Images

Bust of Louis Antoine de Saint-Just by French sculptor David d'Angers, 1848. David d'Angers Gallery, Angers, France. Photo credits to Wikipedia user Selbymay, 2011.

The Battle of Fleurus, 26 June 1794. A French army achieved victory over the Austrians, turning the tide of the War of the First Coalition decisively in France's favor. Depicted on the white horse in General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan...

The house where Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just lived as a teenager in the rural town of Blérancourt, now a museum.

An 18th-century painting by David Morier showing the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746 in Scotland where the Jacobite Rebellion, which attempted to replace George II of Great Britain (r. 1727-1760) and return to the Royal...

A painting by John Wootton showing George II of Great Britain (r. 1727-1760) leading an army to victory at the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria in 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). The king is shown...

Gods of Thunder by Timothy R. Pauketat, Oxford University Press, 2023.

A 1730's portrait of George II of Great Britain (r. 1727-1760) by Charles Jervas. (Royal Collection)

A visual timeline illustrating the evolution of agriculture in parallel with invention and social development in the region of the Fertile Crescent (a term first used in 1916 by Egyptologist...

A 1744 portrait by Thomas Hudson of George II of Great Britain (r. 1727-1760). (National Portrait Gallery, London)

A c. 1745 oil-on-canvas portrait by Allan Ramsay of Charles Edward Stuart (1720-88), also known as 'Bonnie' Prince Charlie or the Young Pretender since he sought and failed to restore the Stuart line to the throne of Britain...