Uprising Collection (page 7)

Massacre of the peasant rebels at Meaux, (1358), c1475. Artist: Loyset Liedet
Massacre of the peasant rebels at Meaux, (1358), c1475. Illustration from Jean Froissarts chronicles, showing the Jacquerie (popular revolt) in the town of Meaux

Liberty Leading the People, 1830. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
Liberty Leading the People, 1830. Painted to commemorate the July Revolution of 1830. A woman personifying Liberty leads the people forward over the bodies of the fallen. From the Louvre, Paris

Uprising leading to the establishment of the Paris Commune, 1871. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards

Depiction of the Sicilian Vespers, 13th century
Depiction of the Sicilian Vespers: Sicilians rise against their French masters on Easter Monday 1282 in Palermo, on a traditional Sicilian painted cart in Palermo museum, 13th century

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

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

Boston mob attempting to force government Stamp Officer to resign, c1773. Wood engraving

Storming of the Bastille, French Revolution, Paris, 1789. On the morning of 14 July 1789, a crowd advanced on the Bastille, the state prison in Paris

Battle of Culloden, 16 April 1746 (18th century). Culloden was the last battle of the 1745 Jacobite rising under Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender

Statue of Boudicca and her daughters in a chariot, Thames Embankment, London, 19th century Artist: Thomas Thornycroft
Statue of Boudicca and her daughters in a chariot, Thames Embankment, London, 19th century. After the death of Boudiccas husband Prasutagus, leader of the Iceni, the Romans confiscated his lands

Mutineers attacking the magazine at Delhi, Indian Mutiny, 11 May 1857 (c1900). On the orders of Lieutenant George Willoughby, who died of his wounds defending the garrison, the magazine was blown up

Battle between Bacchides and Jonathan, Maccabean Revolt, 160 BC, (c19th century)
Battle between Bacchides and Jonathan, Maccabean Revolt, 160 BC (c19th century). French representation of the battle between Bacchides, general of Demetrius I Soter (c187-150 BC)

The coup d etat of the 18th Brumaire (9th November), 1799, 19th century

La Liberte guidant le Peuple, 28th July 1830. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
La Liberte guidant le Peuple, 28th July 1830. Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). Painting, oil on canvas 2.6 x 3.25M. Louvre Museum

Boudicca (Boadicea) lst century British queen of the Iceni, rallying her troops, c1900. The warrior queen Boudicca launched a revolt against the Romans in Britain in 61 AD

William McNaghten (1793-1841), captured and killed, First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842
William McNaghten (1793-1841) British diplomat, orientalist and colonial administrator, instigated interventionist policy in Afghanistan

Alexander Burnes, Scottish diplomat murdered by Afghans during the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1841
Alexander Burnes (1805-1841), centre, Scottish diplomat and traveller murdered by Afghans during the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1841

Boston Tea Party, 26 December 1773. Inhabitants of Boston, Massachusetts, dressed as American Indians, throwing tea from vessels in the harbour into the water as a protest against British taxation

Gold Hittite figure of a king or god, The Gold Tomb, Carcemish, Turkey, c605 BC. The Gold Tomb is a single grave, found inside the city walls

Christiaan De Wet, Afrikaner soldier, politician and big game hunter, c1899. De Wet (1854-1922) addressing burghers near Ventersdorp Station

The Lions Just Share, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Lions Just Share, 1882. The British Lion stands proudly on his Egyptian captive. He is watched by Italy, a French poodle, the Russian Bear, Spain, Germany and the two headed eagle of Austria

Vici!!!, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
Vici!!!, 1882. In a companion cartoon to that issued on 9th September 1882, and which carries the caption Veni, Vidi, Sir Garnet Wolseley has brought the Egyptian rebel, Colonel Arabi, to his knees

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