Guard Collection (page 11)

Portrait of General Pyotr Alexandrovich Chicherin (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards), 1846-1849. Found in the collection of the Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House)

Angel (Panel of the Pistoia Santa Trinita Altarpiece), 1455-1460. Artist: Pesellino, Francesco di Stefano (1422-1457)
Angel (Panel of the Pistoia Santa Trinita Altarpiece), 1455-1460. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Changing of the Guard at the Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, c. 1800. Artist: Mayr, Johann Georg, von (1760-1816)
Changing of the Guard at the Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, c. 1800. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Changing of the Preobrazhensky Regiment Guards in the Gatchina Palace at the time of Paul I, 1845. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Palace Gatchina, St. Petersburg

Officer of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment, 1793. Artist: Geissler, Christian Gottfried Heinrich (1770-1844)
Officer of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment, 1793. Found in the collection of the A. Suvorov State Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg

Grenadier of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, 1793. Artist: Geissler, Christian Gottfried Heinrich (1770-1844)
Grenadier of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, 1793. Found in the collection of the A. Suvorov State Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg

The Semenovsky Life-Guards Regiment, First quarter of 19th cen Artist: Vernet, Horace (1789-1863)
The Semenovsky Life-Guards Regiment, First quarter of 19th cen.. From a private collection

Portrait of Pyotr Alexandrovich Chicherin (1778-1848), 1814. Artist: Lefevre, Robert (1756-1830)
Portrait of Pyotr Alexandrovich Chicherin (1778-1848), 1814. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Marina Mniszech with her Father under Arrest, 1883. Artist: Mikhail Petrovich Klodt
Marina Mniszech with her Father under Arrest, 1883. Marina Mniszech (c1588-1614) was a Polish noblewoman who became Tsarina of Russia after marrying the impostor False Dmitry I in 1605 during

The Guardroom, 1642. Artist: David Teniers II
The Guardroom, 1642. Teniers, David, the Younger (1610-1690). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Imperial Russian Guard in Tsarskoye Selo in 1832, 1841. Artist: Franz Kruger
The Imperial Russian Guard in Tsarskoye Selo in 1832, 1841. Kruger, Franz (1797-1857). Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Palace Gatchina, St. Petersburg

Illustration from the book The Rose and The Ring, by William Thackeray, 1855. Artist: William Makepeace Thackeray
Illustration from the book The Rose and The Ring, by William Thackeray, 1855. Found in the collection of the State Museum of AS Pushkin, Moscow

Illustration from the book Lenins Life, 1936. Artist: Piotr Nicholaevich Staronosov
Illustration from the book Lenins Life, 1936. Found in the colletion of the State Museum of Revolution, Moscow

Martha the Mayoress Escorted to Moscow, 1880. Artist: Aleksey Kivshenko
Martha the Mayoress Escorted to Moscow, 1880. Found in the collection of the State Central Navy Museum, St Petersburg

Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war near a barracks, Karelia, Russia, WWI, 1915. The Russians captured some 500, 000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers during the First World War

The Prison Courtyard, 1890. Artist: Vincent van Gogh
The Prison Courtyard, 1890. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Funeral of Joseph Stalin, Moscow, USSR, March 1953. Present (from left to right) are Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986)

The Imperial Palace in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Artist: Maxim Dmitriev
The Imperial Palace in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg

The Armoury (Oruzheynaya) Tower in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, before 1889. Artist: Ivan Fyodorovich Borschchevsky
The Armoury (Oruzheynaya) Tower in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, before 1889. Found in the collection of the State United Museum Centre in the Kremlin, Moscow

Gardes de la Porte, 1814-15 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Gardes de la Porte, 1814-15. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 1

Gardes de la Porte, Campaign flag, 1815 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Gardes de la Porte, Campaign flag, 1815. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 1

Gardes de la Porte, Flag bearer, 1814-15 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Gardes de la Porte, Flag bearer, 1814-15. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 1

Voltigeurs, Cents-Suisses, 1815 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Voltigeurs, Cents-Suisses, 1815. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 1

Gardes a pied ordinaires du Corps de Roi, petite and grande tenue, 1817-30 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Gardes a pied ordinaires du Corps de Roi, petite and grande tenue, 1817-30. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 1

Cents-Suisses, Drummer, 1814-17 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Cents-Suisses, Drummer, 1814-17. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 1

Cents-Suisses, Fifer, 1814-17 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Cents-Suisses, Fifer, 1814-17. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 1

Gardes de la Prevote de l Hotel, Trumpeter, 1814-16 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Gardes de la Prevote de l Hotel, Trumpeter, 1814-16. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 1

Japanese official with an escort of soldiers, Korea, c1900

A foreigner under the guard of regular Chinese army, China, 1900. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
A foreigner under the guard of regular Chinese army, China, 1900. Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901, against foreign influence in areas such as trade

The Monaco pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Arrested by the police, Paris, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd December 1900

A boy shot by a Prussian gendarme escaping from a correctional facility, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th March 1900

Attempted attack on Edward, Prince of Wales in Brussels, 1900. Jean Baptiste Sipido, the 16 year old anarchist, being held back after trying to assassinate Edward, Prince of Wales in Brussels

Riflemen, France, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Riflemen, France, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd June 1899

The French Republican Guard, 1899. Artist: F Meaulle
The French Republican Guard, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 28th February 1899

A Revolt of French Anarchists in Guyana, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
A Revolt of French Anarchists in Guyana, 1894. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 16th December 1894

Christophe Thivrier expelled from the Chamber of Deputies, Paris, 1894. Artist: Jose Belon
Christophe Thivrier expelled from the Chamber of Deputies, Paris, 1894. A socialist deputy, Thivrier attended a session of the French National Assembly dressed in a traditional blue workers tunic

Trial of Sante Jeronimo Caserio, Italian anarchist and assassin, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Trial of Sante Jeronimo Caserio, Italian anarchist and assassin, 1894. Caserio (1873-1894) assassinated Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, President of the French Third Republic on 24th June 1894

The Liberation of St Peter, 1514. Artist: Raphael
The Liberation of St Peter, 1514. The story in the New Testament says that King Herod took Peter prisoner and intended to have him killed

Transport of Prostitutes to the Salpetriere, c1760-1770. Artist: Etienne Jeaurat
Transport of Prostitutes to the Salpetriere, c1760-1770. From the Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France

Study, A soldiers Armour, c1823-1870. Artist: Prosper Merimee
Study, A soldiers Armour, c1823-1870. Prosper Merimee was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer, Private collection

Gardes-du-Corps de Roi, Garde de la Manche, 1814-30 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 1

German occupation of Paris, 14 June 1940. Crowds of Parisians line the streets to watch the arrival of the occupying German troops

Civilians in front of a German guard post with a machine gun, Paris, June 1940. The Germans captured Paris on 14 June 1940, beginning an occupation that would last just over four years

German prisoner of war and a guard, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 9 September 1915

Imperial Gendarmerie of Paris, 1813 (1887). Artist: A Lemercier
Imperial Gendarmerie of Paris, 1813 (1887). In France, the Gendarmerie Nationale is the national military police force. A print from Francois Cudets Histoire des Corps de Troupes de la Ville de

Royal guard to the king, and cavalier, 18th century (1887). Artist: A Lemercier
Royal guard to the king, and cavalier, 18th century (1887). A print from Francois Cudets Histoire des Corps de Troupes de la Ville de Paris, France, 1887

Troops of the Royal Guard, 12th-16th century (1887). Artist: A Lemercier
Troops of the Royal Guard, 12th-16th century (1887). A 12th or 13th century arbaletrier (crossbowman), 14th and 15th century archers and a 16th century pikeman

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