French Revolution 1789 1799 Collection (page 2)

Napoleon Bonaparte (1721-1818) on board the Belerophon off the coast of Plymouth, 19th century. Napoleon (1721-1818) enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of the French Revolutionary army

The funeral of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1818. Artist: Charles Mottram
The funeral of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1818. Napoleon (1721-1818) enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of the French Revolutionary army

Dancing in the open air on 14th July, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Dancing in the open air on 14th July, Paris, 1931. Parisians celebrating Bastille Day. Illustration from the book Paris by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, (19th century). Philippe Egalite (1747-1793) supported the French Revolution, but was guillotined during the Terror

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th century French political philosopher, (1836). Artist: Robert Hart
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th century French political philosopher, (1836). The ideas Rousseau (1712-1778) put forward in his most famous philosophical work, The Social Contract

Sylvain Charles Valee (1773-1840), Marshal of France, 1839. Artist: Francois
Sylvain Charles Valee (1773-1840), Marshal of France, 1839

Bertrand Clausel (1772-1842), Marshal of France, 1839. Artist: Ruhiere
Bertrand Clausel (1772-1842), Marshal of France, 1839

Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764-1830), Marshal of France, 1839. Artist: Julien Leopold Boilly
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764-1830), Marshal of France, 1839. Saint-Cyr was a commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who rose to Marshal of France and Marquis

Claude Victor Perrin (1764-1841), duc de Belluno, 1839. Artist: A Migneret
Claude Victor Perrin (1764-1841), duc de Belluno, 1839. Perrin was a Marshal of France during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Michel Ney (1769-1815), Prince de la Moskowa, Duke of Elchingen and Marshal of France, 1839. Artist: Ruhiere
Michel Ney (1769-1815), Prince de la Moskowa, Duke of Elchingen and Marshal of France, 1839. Ney fought in both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Pierre Augereau (1757-1816), duc de Castiglione, 1839. Artist: Francois Pigeot
Pierre Augereau (1757-1816), duc de Castiglione, 1839. Augereau was a French soldier and military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of France

Andre Massena (1758-1817), Marshal of France, 1839. Artist: Legris
Andre Massena (1758-1817), Marshal of France, 1839. Massena was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754-1842), Marshal of France, 1839. Artist: Geille
Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754-1842), Marshal of France, 1839. De Moncey was a prominent soldier in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1747-1817), British naval officer, 1837. Artist: W Greatbatch
Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1747-1817), British naval officer, 1837. Duckworth fought in both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1837

The emigration during the revolution, 18th century, c1880-1950. Artist: Ferdinand Sigismund Bac
The emigration during the revolution, 18th century, c1880-1950

Louis XVI, King of France, (1816). Louis XVI (1754-1793), King of France from 1774, deposed by the French Revolution and executed for treason by guillotine in 1793

Marie-Therese-Charlotte de Bourbon, Duchess of Angouleme and Dauphine of France, 1811. The eldest child of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette

Attack on the Bastille, 1789, (1845). The Bastille was a prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine. On the morning of 14 July 1789, a crowd advanced on the Bastille

Letter from Edmund Burke to John Douglas, 31st July 1791. Artist: Edmund Burke
Letter from Edmund Burke to John Douglas, 31st July 1791. Letter written from Margate by Burke to John Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury

Playing Jeannot, (1885). Artist: Wille
Playing Jeannot, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes, French clergyman and statesman, 19th century. Artist: WH Mote
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes, French clergyman and statesman, 19th century. Sieyes (1748-1836) was one of the chief theorists of the French Revolution

General Dumourier, French soldier and politician, 1845. Artist: GB Shaw
General Dumourier, French soldier and politician, 1845. General Dumouriez, (anglicised to Dumourier, 1739-1823), won the decisive battle of Valmy against the German and Austrian armies

French Penalty, between 1824 and 1828. Artist: Francisco Goya
French Penalty, between 1824 and 1828. Goya, Francisco, de (1746-1828). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Triumph of Marat, 1793. Immortal defender of the people and their rights, he brings down the great and overturns the throne

Charlotte Corday after the murder of Marat, 1861. Artist: Paul-Jacques-Aime Baudry
Charlotte Corday after the murder of Marat, 1861. Charlotte Corday (1768-1793), a Girondin, stabbed Jean-Paul Marat, a radical Jacobin, to death in the bath at his home on 13 July 1793

The Installation of the Council of State by the First Consul Napoleon, 1799 (1902). The Consulate was the system of government established in France after Napoleons coup of 18 Brumaire which

The Convention, scene from Thermidor, at the Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris, 1896 Artist: F Meaulle
The Convention, scene from Thermidor, at the Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris, 1896. The play was written by the French dramatist Victorien Sardou (1831-1908)

The People at the Convention, 20 May 1795, (1845). Artist:s Freeman
The People at the Convention, 20 May 1795, (1845). Scene from the French Revolution with a guillotined head on a pole, and Napoleon Bonaparte (holding his hat) in the background

Arch of Marius at Orange on the Rhone, c1792, (1875). Artist: J Carter
Arch of Marius at Orange on the Rhone, c1792, (1875). Executions by guillotine taking place by the arch which was erected in honour of Roman generals Gaius Marius and Lutatius Catulus

The Death of Bara, 1894. Joseph Bara (1780-1793) was a young French republican soldier at the time of the Revolution who was hailed as a hero by Robespierre after he was killed fighting against

Louis XVI, King of France, (1804). Artist: J Chapman
Louis XVI, King of France, (1804). Louis XVI (1754-1793), King of France from 1774, deposed by the French Revolution and executed for treason by guillotine in 1793

The Death of Charles Pichegru, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Death of Charles Pichegru, 1891. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 4th April 1891

The Mayor of Rennes, France, 1891. Artist: F Meaulle
The Mayor of Rennes, France, 1891. An incident during the French revolution, 1789. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 7th February 1891

Louis XVI, King of France, (1814). Artist: Edward Topham
Louis XVI, King of France, (1814). Portrait of Louis XVI (1754-1793) who was executed during the French Revolution

Attempt to assassinate Napoleon, 24 December, 1800. The most serious - and very nearly successful - attempt on his life took place on Christmas Eve in 1800 when a massive bomb exploded near his

Crossing of Arcola Bridge, 15 November 1796, (19th century). Popular image of the three-day battle against the Austrians, which took place at Arcole, (or Arcola) in northern Italy

Tennis Court Oath, June 20 1789, Paris (1791). Artist: Jacques-Louis David
Tennis Court Oath, June 20 1789, Paris (1791). French Revolution: meeting of the States General where Deputies swore not to meet again until a Parliament had been formed

Battle of Rivoli, 14 January, 1797, (19th century). The battle occurred as Austrias General Alvintzy made his fourth and final attempt to relieve the siege of Mantua

Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (c1835). In August the fervently anti-revolutionary port of Toulon was occupied by the Bourbons and a British, Spanish and pro-Bourbon military force

Napoleon at the Battle of Rivoli, 14 January, 1797. The battle of Rivoli occurred as Austrias General Alvintzy (1735-1810) made his fourth and final attempt to relieve the siege of Mantua

The Patriotic Singers, 1794. Artist: Dominique Doncre
The Patriotic Singers, 1794. Also known as The Marseillaise

Building a Chappe telegraph station, c1793, (c1870). Claude Chappes (1763-1805) optical telegraph station used a system of rope

Eiffel Tower elevator, 1889. Elevator built by Otis. An elevator car and one leg of the tower showing the elevator system with (1) hydraulic cylinder; (2) travelling multiplying pulleys; (3)

Suppression of religious orders during the French Revolution, late 18th century. A Capuchin Friar disposing of his habit to a Jewish second-hand clothes dealer

Execution by guillotine of Louis XVI of France, Paris, 21 January 1793 (1790s). Louis (1754-1793) lying bound on the guillotine waiting for the blade to fall and decapitate him

Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, 1775. Artist: Jean-Baptiste Andre Gautier d Agoty
Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, 1775. The daughter of Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria, Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) married the French Dauphin (the future King Louis XVI)

Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794), 1895. French journalist and revolutionary whose writings in favour of clemency displeased Robespierre. He was guillotined at the same time as his friend, Danton

Thomas Paine, English-born American revolutionary, writer and philosopher, c1790. Paine (1737-1809) emigrated to America in 1774

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