Images Dated 13th October 2007 (page 6)

Tomb of 1830 Victims
Victims of the Revolution de Juillet are buried in the place des Innocents, Paris

Saint-Simoniens
Followers of Saint-Simon hope that the July Revolution will enable his socialist ideas to be put into practice : they meet to present their case but they have no success

Address of 221
Liberal statesman Royer- Collard presents the Adresse du 221, demanding reforms, to Charles X, who of course remains obdurate

Daumesnil at Vincennes
Daumesnil, Napoleonic general now governor of Vincennes, refuses to release the imprisoned ministers of Charles X to the tender mercies of the Paris mob

Horse Soldier Attacked
A cavalry officer is dragged from his horse by an insurgent

Duchesse at Toulouse
The duchesse de Berry, widow of the murdered duc, is a tireless royalist plotter : she visits Toulouse in the hope of drumming up support for the Bourbon cause

Reactionary Bishops
Reactionary bishops meet to discuss their course of action in the light of growing popular opposition to the Bourbon monarchy

Charles X Crowned 2
The sacre (consecration) of Charles X at Reims

Re-Educating Soldiers
Napoleons officers are sent to school, to be instructed in Frances new social ideas and conditions

Byron & Guiccioli
Byron with Teresa, countess Guiccioli, through whom he became involved with the carbonari

Building a Dolmen
Neolithic folk building a dolmen

Swiss Lake Dwelling
A lake dwelling in western Switzerland in the Stone Age

Food and Drink / Wine / 1553
A vineyard during a hailstorm

Telegraph / Tibet / 1922
The electric telegraph is introduced to Tibet

Paris / Montmartre C1905
Montmartre: general view from the Galeries Lafayette

Hansel and Gretel
The two children in the forest - Gretel is shocked when Hansel eats the strawberries

Shakespeare / Holl
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet. Rectangular portrait with signature

Shakespeare / Janssen / Anon
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet. Rectangular portrait

Pterodactyl / Pteranodon
Giant pterodactyl, the PTERANODON, with a wing-spread of some 6 metres from the Cretaceous period

Philippe II (Col)
PHILIPPE II AUGUSTE king of France reigned from 1179-1223

Emperor Domitian
Titus Flavius DOMITIANUS, Roman emperor assassinated

Nero at the Games
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, later NERO Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, depicted at the games where, blind in one eye, he used an emerald as an eyeglass

Augustus / Emperor(Anon)
GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS (originally Gaius Octavius, also known as Octavianus) First Roman Emperor from 27 BC to 14 AD

Messalina, Empress
MESSALINA, EMPRESS wife of Emperor Claudius

Hyginus / Pistrix
The constellation of PISTRIX, the sea monster

Lake Submarine in Action
A " Simon Lake" submarine fitted with wheels to move over the sea-bottom, passes through a harbour mine field 1 of 2

Nz - Driving Sheep
Scene on a New Zealand sheep station - riders and dogs bringing the sheep home

William Laud
WILLIAM LAUD Prelate; became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633

Dutch Explore Mauritius
Dutch explorers on the island of Mauritius, Indian Ocean, find huge turtles as well as other novel species

Migrating Swallows
On a cottage porch, the return of the swallows to their nests heralds the coming summer

Greenwich Observatory
GREENWICH ROYAL OBSERVATORY The Royal Observatory from Greenwich Park, with the time- ball on the east turret

LA Salle in America
RENE-ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE French explorer; claiming the Lower Mississippi valley for Louis XIV as Louisiana, 1682

Copernicus / Copy of Book
Copernicus receives the first example of his book Mouvements celestes

System of Cosmas
The form of the Earth and the Universe, according to the Alexandrian monk and geographer COSMAS

Testing Cugnots Carr
Cugnots steam carriage is tested at the Arsenal, Paris

FLOWER O
Flowery O

FLOWER N
Flowery N

FLOWER I
Flowery I

FLOWER H
Flowery H

Alphonse Daudet
ALPHONSE DAUDET with scenes from two of his books

CAMBERWELL
The village of Camberwell, viewed from the Grove and looking northeast - you can just see St Pauls in the distance

Indian Monsters
Monstrous creatures reported by travellers in India, from beyond the Ganges River - some with dogs heads, some with one eye, some with heads below their shoulders &c

Population / Census 1911
East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English

Paris Bread Shortage
Paris housewives queue at the door of a boulangerie, during a bread shortage which causes fierce rioting and upsets the government Date: November 1794

Northcliffe / Napoleon
ALFRED HARMSWORTH, lord NORTHCLIFFE newspaper proprietor depicted as the Napoleon of Slander

Pope Victor I
POPE VICTOR I pope and saint

Turkish Power Shaken
Cartoon : The Turks power in Europe is shaken by his Balkan neighbours

Dipping Sheep, France
Dipping sheep according to Biggs system, at the farm of Prince Napoleon at Meudon - first their legs are tied, then they are dipped, then set loose. Note the sheepdog. Date: circa 1850

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