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Background imageRevolution Collection: Storming the Bastille

Storming the Bastille
The mob charging the prison in Paris, France

Background imageRevolution Collection: Polish revolt against Russian domination

Polish revolt against Russian domination
During the November Uprising, also known as the Cadet Revolution (1830-1831), Polish patriots attempt (unsuccessfully) to throw off Russian domination

Background imageRevolution Collection: Room of Martin Luther (1483-1546) at Wartburg. Engraving. Co

Room of Martin Luther (1483-1546) at Wartburg. Engraving. Co
Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Luthers room at Wartburg. Engraving by Hurel. The Religious Revolution, 1880. Colored

Background imageRevolution Collection: France. Guard of National Convention (center), French Grenad

France. Guard of National Convention (center), French Grenad
French Revolution (1789-1799). Guard of National Convention (center), French Grenadier Guard (left) and crippled (right). Colored engraving. 19th century

Background imageRevolution Collection: Fighting, Pte St Denis

Fighting, Pte St Denis
Fighting at the porte Saint- Denis. Date: 29 July 1830

Background imageRevolution Collection: United States (1880). Oil wells in Triumph Mountain

United States (1880). Oil wells in Triumph Mountain, Pennsylvania. Engraving

Background imageRevolution Collection: Russian Bear Seeks Peace

Russian Bear Seeks Peace
CARTOON The Russian Bear in search of peace (during the provisional government after the April revolution) Date: April 1917

Background imageRevolution Collection: Mikhail Ivanovich Tereschenko

Mikhail Ivanovich Tereschenko, Russian politician and financier, seen here in August 1917. In this year he was appointed Finance Minister of the Russian Provisional Government, then Foreign Minister

Background imageRevolution Collection: Red Army recruitment poster

Red Army recruitment poster, showing a Soviet sailor and soldiers fighting: Forward to the Don!

Background imageRevolution Collection: Factories and Railway

Factories and Railway
An industrial landscape, showing factories and railway lines at Southampton, Hampshire, England

Background imageRevolution Collection: Washington at Delaware

Washington at Delaware
Washington and his army cross the half frozen Delaware River, prior to the battle of Trenton

Background imageRevolution Collection: Vendee Larochejacquelin

Vendee Larochejacquelin
If I retreat, shoot me : if I advance, follow me : if I am killed, avenge me. Vendee commander Larochejacquelein leads his men heroically, but he will be killed in action

Background imageRevolution Collection: Vendee : Cholet Taken

Vendee : Cholet Taken
The Breton royalists led by Cathelineau take the town of Cholet from the revolutionaries

Background imageRevolution Collection: Irkutsk Demonstration

Irkutsk Demonstration
The February Revolution spreads from Petrograd across the country - this street demonstration is at Irkutsk in Siberia

Background imageRevolution Collection: Izvestia Distributed

Izvestia Distributed
Copies of the Moscow newspaper Izvestia (it means messages or reports) are distributed to soldiers of the Red Army. Fortunately, many of them can read

Background imageRevolution Collection: Womens Battalion Death

Womens Battalion Death
Recruits in the Womens Shock Battalion of Death pose for a propaganda picture while learning to use their guns

Background imageRevolution Collection: Service for Servicemen

Service for Servicemen
Despite the revolution, Russians are not yet atheists : in Moscows Red Square a church service is held for those still fighting on the German front

Background imageRevolution Collection: Lenin and Workers

Lenin and Workers
Lenin addresses workers at the Putilov factory, Petrograd, who provide solid support for his coup

Background imageRevolution Collection: Cruiser Aurora

Cruiser Aurora
The cruiser Aurora, lying at St Petersburg, whose guns gave the signal for the Bolshevik attack on the Winter Palace

Background imageRevolution Collection: Princesse De Lamballe

Princesse De Lamballe
MARIE THERESE LOUISE DE SAVOIE princesse LAMBALLE, friend of Marie Antoinette and one of the most shocking victims of the Revolution not long after this portrait was made

Background imageRevolution Collection: Food Queue / Tverskaya St

Food Queue / Tverskaya St
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION - Queueing for food, Tverskaya Street, Moscow

Background imageRevolution Collection: Medals / Gold Donated 1917

Medals / Gold Donated 1917
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION - Petrograd : Soldiers donate medals and gold to the cause of the Revolution

Background imageRevolution Collection: Rousseaus Remains

Rousseaus Remains
The remains of Jean-Jacques Rousseau are transferred to the Pantheon, Paris, with much ceremony, during the Revolution

Background imageRevolution Collection: Du Barry - Miniature

Du Barry - Miniature
JEANNE BECU, COMTESSE DU BARRY Paris shopgirl who became mistress to Louis XV but was guillotined during the Revolution

Background imageRevolution Collection: Landing of William III

Landing of William III
William, Prince of Orange, lands at Torbay and is greeted as the future king William III

Background imageRevolution Collection: Ancient water clocks or clepsydrae

Ancient water clocks or clepsydrae. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman

Background imageRevolution Collection: The Xinhai Revolution

The Xinhai Revolution, also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911, was a revolution that overthrew Chinas last imperial dynasty (the Qing dynasty)

Background imageRevolution Collection: Juan Luna Novicio (1857-1899). Engraving. Colored

Juan Luna Novicio (1857-1899). Engraving. Colored
Juan Luna Novicio (1857-1899). Filipino artist. Engraving by Saderna. The Artistic Illustration 1884. Colored

Background imageRevolution Collection: Trades in Regency England: glass-blowing, colliery

Trades in Regency England: glass-blowing, colliery and tanning. Workers blowing molten glass into bottles and goblets in a Newcastle factory 67

Background imageRevolution Collection: Trades in Regency England: blacksmith, Jappanner and goats

Trades in Regency England: blacksmith, Jappanner and goats. Blacksmith with hammer and anvil in front of a forge in the Forest of Dean 43, man showing a Japanned or lacquered tray in Pontypool 44

Background imageRevolution Collection: Trades in Regency England. Spinning, reaping flax

Trades in Regency England. Spinning, reaping flax and Suffolk horses. Woman spinning wool on a wheel outside a cottage in Lavenham 28, boy harvesting hemp for sailcloth in Suffolk 29

Background imageRevolution Collection: Man in loose fitting coat, waistcoat, trousers and boots

Man in loose fitting coat, waistcoat, trousers and boots
Man in loose fitting coat of grey cloth with velvet collar, pink-and-white check waistcoat, hazelnut colour trousers and soft boots. Handcoloured lithograph by E

Background imageRevolution Collection: Barricade in the Rue St Martin 1848

Barricade in the Rue St Martin 1848
Barricade in the Rue St Martin, Paris, France, 1848. One of the barricades constructed by the revolutionaries. 1848

Background imageRevolution Collection: Face-turning lathe and riveting hammer, 18th century

Face-turning lathe and riveting hammer, 18th century
Face-turning lathe and riveting hammer, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Background imageRevolution Collection: Electrical dischargers and doublers, 18th century

Electrical dischargers and doublers, 18th century
Electrical dischargers and doublers, including Tiberius Cavallos multiplier, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Background imageRevolution Collection: Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville, 1746-1795

Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville, 1746-1795
Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville, French prosecutor during the Revolution and Reign of Terror. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la

Background imageRevolution Collection: Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata stands near a brick staircase, in a sombrero, holding the hilt of his sword and holding a rifle aloft, wearing two bandoliers across his chest

Background imageRevolution Collection: LIVERPOOL DOCKS 1950S

LIVERPOOL DOCKS 1950S
A grain warehouse at the dockside, Liverpool, Merseyside. The lighter (barge) on the right is being unloaded by means of suction equipment. Date: 1950s

Background imageRevolution Collection: Martin Harvey as Sydney Carton in The Only Way

Martin Harvey as Sydney Carton in The Only Way, based on Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. circa 1900s

Background imageRevolution Collection: Celebrating the New Turkish Constiution - French postcard

Celebrating the New Turkish Constiution - French postcard. The Young Turk Revolution (July 1908) of the Ottoman Empire was when the Young Turks movement restored the Ottoman constitution of 1876

Background imageRevolution Collection: Comte Frederic de Merode - Place des Martyrs, Brussels

Comte Frederic de Merode - Place des Martyrs, Brussels
Art Nouveau memorial to Comte Frederic de Merode (hero of the Belgian Revolution who died at Mechelen in 1830) - Place des Martyrs, Brussels

Background imageRevolution Collection: Spinning-frame. Designed in 1767 by Richard Arkwright (1732

Spinning-frame. Designed in 1767 by Richard Arkwright (1732-1792). Semi-mechanical machine for spinning cotton driven by water power. 18th century. Colored engraving

Background imageRevolution Collection: Soviet poster, Lenin points the way forward

Soviet poster, Lenin points the way forward
Soviet poster showing Lenin behind a red banner, pointing the way forward for the October Revolution. Date: circa 1917

Background imageRevolution Collection: England (18th C. ). Industrial Revolution. Explotation

England (18th C. ). Industrial Revolution. Explotation
England (18th C.). Industrial Revolution. Explotation of a coal mine using a Newcomens engine. Oil on canvas. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. Liverpool. Walker Art Gallery

Background imageRevolution Collection: Terrace houses around a Victorian factory, Victorian period

Terrace houses around a Victorian factory, Victorian period

Background imageRevolution Collection: Martin Harvey as Sydney Carton in The Only Way

Martin Harvey as Sydney Carton in The Only Way, with his autograph above Date: circa 1910s

Background imageRevolution Collection: Proclamation of the Constitution in Madrid, 1820

Proclamation of the Constitution in Madrid, 1820
Liberal Triennium (Trienio Liberal) (1820-1823). Proclamation of the Constitution in Madrid, 1820. Lithograph on paper by Godefroy Engelmann (1788-1839). Drawing by Eugene Lami (1800-1890)

Background imageRevolution Collection: HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal)

HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal)
Royal Navy - HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal) at A Spithead re in 1938. HMS Pegasus was re-named from the 1914 HMS Ark Royal seaplane carrier



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