Images (p. 278)

Image by William Hamilton

Marie Antoinette Being Taken to Her Execution, 16 October 1793

Marie Antoinette being taken from the prison of the Conciergerie to the guillotine on 16 October 1793. She appears in the center wearing a white dress, contrasted with the dark clothed figures around her. Painting by William Hamilton, 1794...

Image by Pierre Bouillon

Trial of Marie Antoinette

Depiction of the trial of Marie Antoinette, 15 October 1793. Marie Antoinette herself is prominently featured on the right, arm outstretched as she defends herself. Sitting at the table across from her with the feathered hat is Fouquier-Tinville...

Image by Sophie Prieur

Marie Antoinette in the Temple, 1793

Marie Antoinette during her imprisonment in the Tower of the Temple, following the execution of her husband Louis XVI in January 1793. Painting by Sophie Prieur, 1793. In the Musée Carnavalet

Image by Randolph Hollingsworth

Sophie Hinerangi at the Pink and White Terraces

Sophie Hinerangi (c. 1834-1911), known as Guide Sophia on the pink and white terraces, destroyed when Mount Tarawera erupted in 1886. Photograph taken in January 1885.

Image by Sarjeant Gallery

John Hoyte's Painting of the Pink and White Terraces of New Zealand

Painting by John Hoyte (1835-1913) of the world-famous pink and white terraces of New Zealand that were destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1886. Sarjeant Gallery, Te Whare o Rehua, Whanganui.

Image by Unknown Artist

Positions at the Battle of Plassey

A c. 1760 map showing the positions at the battle of Plassey in Bengal, India, 23 June 1757. Robert Clive’s East India Company army defeated a larger force of the Nawab of Bengal.

Image by Francis Hayman

Robert Clive & Mir Jafar at Plassey

A c. 1760 painting showing Robert Clive (1725-1774) and Mir Jafar, future nawab of Bengal, after the battle of Plassey, 23 June, 1757. (National Portrait Gallery, London)