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Death of the Princess de Lamballe
Death of the Princess de Lamballe, oil on canvas by Léon-Maxime Faivre, 1908. The painting depicts the murder of the Princess de Lamballe in the September Massacres, during the French Revolution (1789-99). Lamballe, a wealthy, widowed...
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Insurrectionists in the Assembly
Depiction of the Insurrectionists invading the Legislative Assembly following the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on 10 August 1792, to demand the overthrow of King Louis XVI of France during the French Revolution. Work by Francois Pascal...
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Swiss Guards Defend the Tuileries
Swiss Guards defend the staircase of the Tuileries Palace from rebel National Guards, during the Insurrection of 10 August 1792, part of the French Revolution. Painting by Henri-Paul Motte, 1892.
National Library of France.
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The Bust of Isocrates
A bust of the Athenian orator Isocrates, from page 97 of World's Famous Orations, Vol 1, by William Jennings Bryan and Francis Whiting Halsey, 1906.
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The Tomb of Isocrates
The tomb of Isocrates, Athenian orator, by Jean-Jacques Lequeu, 1789.
Morgan Library & Museum, New York.
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Tower of Constance
Tower of Constance, Aigues-Mortes, France.
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Tower of Constance and Ramparts
Tower of Constance and Ramparts on an early 20th-century postcard.
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Huguenot Women Prisoners at the Tower of Constance
Huguenot Women Prisoners at the Tower of Constance, painting by Michel Leenhardt, 1892.
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Marie Durand
Marie Durand (1711-1776).
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Diomedes with the Palladium
Diomedes with the Palladium (Glyptothek Munich).
