Imaging the French Revolution


Image 1. Motion faite au Palais royal, par Camille Desmoulins. Le 12 Juillet 1789. [Speech in the Garden of the Palais Royal]


Image 2. Supplice du Sieur Foulon. [Punishment of Foulon]


Image 3. Démolition du Château de la Bastille. [Demolition of the Bastille]


Image 4. Nouvelle Place de la Bastille. [New Square of the Bastille]]


Image 6. Journée mémorable de Versailles, le lundi 5 Octobre 1789. [Memorable Day at Versailles, October 5, 1789]


Image 7. La Journée mémorable de Versailles, le lundi 5 Octobre 1789. [A Memorable Day at Versailles]


Image 9. French Democrats surprizing the Royal Runaways. Published June 27, 1791.


Image 11. Le plus Grand, des Despotes, Renversé par la Liberté. (Place Vendôme) [Place Vendôme, The Greatest of Despots Overthrown by Freedom]


Image 10. Fondation de la République le 10 août 1792 [Foundation of the Republic, August 10, 1792]


Image 5. Le Quatrième Événement du 5.8bre 1789 [The Fourth Incident of October 5, 1789]


Image 8. Arrestation de Louis Capet à Varennes, le 22 juin 1791 [Arrest of Louis Capet at Varennes]


Image 12. Massacre des prisonniers [Massacre of the Prisoners]

Image 13. Prise de la Bastille [Taking of the Bastille]

Image 14. Journée du 21 Janvier 1793. [The Execution of Louis XVI]

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