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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...

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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

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...

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Triomphe de l'Armeé Parisienne réunis au Peuple a son retour de Versailles á Paris le 6 Octobre 1789

Triomphe de l'Armeé Parisienne réunis au Peuple a son retour de Versai...

Cartoon referring to "October Days." Translated title: Triumphant Parisian army reunites with the people on its return from Versailles to Paris, October 6, 1789. Possibly purchased from William Holland in 1790... More

La France reçoit des trois ordres les voeux de toutes la nation et les presentent à Louis Seize et à Mr. Necker

La France reçoit des trois ordres les voeux de toutes la nation et les...

Allegory showing France as a woman receiving from the three estates (clergyman, nobleman, and peasant) the wishes of the nation and presenting them to King Louis XVI and Jacques Necker, who was recalled to offi... More

Mr. de Lambesc entrant aux Tuileries avec un détachement de Royal-Allemand, le 12 Juillet 1789 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp

Mr. de Lambesc entrant aux Tuileries avec un détachement de Royal-Alle...

Print shows a clash between civilians and the Swiss Guards in the Tuileries Garden, Paris. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 7. P... More

Fête de la fondation de la République, 1er Vendémiaire An 5 / Girardet inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp.

Fête de la fondation de la République, 1er Vendémiaire An 5 / Girardet...

Print shows a festival on the occasion of the founding of the Republic, with many spectators on the right watching simultaneous chariot races, horse races, and foot races; the Hôtel des Invalides dominates the ... More

Louis XVI repousse l'accusation d'avoir fait tirer sur le peuple / Ary Scheffer del. ; Pourvoyeur sc.

Louis XVI repousse l'accusation d'avoir fait tirer sur le peuple / Ary...

Louis XVI, seated in the foreground on the right, responding to accusations presented by the people of France. In album: French Revolution. Forms part of: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress).

"Maria Antoinette" facsimile after Vigée-Lebrun

"Maria Antoinette" facsimile after Vigée-Lebrun

Print shows Marie Antoinette, full-length portrait, facing front, seated with left arm resting on a pillow on a table, holding book on her lap with right hand, wearing a feathered hat. AA16060 U.S. Copyright Of... More

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