Convention Collection (page 2)

Whiff of Grapeshot
LE 13 VENDEMIAIRE, L AN IV He orders the guns to fire on the royalist rebels in the streets of Paris, thereby saving the National Convention and the republic

President Emile Francois Loubet and King Victor Emmanuel III
French President Emile Francois Loubet (1838-1929) and the King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869-1947) (one of the shortest monarchs in history - only 5ft 0" tall)

Ladies Bathing Place and Beach, Portstewart - an elevated view of the beach with changing boxes and the promenade and buildings behind. There is a large crowd on the beach at a convention

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). Politician of the French
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). French lawyer and politician. Figure of the French Revolution. Member of Lacobin Club. Engraving. Portrait. Colored

Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793). Radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution. Jacobin. Portrait by Joseph Boze, 1793. Carnavalet Museum. Paris. France

George Brinton McClellan (1826 A?o?A? 1885). Militar (Amer
George Brinton McClellan (1826 A?o?A? 1885). Major general during the American Civil War and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864, who later served as Governor of New Jersey. Engraving. Colored

Laurent Lecointre (1742-1805). Portrait. Colored engraving
Laurent Lecointre (1742-1805). French politician. Engraving, 19th century. Colored

Otto I (1815-1867). King of Greece (1832-62), second son of Ludwig I of Bavaria. Engraving

Edmond Dubois
EDMOND LOUIS ALEXIS DUBOIS DE CRANCE French revolutionary statesman, president of the Convention in 1793, later minister for war. Date: 1747 - 1814

tapping Telephone Line
French soldiers tapping telephone wires and listening into conversations at Geneva Junction to hear how disarmament proposals will affect them. Date: early 1920s

Giuseppe Cerutti
GIUSEPPE ANTONIO GIACHIMO CERUTTI Italian-born statesman in France, author of la feuille villageoise, deputy to the National Convention. Date: 1738 - 1792

France / Rev / Convention
A member of the French National Assembly known as the Convention. Date: circa 1793

Group of young people at a rock and roll convention in Cornwall, wearing 1950s style costume. Date: 1985

Election parade, Rochester, New York State, USA
Election parade in Rochester, New York State, USA, probably around the time of the New York State election, September 1910. circa 1910

Cartoon, Patriotic Petitions on the Convention, by James Gillray. Four scenes: The Cockney Petition, The Westminster Petition, The Chelmsford Petition, and The Middlesex Petition

Auditorium, Houston, Texas, USA
Auditorium in Houston, Texas, USA, where the Democratic National Convention took place in 1928. Date: 1928

Suffrage meeting, Convention Hall, Washington DC, USA
Suffrage meeting at the Convention Hall, Washington DC, USA, 19 May 1910. Date: 1910

Combat between French and German soldiers
From the French series Visions de Guerre - HERR PROFESSOR - Halt !. Halt !. This is not the Haig Convention. A cartoon showing a mortal combat between a French and German soldier

People at a rock and roll convention, in 1950s style costume. 1985

German Breaches of the Hague Convention by Heath Robinson
X - Reducing the British Army by anti-fatting a tributary of the Marne. British soldiers undergo severe weight loss after drinking from the River Marne

Breaches of the Hague Convention by Heath Robinson, WW1
VII - Tatchoing the British to their Entanglement. Another dastardly idea from the enemy as the Germans fire bombs filled with Tatcho, a famous hair restoring preparation of the time, which

Onion-whittling by Heath Robinson
More underhand ideas from the Germans to defeat their British foe imagined by William Heath Robinson cartoon. The Germans utilise biological weapons; row of onions

The Reconnoitring Mortar by Heath Robinson
This Heath Robinson cartoon show a new German innovation; soldiers with binoculars being launched into the sky. Several little nuances give it away as a Heath Robinson immediately, the mad premise

The Tatcho Bomb by Heath Robinson
In this Heath Robinson cartoon, the Germans fill large balls with Tatcho, a popular hair growth product, and hit the British lines with catapults. Chaos ensues, in the British forces. Date: 1915

Repelling a Flu Assault by Heath Robinson
Here, in this cartoon by Heath Robinson, we have the British countering the German biological weaponry, an army of flu germs. Date: 1915

Fall of Robespierre
Robespierre is condemned by the Convention : he will be guillotined immediately. Date: 28 July 1794

Long Beach Center
Long Beach Convention Center, California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Charles Sinclair
CHARLES SINCLAIR Scottish sympathiser with the French Revolution, delegate to the British Convention. Date: circa 1794

Convair Atlas on display at Las Vegas
Group photograph of Convair Atlas on display at Las Vegas with Douglas Thor, Boeing Bomarc, Northrop Snark and Discoverer satellite mock-up - the Atlas was an actual ICBM modified for exhibition use

A hint to the Democratic convention. Illustration showing Puck holding an artists palette and brushes, with a box of paints at his feet, gesturing toward a portarit of Richard Olney

The convention spring at Saratoga

His Excel: G: Washington Esq: L. L. D. Late commander in chief
His Excel: G: Washington Esq: L.L.D. Late commander in chief of the armies of the U.S. of America & president of the Convention of 1787

16 to 1... the speech that won the nomination... at the N
16 to 1.... the speech that won the nomination... at the National Democtratic Convention at Chicago, 1896. Print shows the Cross of Gold speech by William J. Bryan; portraits of William J

Jean Louis Carra, ne e Pont de Veyle le 11 mars 1742, depute du Dept. de Saone et Loire, e la Convention nationale de 1792. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Jean-Louis Carra

The woman-suffrage movement in New York City society leaders securing signatures to petitions to be presented to the constitutional convention - scene at Sherry s. Date 1894

Convention entre la Republique Francaise et les Etats, unis d Amerique. 1800

Compromise with the South - Dedicated to the Chicago Convention. Picture showing Confederate and Yankee shaking hands over grave

The city of Saint Louis welcomes the National Democratic Convention, 1888. Presidential campaign convention poster with portraits of candidate President Grover Cleveland

Boy shooting during carnival at firemens convention, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Date 1940 July

The cradle of the G. O. P. First Republican convention held at
The cradle of the G.O.P. First Republican convention held at LaFayette Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, Feb. 22d 1856. Print shows exterior

Attaque de la convention nationale; journee memorable du 13 vendemiaire - an 4eme de la republique francaise. Print shows battle scene on Paris street during the attack on the National Convention

Convention number. Illustration shows a stork with the face of Theodore Roosevelt delivering William H. Taft, bundled as an infant, to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois

The Republican convention. Illustration shows at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Theodore Roosevelt is passing the pike of Policies to William H

British occupation of Cyprus - the Bashi-Bazouks leaving the island in 1878. Cyprus was first occupied by the British on July 10th 1878, under the terms of the Anglo-Turkish Convention

Supreme being Taught
Placard for use in schools, intended to inculcate devotion to L Etre Supreme instead of the old Christian deity, proposed by Robespierre and approved by the Convention. Date: 7 May 1794

German breaches of the hague convention
Injecting chilblains serum into the feet of the British. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1916

Matthew Campbell Browne
Citizen MATTHEW CAMPBELL BROWNE sympathiser with the French Revolution, delegate from the Sheffield & Leeds constituency to the British Convention. Date: CIRCA 1794

The Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Destroyed by fire on August 29th, 1910. Date: circa 1908

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