Revolution Collection (#40)

William III, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. Artist: Ravenet
William III, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. William of Orange (1650-1702) was invited by a conspiracy of English notables to depose the Catholic James II and assume the throne in his stead

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family before abdication, 1917. Nicholas and his family were assassinated by the Bolsheviks less than a year later

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)

Landing of William Orange, 1688 (c1850s). William of Orange landed at Brixham, Devon on 5 November 1688 to claim the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland and overthrow James II

Grand Duke Nikolai, Russian First World War general, (1926). Grand Duke Nikolai (1856-1929) was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army when the First World War broke out in 1914

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral, (1831). Artist: H Robinson
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral, (1831). Hood (1724-1816) fought in the American War of Independence

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, (1832). Artist: Henry Thomas Ryall
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, (1832). Amherst (1717-1797) commanded British forces in the war against the French in North America in 1758-1760

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister of Great Britain, (1833). Artist: WT Mote
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister of Great Britain, (1833). North (1732-1792) formed a government in 1770 but resigned on March 27 1782

Room where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed, Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 17 1918
The room where Tsar Nicholas II, his family and attendants were executed, Yekaterinburg, Siberia, Russia, July 17 1918. Compelled to abdicate in the wake of the February Revolution

Tsar Nicholas II and his children sitting on a greenhouse, Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia, 1917. Compelled to abdicate in the wake of the February Revolution

General Kornilov inspecting Russian troops, 1st July 1917. Lavr Kornilov (1870-1918) is best known for the Kornilov Affair

Street fighting in Petrograd, Russia, 17th July 1917. An outbreak of violence in the city in the period between the February and October Revolutions

Marshal Joffres tribute to the Marquis de Lafayette, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1917. Joffre saluting the sculpture of Lafayette

Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Russian First World War general, 16-17 March 1917. Grand Duke Nikolai (1856-1929) was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army when the First World War broke out in

Street fighting, Petrograd, Russia, 12-18 March 1917. Unrest during the opening phase of the Russian Revolution

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento, (1893). Artist: W Holl
Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento, (1893). Garibaldi (1807-1882) was involved in the Young Italy movement

Esther De Berdt Reed, American Revolutionary War patriot, 1872
Esther De Berdt Reed, American patriot, 1872. De Berdt (1746-1780) was a patriot during the American Revolutionary War. Engraving from John Gilmary Sheas A Childs History of the United States

Mrs Steele and General Green, c1770s, (1872). Artist: C Burt
Mrs Steele and General Green, c1770s, (1872). Scene from the American Revolutionary War in which American General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), arriving at Mrs Steeles tavern after midnight

Cornelia Beekman, American patriot, 19th century. Portrait of Cornelia Beekman (1752-1822)

Mercy Warren, American patriot and writer, 1872. During the time of the American Revolution, Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814) hosted political meetings in her home

Mary Morris, 1872. Morris and her husband Robert helped to fund the American Revolutionary War in the 1770s. Engraving from John Gilmary Sheas A Childs History of the United States

Rebecca Brewton Motte, American patriot and plantation owner, 1872. Courageous widow Motte (1738-1815) was the owner of Fairfield Plantation, South Carolina

Honor the Brave, 1872. Artist: C Burt
Honor the Brave, 1872. A gravedigger leans on his spade and pauses to watch a funeral, probably that of an American patriot killed fighting the British in the American Revolutionary War

The Stamp Riots of New York, c1765, (1872). A banner reads: The Folly of England and the Right of America. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1765 in order to raise revenue in

Sarah Franklin Bache, American revolutionary war patriot, 1872. Bache (1743-1808) was the only daughter of Benjamin Franklin

General Anthony Wayne, United States Army general and statesman, 1872. Wayne (1745-1796) adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War

The Battle of the Kegs, 6 January 1778, (1872). Scene during the American Revolution when a particular British fleet of ships terrorized the colonists and resided in Philadelphias port

Saratoga and Stillwater, Encampments of Burgoynes Army, 1777, (1872). The Battle(s) of Saratoga were considered by many historians to have been the turning point of the American Revolutionary War

The Battles of Lexington and Concord, 19 April 1775, (1872). The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolutionary War

Martha Wilson, 1872. Portrait of Wilson (born 1758), inscribed I pray God to bless you. Engraving from John Gilmary Shea s, A Childs History of the United States, Hess and McDavitt, (New York, 1872)

The Boston Tea Party, 16 December 1773, (1872). The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the American colonists against Great Britain in which they destroyed many crates of tea on ships in Boston

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

The July Column in the Place de la Bastille, Paris, c1900. La Colonne de Juillet is a monument to the Revolution of 1830

Maximilien Robespierre, one of the leaders of the French Revolution, 19th century. Artist: WH Mote
Maximilien Robespierre, one of the leaders of the French Revolution, 19th century. Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary and protagonist of the Reign of Terror

Samuel Barrington, British admiral, 19th century. Artist: Henry Thomas Ryall
Samuel Barrington, British admiral, 19th century. During the War of American Independence, Barrington (1729-1800) captured the West Indian island of St Lucia from the French

Revolutionary Fury and Britannia, 1814. Artist: I Brown
Revolutionary Fury and Britannia, 1814. Revolutionary Fury setting out to enslave or destroy the nations of Europe, is stopped by the interposing shield of Britannia who launches her thunders

John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, English soldier, 1860. Artist: J Posselwhite
John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, English soldier, 1860. Portrait of the duke (1650-1722) in armour

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

Guiseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot, 19th century. Artist: W Holl
Guiseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot, 19th century. Leading his 1, 000 Red Shirts, Garibaldi (1807-1882) conquered Sicily and Naples

George Washington, First President of the USA, 19th century. Artist: W Humphreys
George Washington, First President of the USA, 19th century. Portrait of Washington (1732-1799)

George Washington, 19th century. Artist: Rembrandt Peale
George Washington, 19th century. Washington was the first President of United States. After commanding the American Revolutionary army to victory over the British in the American War of Independence

Louis Philippe procedes from the Palais-Royal to the town hall of Paris, 31 July 1830, 1832. Found in the Collection of Musee de l Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles

Madame Adelaide Aughie, friend of Queen Marie Antoinette, as a dairymaid at Trianon, 1787. Found in the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Marie Antoinette at the Conciergerie as Prisoner, 1793. Artist: Prieur, Jean-Louis (1759-1795)
Marie Antoinette at the Conciergerie as Prisoner, 1793. Private Collection

The execution of the terrorists in Russia, 1884-1885. Artist: Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilyevich (1842-1904)
The execution of the terrorists in Russia, 1884-1885. From a private collection

Louis XVI before the scaffold. Artist: Benazech, Charles (1767-1794)
Louis XVI before the scaffold. Found in the collection of Musee de l Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles

To decieved brothers in White Army trenches (Poster), 1918. Artist: Apsit, Alexander Petrovich (1880-1944)
To decieved brothers in White Army trenches (Poster), 1918. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

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