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Coup : Judges EvictedHigh Court judges are evicted by troops loyal to Napoleon
Coup: Street FightingStreet fighting at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris, where the Republicans construct one of their biggest barricades : but they succumb to the military
Coup: BarricadeRepublican barricade at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris
Note from the PresidentThe President of the Republic sends a message to the Assemblee Nationale : they are more and more at odds as the year progresses, leading to the December coup d etat
Coup : Military ChiefsArmy chiefs discuss policy on the eve of Napoleons coup : by and large the army will support Napoleon
Coup: Napoleon RidesAfter resistance has been suppressed Napoleon rides through the streets of Paris. Not everyone is pleased to see him
Coup: VictimsUnfortunately, a lot of Parisians get themselves hurt when troops loyal to Napoleon clear the streets of Republican opponents : they are carted away in wagons
Coup: BoulevardThe boulevard Montmartre after the street had been cleared by troops supporting Napoleon
Coup : Napoleon ElyseeOn the morning of 2 December, Louis Napoleon leaves the Palais de l Elysee with a military escort
Coup: Clearing StreetsTroops loyal to Napoleon clear the streets of Paris of Republican opponents
Coup: High CourtThe High Court of Justice is suspended when troops loyal to Napoleon invade the chamber
Coup : Cavaignac ArrestGeneral Cavaignac, one of Napoleons most formidable political opponents, is arrested by troops loyal to Napoleon
Coup: RepresentativesRepresentatives who oppose Napoleons coup are arrested by troops sympathetic to his cause and incarcerated in the caserne (barracks) at the quai d Orsay, Paris
Coup: 1st BarricadeNapoleons coup triggers popular resistance : Republicans build their first barricade in the rue des Grandes Audriettes
Coup: Changarnier ArrestGeneral Changarnier, one of Napoleons most formidable political opponents, is roused from bed and arrested in his nightshirt by troops loyal to Napoleon
Coup: Seeling ArmsHomes of suspected resisters of Napoleons coup are searched for concealed arms
Banquet given at the Crystal Palace by Sir Joseph and Lady PBanquet given by Sir Joseph and Lady Paxton in Crystal Palace, London. Paxton (1801-1865) famously built the glass structure to house the Great Exhibition of 1851
Fashions for April 1851Evening corsages including a lace bertha & bows (echelles); fringed green pardessus; black lace edged mantle with collar; purple morning dress: jacket corsage with tabbed basque
Fashions / January 1851Corsages with pagoda sleeves & engageantes; black lace edged pardessus; green pardessus with a double cape & scalloped edges. The girl carries an ermine muff
Ferdinand FochFERDINAND FOCH French soldier
Art Journal CatalogueThe allegorical title page of the Art Journal Catalogue to the Great Exhibition shows how the artist and the artisan unite their endeavours for the common good
Crys Palace TranseptThe central transept, looking north
Farm SteadingIsometrical view of a farm steading. Plan number 6
Peebleshire FarmIsometrical view of a farm steading erected in Peebleshire, Scotland. Plan number 4
Nigeria / Kukawa 1851The Dendal in Kukawa, Nigeria, West Africa, visited by Dr Heinrich Barth and sketched by him
Chad / Lake Chad / ElephantsHerd of elephants, Lake Chad: Dr Heinrich Barth crossed the Sahara from Tripoli, through the Chad basin to Timbuktu, where he did work on the languages and ethnography
French Steamers / HaitiEnglish and French fleets in the harbour of Gonaive, Haiti
Amsterdam / Ships 1851Amsterdam: a busy quayside, with many ships
Spitalfields Brocade 2A stunning floral design in silk brocade by Vanner of Spitalfields, London, and displayed at the Crystal Palace
Spitalfields BrocadeA fine floral design in silk brocade by Campbell, Harrison and Lloyd of Spitalfields, London, and displayed at the Crystal Palace exhibition
Objects from BrumA selection of showpieces by Elkington and Mason of Birmingham, exhibited at the Crystal Palace, London
Silverware by GoughFour fancy items by Gough of Birmingham, exhibited at the Crystal Palace
Narvaez ResignsNarvaez, rival of Espartero, is a reforming liberal; but in 1851 he has to resign, and leaves Madrid
Emigration VesselScene between decks on an emigrant ship showing the crowded and unpleasant conditions
Lajos Kossuth / 1851 VisitLAJOS KOSSUTH Hungarian patriot and statesman on his arrival in England in 1851, here leaving the dock area at Southampton to begin his visit
ALEPPO / SYRIA / 1851The Euphrates Valley route to India. Seen from the Antioch entrance
Hampton Court / Wolsey HalHampton Court Palace: Wolseys Hall
Dressing Table 1851Dressing table and matching accessories done in marquetrie by Trollope of London
Great Exhibition / CartoonThe Opening of the Great Hive of the World May 1 1851 (or The Industrial Exhibition of All Nations ). Cruikshanks impression of the scale of the Hyde Park opening ceremony
Soult (Anon. )NICOLAS-JEAN DE DIEU SOULT French military commander
Green Woodpecker (MorrisGREEN WOODPECKER (Gecinus viridis)
Bearded Tit (Morris)BEARDED TIT (Panurus biarmicus)
Swift (Morris)(Apus apus)
Pheasant (Morris)Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Sedge-Warbler (Morris)SEDGE-WARBLER (Acrocephalus phragmitis)
Herring Gull (Morris)HERRING GULL (Larus argentatus)
Hobby (Morris)HOBBY (Falco subbuteo) characterised by its remarkably long wings
Dusky Petrel (Morris)Though Morris calls this a DUSKY PETREL, we know of no bird with that name, and it looks more like a Manx Shearwater than anything else