Revolution Collection (#46)

Cartoon relating to the Paris Commune, 1870s. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards

Caricature of Raoul Rigault, 14th May 1871. Artist: Bertall
Caricature of Raoul Rigault, 14th May 1871. Rigault was one of the leaders of the Paris Commune. He was shot on 24th May 1871 by government troops sent to suppress the Commune. From Le Grelot

Death of Monseigneur Darboy, Archbishop of Paris, 24th May 1871. As the government forces sent to suppress the Paris Commune closed in, the Communards executed hostages they had taken

Jules Valles, French journalist, author and member of the Paris Commune, 1871. Artist: Alfred Lepetit
Jules Valles, French journalist, author and member of the Paris Commune, 1871. Valles became a member of the Commune after it seized power in March 1871, founding the newspaper Le Cri du Peuple

Cartoon, Paris Commune, 1871. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards

Artillery pieces lined up outside the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 16 May 1871. The Hotel de Ville became the headquarters of the government of the Paris Commune after it seized power in March 1871

Fallen column, Place Vendome, Paris, 1871. View of the Place Vendome showing the ruins of the triumphal column erected by Napoleon that the Communards demolished due to its imperialist symbolism

Regne de la Terreur, Paris Commune, 1871. Poster on the subject of the decrees of the Paris Commune. The Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards

Garde Nationale, Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon dedicated to the Garde Nationale, the army recruited from Paris citizenry to defend the city during the Prussian siege

Une Citoyenne, Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon from a series titled Types de la Commune. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards

Petroleuses, Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon from a series titled Types de la Commune. Petroleuses were women extremists who used petroleum to set fire to buildings during the Paris Commune

Orateur de Boulevard, Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon from a series titled Types de la Commune. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards

La Republique Chassant la Basse-cour des Tuilleries, allegorical cartoon, 1870-1871
La Republique Chassant la Basse-cour des Tuilleries, allegorical cartoon, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. The Third Republic was proclaimed in September 1870 after the defeat of the French at

Delegue a l Instruction Publique, Paris Commune, 1871. Satirical cartoon from a series titled Paris Sous le Commune. From a private collection

Ah! Que l on est fier d etre Francais, 1871. Doesn t it make one proud to be French?, laments a caricature of Napoleon I, whose statue was toppled from its column in the Place de la Vendome by

Caricature against Adolphe Thiers, 1871. Adolphe Thiers, President of the French Third Republic portrayed as a soldier with a bleeding heart on his backside beseeching Death to wait a little longer

Paris Pacifie, 1871. Satirical cartoon on the subject of the Paris Commune which governed Paris from March to May 1871. From a private collection

Les Beaux Jours de la Commune, 1871. Cartoon from a series on the subject of the Paris Commune of March to May 1871 titled Communardiana. From a private collection

Incendie et Destruction de l Hotel de Ville, Paris, 24 May 1871. The Hotel de Ville in Paris was destroyed by fire during the fighting as French government forces tried to recapture Paris from

La Prise de Paris, 23 May 1871. The Ministry of Finances building ablaze during the recapture of Paris from the Paris Commune. From a private collection

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)

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot, c1864. Garibaldi (1807-1882) was involved in the Young Italy movement and after a failed uprising in Piedmont in 1834 he fled first to France

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

General Anton Denikin, 1930s
General Anton Denikin

Pyotr Lavrovich Lavrov, Russian publisher, preparing the journal Vpered (Forward), c1873
Pyotr Lavrovich Lavrov, Russian philosopher, preparing the journal Vpered! (Forward!), c1873. Lavrov (1823-1900) (left) was a member of the Narodniks

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in the uniform of Her Majestys Life Guard Uhlan regiment, 1896. Nicholas (1868-1918) succeeded his father, Alexander III, as Emperor of Russia in 1894

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in the uniform of the Nizhny Novgorod Dragoon Regiment, 1896. Nicholas (1868-1918) succeeded his father, Alexander III, as Emperor of Russia in 1894

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with the Cross of Saint Vladimir, 1905. Artist: Genrich Maniser
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with the Cross of Saint Vladimir, 1905. Nicholas (1868-1918) succeeded his father, Alexander III, as Emperor of Russia in 1894

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)

Destruction on a Moscow street after the Revolution, Russia, December 1905. The Russian Revolution of 1905 broke out after troops fired on protesters trying to deliver a petition to Tsar Nicholas II

Graves in the cemetery of the Novodevichy (New Maidens ) Convent, Moscow, Russia, 1929. Standing on the bank of the Moskva River

Unloading food, the House of Scientists, Petrograd, Russia, c1920-c1924(?). The Vladimir Palace, built for Tsar Alexander IIs son, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, between 1867 and 1872

Trial of leaders of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party, Moscow, Russia, August 1922. The Socialist-Revolutionary Party was active in the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917

Revolutionary crowds at the Tverskaya, Moscow, Russia, c1905-c1917(?). Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

Revolutionary barricades on Seleznevskaya Street, Moscow, Russia, during the uprising in 1905. The Russian Revolution of 1905 broke out after troops fired on protesters trying to deliver a petition

The Chudov Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin after shelling in November 1917. Artist: Pyotr Petrovich Pavlov
The Chudov Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin after shelling in November 1917. The monastery suffered damage during the two weeks of fighting that broke out in Moscow following the October Revolution

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

Rosa Luxemburg, c1907. Luxemburg (1871-1919) Polish born German revolutionary, became a Communist in 1890. In 1898 she moved to Berlin and continued as an active leader of the left-wing movement

Battle of Bennington, Vermont, American War of Independence, 16 August 1777. The British were defeated by colonial militia under General John Stark

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

Nicholas II Tsar of Russia, as Tsarevich, c1890. Nicholas (1868-1918) succeeded his father, Alexander III, as Emperor of Russia in 1894

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, reading Pravda, 1918. Lenin (1870-1924) became leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic

Alexander Feodorovich Kerensky, Russian revolutionary politician, 1917
Alexander Feodorovich Kerensky, Russian revolutionary politician, as Minister for War, reviewing the troops, 1917. Kerensky (1881-1970)

Seizure of the Russian Parliament in Petrograd by revolutionary soldiers, Russia, 1917
Seizure of the Russian Parliament in Petrograd (St Petersburg/Leningrad) by revolutionary soldiers, Russia, 1917

Lenin addressing a crowd in Red Square, Moscow, Russian Revolution, October 1917. On 26 October 1917, the day after the storming of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg

Revolutionaries armed with rifles, Russian Revolution, October 1917

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