Images

Maglocunus Stone, one of the few existing stones with inscriptions in both Latin and Ogham script. Nevern, Pembrokeshire.

Storming of the Tuileries Palace during the French Revolution, 10 August 1792. Oil on canvas by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, 1793. Palace of Versailles.

King Louis XVI of France declares war on Francis II, king of Hungary and Bohemia, in the Legislative Assembly, beginning the War of the First Coalition (1792-1797), 20 April 1792. Engraving by Johann Carl Bock, c. 1792. National Library...

Painting of the idealized image of a sans-culotte during the French Revolution. Oil on panel by Louis-Léopold Boilly, c. 1792. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

The crowd of Parisians sans-culottes invade the Tuileries Palace during the Demonstration of 20 June 1792. By Jan Bulthuis/Johannes Allart, c. 1800. Museum of the French Revolution, Vizille.

King Louis XVI of France is accosted by sans-culottes in the Tuileries Palace on 20 June 1792. To show he is unafraid, the king is seen holding the hand of a grenadier over his heart, saying, "See? It does not palpitate." Engraving by Jean-Baptiste...

Depiction of the murder of French General Theobald Dillon by his own men in the opening days of the War of the First Coalition. Pring by Joannes Bemme, c. 1800. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Depiction of King Louis XVI of France wearing the red Phrygian cap of liberty and drinking a toast to the nation, as he did during the Demonstration of 20 June 1792. Etching by an unknown author, c. 1792. Library of Congress, Washington...

Portrait of Pierre Vergniaud (1753-1793), supporter of Jacques-Pierre Brissot and one of the leaders of the Girondins during the French Revolution (1789-99). Painting by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1792.

Portrait of Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793), journalist and leader of the Girondist (Brissotin) faction during the French Revolution (1789-99). Painting by François Bonneville, c 1790. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.