over a frog, a cat has dropped dead at their feet, and scenes of death in the background; on the right, a scene in an English tavern with... More

Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778

Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778

Head and shoulders portrait, facing left. Engraving by P.G. Langlois. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Pub. Ind.

[Du pain et la constitution de LXXXXIII] / dessiné par C. Monnet ; gravé par Helman, l'an 5e, de la R.F.

[Du pain et la constitution de LXXXXIII] / dessiné par C. Monnet ; gra...

Print shows the Assemblée nationale législative meeting in a large room crowded with French citizens, many of them armed with swords and pikes, one holding aloft a victim's head on a pike, another firing a rifl... More

New morality; or The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite / Js. Gillray, inv. & fect., British Cartoon Print

New morality; or The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Th...

Print shows French politician and Theophilanthropist Louis Marie la Révellière-Lépaux standing on a three-legged stool perched upon a stone dais reading Religion de la N[ature] to surrounding caricatures of peo... More

Robespierre amené blessé, dans l'anti-salle du comité de Salut public le 28 Juillet 1794 ... / Duplessi-Bertaux inv. & del. ; Duplessi Bertaux aqua forti ; Berthault sculp.

Robespierre amené blessé, dans l'anti-salle du comité de Salut public ...

Maximilien Robespierre, laying wounded on a table in the anteroom of the Committee of Public Safety. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 107.

Pillage de la Maison de St. Lazare, le lundi 13 Juillet 1789 / [Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp.]

Pillage de la Maison de St. Lazare, le lundi 13 Juillet 1789 / [Prieur...

Print shows a mob of French citizens looting the Maison de St. Lazare at the beginning of the Revolution in 1789. Trimmed to edge of image, to include title, but not artist statements. Illustration from: Colle... More

Prise de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1789 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp

Prise de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1789 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthaul...

Print shows a mob of revolutionaries storming the Bastille at the beginning of the Revolution in 1789. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Au... More

Maximilian Robespierre. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Maximilian Robespierre. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Stipple engraving by L. Partmna. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions.

Derniere procession constitutionelle pour l'Enterrement du serment civique qui se fera le 1792

Derniere procession constitutionelle pour l'Enterrement du serment civ...

Procession of priests with long noses, with Archbishop of Paris, Gobel, in front and mythical creature holding casket of civil oaths bringing up rear. Represents priests who were against the civil constitution ... More

Dédiée l'Assemblée Nationale--Liste de MMr. les Deputes de Paris a l'Assemblée nationale / Laurent Guyot.

Dédiée l'Assemblée Nationale--Liste de MMr. les Deputes de Paris a l'A...

Deputies of the Third Estate in a carriage drawn by two sheep and two bulls on their way to the Versailles directory; dishevelled lion; figure of the Republic with anchor on low platform behind; list of deputie... More

Mort affreuse de Louis XVI, le plus vertueux et le plus infortuné de monarques, le 21 janvier 1793 / Swébach Desfontaines, inv. & del. ; Berthault, sculpts.

Mort affreuse de Louis XVI, le plus vertueux et le plus infortuné de m...

The execution of Louis XVI by France. John Davis Batchelder Collection. No. 87.

Grand ballon captif a vapeur, de M. Henry Giffard [text].

Grand ballon captif a vapeur, de M. Henry Giffard [text].

Blank form for passengers to record "observations" (data) during ascents in Giffard's giant captive balloon from the Tuileries courtyard in the Paris Exposition of 1878. Tissandier collection.

Grand ballon captif a vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffard, Cour des Tuileries ...

Grand ballon captif a vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffard, Cour des Tuileries ...

Admission ticket to the ascent of Henri Giffard's captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris in 1879. Includes picture of a balloon within a bird's-eye view of Paris. Tissandier collection.

A voice from the past / Frank A. Nankivell.

A voice from the past / Frank A. Nankivell.

Illustration shows the ghost of Louis XVI of France warning Nicholas II of Russia to not make a hasty decision regarding the imprisoned writer Maxim Gorky and to heed the "Petition" and impassioned pleas for hi... More

Franklin's first audience before King Louis XVI, at Versailles. March 20, 1778

Franklin's first audience before King Louis XVI, at Versailles. March ...

G6102 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 32. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Flight of the Empress Eugénie from the Tuileries] / André Castaigne.

[Flight of the Empress Eugénie from the Tuileries] / André Castaigne.

(DLC/PP-1934:0097). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Eugénie's month of memories" in Ladies home journal, 31:16 (Jan. 1914). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

The Prussian prize-fighter and his allies attempting to tame imperial Kate, or, the state of the European bruisers, British Cartoon Print

The Prussian prize-fighter and his allies attempting to tame imperial ...

Cartoon shows Catherine II and Frederick William II as pugilists, stripped to the waist with fists raised, on either side stand other European heads of state (behind Prussia are George III standing with Holland... More

Exit libertè a la Francois! or Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalité, at St. Cloud near Paris Novr. 10th 1799 / Js. Gillray inv' & f'.

Exit libertè a la Francois! or Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalité...

British satire shows Napoleon with his grenadiers driving the members of the Council of Five Hundred from the Orangery at St. Cloud at bayonet point. A drum is labeled "Vive la Liberte," and papers under foot r... More

The knight of the woeful countenance going to extirpate the National Assembly, British Cartoon Print

The knight of the woeful countenance going to extirpate the National A...

Print shows Edmund Burke as Don Quixote, wearing armor, carrying lance and shield labeled "Shield of Aristocracy and Despotism," riding a donkey, emerging from the doorway to the "Dodsley Bookseller" the publis... More

Marie Antoinette condemned by the Revolutionary Tribunal / from the original painting by Paul Delaroche.

Marie Antoinette condemned by the Revolutionary Tribunal / from the or...

Print shows Marie Antoinette, full-length portrait, facing front, with soldiers during her trial by the Revolutionary Tribunal.

Hotel Tuilleries [i.e. Tuileries], Boston, Massachusetts.

Hotel Tuilleries [i.e. Tuileries], Boston, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Elias Hasket Derby to Louis XVI, King of France, January 24, 1787, Petition to Regain Property Seized in Port au Prince

Elias Hasket Derby to Louis XVI, King of France, January 24, 1787, Pet...

Petition to Regain Property Seized in Port au Prince

Elias Hasket Derby to Louis XVI, King of France, January 24, 1787, Petition to Regain Property Seized in Port au Prince

Elias Hasket Derby to Louis XVI, King of France, January 24, 1787, Pet...

Petition to Regain Property Seized in Port au Prince

Rhode Island College to Louis XVI, King of France, January 9, 1784, Petition Soliciting Patronage

Rhode Island College to Louis XVI, King of France, January 9, 1784, Pe...

Petition Soliciting Patronage Public domain photograph of correspondence, letter, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Rhode Island College to Rhode Island Delegates in Congress, September 9, 1786, Request for Help in Soliciting Patronage of Louis XVI, King of France

Rhode Island College to Rhode Island Delegates in Congress, September ...

Request for Help in Soliciting Patronage of Louis XVI, King of France

Exit libertè a la Francois! or Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalité, at St. Cloud near Paris Novr. 10th 1799 / Js. Gillray inv' & f'.

Exit libertè a la Francois! or Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalité...

British satire shows Napoleon with his grenadiers driving the members of the Council of Five Hundred from the Orangery at St. Cloud at bayonet point. A drum is labeled "Vive la Liberte," and papers under foot r... More

The modern atlass. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The modern atlass. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British...

"The Prince of Wales carries on his head the Opera House in the Haymarket (as rebuilt after the fire of 1789)..." (Source: George) [I. Cruikshank?] This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of... More

Senate Louis XVI of France, March 14, 1792, Constitution

Senate Louis XVI of France, March 14, 1792, Constitution

Constitution Public domain photograph of correspondence, letter, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Le roi arrivant a Paris avec sa famille, escorté de plus de trente mille ames, le 6 Octobre 1789 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp

Le roi arrivant a Paris avec sa famille, escorté de plus de trente mil...

Print shows the arrival in Paris of Louis XVI and his family accompanied by a large mob of citizens. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Aube... More

Les frères Montgolfier / Pigeot, del. et sculp.

Les frères Montgolfier / Pigeot, del. et sculp.

Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon. "Aux frères Tissandier" inscribed below portrait. Tissandier collection.

Conseil d'Etat du Roi, February 22, 1788, "Arret du Conseil d'Etat du Roi"; Printed in French

Conseil d'Etat du Roi, February 22, 1788, "Arret du Conseil d'Etat du ...

"Arret du Conseil d'Etat du Roi"; Printed in French

[L'Ordre et la marche des puissances coalisees contre la France] / composé et gravé par J.B. Louvion.

[L'Ordre et la marche des puissances coalisees contre la France] / com...

Print shows an allegorical female figure riding in a chariot drawn by mules with the crowned heads of kings of various European countries; it is following three hags leading the way to the temple of folly in th... More

Une alerte, place du Carrousel / Lefman, sc. ; PS.

Une alerte, place du Carrousel / Lefman, sc. ; PS.

French cartoon shows Prince Don Carlos in a heavily armed balloon that has blown off course appears about to crash into a captive balloon (possibly Henri Giffard's) at the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, France. Ill... More

Tuileries from the Louvre / E. Baldus.

Tuileries from the Louvre / E. Baldus.

In album: Vues de Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 13.

Triomphe de Marat - A cartoon of a group of people holding signs

Triomphe de Marat - A cartoon of a group of people holding signs

Jean Paul Marat with crown of laurel leaves carried on shoulders of man around whom others are crowded; celebrating his acquittal by Revolutionary Tribunal.

George Washington to Louis XVI of France, January 23, 1792

George Washington to Louis XVI of France, January 23, 1792

Public domain photograph of correspondence, letter, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Rhode Island College to Rhode Island Delegates in Congress, September 9, 1786, Request for Help in Soliciting Patronage of Louis XVI, King of France

Rhode Island College to Rhode Island Delegates in Congress, September ...

Request for Help in Soliciting Patronage of Louis XVI, King of France

Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs Elysées, le 18 Juillet 1790 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp

Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs Elysées, le 18 Juillet 1790 Prieur i...

Print shows illuminated obelisks on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, during a celebration with a throng of revelers playing games, dancing, and enjoying the festive atmosphere of freedom. Illustration from... More

Le grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries (1879), M. Henry Giffard, ingénieur-constructeur / Yves & Barret, sc.

Le grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries (1879), M. He...

Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's captive balloon in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of the giant balloon with passengers in the basket.

C'est ainsi qu'on se venge des traitres

C'est ainsi qu'on se venge des traitres

French soldiers or militia carrying the heads of the Marquis de Launay and Jacques de Flesselles on pikes, who were killed on July 14, 1789, following the taking of the Bastille.

Rhode Island College to Louis XVI, King of France, January 9, 1784, Petition Soliciting Patronage

Rhode Island College to Louis XVI, King of France, January 9, 1784, Pe...

Petition Soliciting Patronage Public domain photograph of correspondence, letter, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Touchez la messieurs je sçavois bién que vous seriez des notres

Touchez la messieurs je sçavois bién que vous seriez des notres

Prints show, in a rural setting, a nobleman and a member of the clergy, representing the estates general, holding the hands of a man from the working class or third estate, signifying their unity. The Gallic co... More

Charles aux Thuillieries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1r decembre MDCCLXXXIII / gravé p. Thoenert.

Charles aux Thuillieries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1r decembre MDCCLXXXIII ...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Includes balloon in background and large bird in foreground. Tissandier c... More

Papiers monnoies et autres de la Republique Française / gravé par I. Hunin à Malines.

Papiers monnoies et autres de la Republique Française / gravé par I. H...

Print shows a trompe-l'oeil presentation of many French revolutionary assignats in various demoninations, issued between 1789 and 1795. Paper is watermarked, but difficult to distinguish.

Fête du 14 juillet an IX vue du temple eleve dans le grand carré des Champs Elyseés dans lequel le concert fut exécuté.

Fête du 14 juillet an IX vue du temple eleve dans le grand carré des C...

Print shows a celebration on the Champs Elyseés in Paris, France, on Bastille Day, July 14, 1801. Includes spectators watching a balloon ascension. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)

George Washington to Louis XVI of France, January 23, 1792

George Washington to Louis XVI of France, January 23, 1792

Public domain photograph of correspondence, letter, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Supplice de Foulon a la Place de Grève, le 23 Juillet 1789 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp

Supplice de Foulon a la Place de Grève, le 23 Juillet 1789 Prieur inv....

Print shows the hanging of Joseph-François Foullon in the Place de l'Hôtel-de-ville, Paris. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 21.

[Jean Paul Marat, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval] / P.M. Alix sculp 1793.

[Jean Paul Marat, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval] /...

Paper has a watermark on the right side, two lines of indistinct letters or words. B.N., 44

Jacques Bonnefoy - La Machine infernale / gravé par Bonnefoy.

Jacques Bonnefoy - La Machine infernale / gravé par Bonnefoy.

Man with knife lighting powder keg on wagon at Rue Nicaise, a reference to the attempt of Napoleon's life in late 1800. "Enregistrè á la Bibliotheque Nationale."

Arrestation de Louis Capet à Varennes, le 22 Juin 1791 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp

Arrestation de Louis Capet à Varennes, le 22 Juin 1791 Prieur inv. & d...

Print shows the interior of a tavern where Louis XVI and his family have stopped to eat while on their attempted escape to Varennes, traveling in disguise, they have been identified, and are apprehended by a mo... More

Rhode Island College to Louis XVI, King of France, January 9, 1784, Petition Soliciting Patronage

Rhode Island College to Louis XVI, King of France, January 9, 1784, Pe...

Petition Soliciting Patronage Public domain photograph of correspondence, letter, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Epoque du 30 Floreal l'an 5 de la République Française

Epoque du 30 Floreal l'an 5 de la République Française

Print shows on the left, a female figure representing the Republic of France drawing a slip of paper from an urn labeled "Directoire de la République Francaise" with Etienne-François-Louis-Honoré Le Tourneur's ... More

Travaux du Champ de Mars pour la federation du 14 Juillet 1790 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp.

Travaux du Champ de Mars pour la federation du 14 Juillet 1790 / Prieu...

Print shows many people working to transform the Champ de Mars into a place suitable for the fête de la fédération, on the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, commemorating the establishment of the constit... More

Elias Hasket Derby to Louis XVI, King of France, January 24, 1787, Petition to Regain Property Seized in Port au Prince

Elias Hasket Derby to Louis XVI, King of France, January 24, 1787, Pet...

Petition to Regain Property Seized in Port au Prince

Elias Hasket Derby to Louis XVI, King of France, January 24, 1787, Petition to Regain Property Seized in Port au Prince

Elias Hasket Derby to Louis XVI, King of France, January 24, 1787, Pet...

Petition to Regain Property Seized in Port au Prince

The French bugabo frightening the royal commanders, British Cartoon Print

The French bugabo frightening the royal commanders, British Cartoon Pr...

Bonaparte, a grotesque figure with a large head, bestrides the neck of a scaly monster which breathes out soldiers (horse and foot), guns, and demons in a cloud of smoke. The Archduke Charles, Duke of York, and... More

On me raze aujourd'hui - je me marie demain &cc. / A.P.

On me raze aujourd'hui - je me marie demain &cc. / A.P.

Print shows, at center, a head on a pole with a wig topped with the horns of cuckoldry awaits the monk, on the right, who is sitting in a chair holding a tray under his chin, a member of the French Guard, about... More

M. Charles, Head and Shoulders Portrait

M. Charles, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Tissandier collection.

George Washington to Louis XVI of France, March 14, 1792, Congratulations

George Washington to Louis XVI of France, March 14, 1792, Congratulati...

Congratulations Public domain photograph of correspondence, letter, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

La reine à la conciergerie / Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. l'Abbé Carron ; Prieur fecit.

La reine à la conciergerie / Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. l'Abbé Carron ; Pr...

Print shows Marie Antoinette, head-and-shoulders portrait, turned to the right, facing front, in a prison cell at the Conciergerie. Trimmed to within plate mark. de Vinck, 541 Exhibited: "Representing Revoluti... More

Héroïsme des marins qui montoient le vaisseau Le Vengeur, le 3 juin 1794, ou 13 Prarial, an 2 de la République Ozanne inv. & del. ; Le Gouaz sculp

Héroïsme des marins qui montoient le vaisseau Le Vengeur, le 3 juin 17...

Print shows the sinking of the vessel Vengeur. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 99.

L'Intérieur du comité révolutionnaire. Scène derniere

L'Intérieur du comité révolutionnaire. Scène derniere

Print shows two men pointing out others among a group of revolutionaries to be arrested, perhaps as a backlash to the reign of terror instigated by Robespierre and his followers. Overlooking the scene from a sh... More

Vorderseite des Marsfeldes, am 1 Vendemiaire des Jahres VII. Wettrennen. Verbrennen einer hölzernen Burg, durch Aerostaten.

Vorderseite des Marsfeldes, am 1 Vendemiaire des Jahres VII. Wettrenne...

German print shows an imaginary view of the festivities at the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on September 22, 1798. Includes a chariot race, captive balloon, and burning wooden castle, with spectators watchi... More

Prise de la Bastille par les Citoyens de Paris...; C'est ainsi que l'on punit les traitres

Prise de la Bastille par les Citoyens de Paris...; C'est ainsi que l'o...

Citizens with guns and pikes outside of the Bastille, July 14, 1789, and heads of "traitors" being carried on pikes. Translated titles: The taking of the Bastille by the citizens of Paris...; The traitors are ... More

Aux amateurs de physique - Public domain book illustration

Aux amateurs de physique - Public domain book illustration

French cartoon shows people crowded outside the Tuileries Garden wall in Paris to view the first balloon ascension of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noël Robert in 1783. Several people are climbing over the wall, in... More

Affaire de Vincennes, le 28 fevrier 1791 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp

Affaire de Vincennes, le 28 fevrier 1791 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthaul...

Print shows a clash between workers and the National Guard at the Château de Vincennes. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 48.

Dr. Franklin erhält, als Gesandter des Americanischen FreyStaats, seine erste Audienz in Frankreich, zu Versailles, am 20ten Märtz 1778 / D. Chodowiecki del. et sculp.

Dr. Franklin erhält, als Gesandter des Americanischen FreyStaats, sein...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin at the French court in Versailles, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 121. [Plate] 8. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and ... More

The Treaty of Commerce or New coalition / G.R., delint. ; Lewis 16, fecit., British Cartoon Print

The Treaty of Commerce or New coalition / G.R., delint. ; Lewis 16, fe...

"Louis XVI (left) and George III (right) sit together, amicably clinking glasses; the latter's right hand is on the shoulder of Louis, who says, with a sly smile, Mon cher Ami I will teach a you de Politess Fra... More

Portrait d'apres nature du Sr. Harné natif de Dôle en Franche Comté Grenadier aux Gardes Francaises qui àmonté le premier à l'assaut et à arreté le gouverneur de la Bastille le mardi 14 Juillet 1789

Portrait d'apres nature du Sr. Harné natif de Dôle en Franche Comté Gr...

Print shows Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, and Sr. Humbert, leaders, respectively, of the first and second assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, full-length portrait, standing, facing each other... More

Don Dismallo running the literary gantlet, British Cartoon Print

Don Dismallo running the literary gantlet, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Edmund Burke in fools dress receiving lashes on his bare back as he runs a gauntlet of his peers which also includes Justice holding a sword, and Liberty, with staff topped with a liberty cap, who h... More

[J.A.C. Charles, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders oval profile portrait]

[J.A.C. Charles, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders oval profile po...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Massacre of the French king! View of la guillotine; or the modern beheading machine, at Paris. By which the unfortunate Louis XVI ... suffered on the scaffold, January 21st, 1793

Massacre of the French king! View of la guillotine; or the modern behe...

Woodcut printed for William Lane, London. Reference copy may be in LOT 4624-B. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I.; BI; France History 1793; Executions..... More

Attaque de Nantes par les Vendéens, le 29 Juin 1793, ou 11 Messidor an 1er de la République / Swebach Desfontaines, inv. & del. ; Bertault, sculp.

Attaque de Nantes par les Vendéens, le 29 Juin 1793, ou 11 Messidor an...

Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution Française. Paris : Chez Auber, 1804. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1955 July 22.

The French bugabo frightening the royal commanders, British Cartoon Print

The French bugabo frightening the royal commanders, British Cartoon Pr...

Bonaparte, a grotesque figure with a large head, bestrides the neck of a scaly monster which breathes out soldiers (horse and foot), guns, and demons in a cloud of smoke. The Archduke Charles, Duke of York, and... More

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