Images Dated 24th August 2011 (page 2)

Vendome Column 1
Cutting the base of the column in the place Vendome, Paris, preparatory to pulling it down, at the instigation of artist Gustave Courbet. Date: 8 May 1871

Exiled Communards 3
After the collapse of the Commune, French Communards take refuge in London : they process through the streets on Sunday mornings, soliciting money from the crowd. Date: 1871

Newark Priory, Surrey
The imposing ruins of Newark Priory, at Pyrford, Surrey, England, almost surrounded by the waters of the River Wey. Date: 13th century

Women of the Commune
The women of Paris - women support the Commune as enthusiastically as the men, taking a fiercely active part in the insurrection. Date: 1871

India / Cranganor
The town and harbour of Cowlang in southern India, where the Portuguese maintain a trading post or settlement. Date: 1671

Hoteldeville Damage
The facade of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, bears the scars of three days of bitter street fighting. Date: 23-26 July 1830

Place De Vendome
A demonstration in the place Vendome culminates in a massacre : soon the column will be pulled down by the Communards, inspired by artist Gustave Courbet. Date: March-April 1871

Paris Commune Defeated
Government forces suppress the Commune : fighting on the housetops in the Faubourg Poisonniere. Anyone with a gun or a can of petrol in their hands is summarily shot. Date: 1871

Third Republic 2
Red Republicans invade the sessions where the Corps Legislatif in the Hotel de Ville, Paris, is inaugurating the Third Republic, protesting against conservative policies. Date: 4 September 1870

Petroleuse Arrestede
The last of the commune - a petroleuse says goodbye to her children as she is led away, probably to be shot. Date: 1871

Communards Attacked
Government forces recapture Paris from the Communards : a field gun at the Pont de Neuilly commands the avenue leading to the Arc de Triomphe. Date: 1871

Colonne De Juillet
The Colonne de Juillet in the place de la Bastille, Paris, commemorating the 1830 revolution, is decorated with red flags and tricouleurs by the Communards. Date: March 1871

India / Cowlang
The town and harbour of Cowlang in southern India, where the Portuguese maintain a trading post or settlement. Date: 1671

Vendome Column 3
Communards celebrate the destruction of the column in the place Vendome, Paris, seen as a symbol of the previous regime, at the instigation of artist Gustave Courbet. Date: 8 May 1871

Distress in Paris 1874
After the war with Prussia and the Commune, France is in an impoverished condition : charity kitchens such as this in the rue de Sevres, Paris, provide some comfort. Date: 1874

Commune Womens Club
The women of Paris participate as enthusiastically in the Commune as the men : an impassioned orator addresses a womens club at the Boule Noire, boulevard Rochechouart. Date: March-April 1871

Rue Royale Fires
Fires are started in parts of Paris, often by petroleuses - women carrying cans of fuel. Firemen fight fires in the fashionable rue Royale, seen as symbolic of the old regime. Date: April- May 1871

Attack on Barricade
The forces of law and order attempt to force a barricade built by insurgents in rue St Antoine, Paris, but even as they attack, furniture is thrown down onto their heads. Date: July 1830

Third Republic
Gambetta proclaims the Third Republic at the palais du Corps Legislatif, Paris : it is unpopular with pretty well everyone, but ensures a measure of stability. Date: 4 September 1870

Republican Club, Paris
At a Red Republican club in Paris, a speaker exhorts his comrades to defend the Commune against the government forces. Date: 1871

Penmon Church
The Priory Church and Dovecotes at Penmon, Isle of Anglesey, North Wales. It is believed to have been founded in the 6th century by Saint Seiriol. Rebuilt 12th century. Date: founded 6th century

Burning Guillotine
The Paris Communards burn the guillotine - symbol of the despised government - in the place Voltaire. Date: March-April 1871

Street Barricades
The Communards erect barricades throughout Paris to hamper the assaults of government forces : they are scenes of bitter fighting. Date: April 1871

Guns of Montmartre
The Paris Communards seize the cannon of Montmartre, to defend themselves against the forces of the provisional government whose conservative policies they oppose. Date: March 1871

New Romney Priory Walls
New Romney Priory, Kent, England. The priory was built in around 1270. Date: 13th century

Trochu Restores Order
In the streets of Paris, general Trochu rallies the Garde Nationale, after the red republican invasion of the Corps Legislatif in the Hotel de Ville. Date: 4 September 1870

Petroleuse Captured
A petroleuse - a woman supporter of the Commune who set fire to buildings - is cornered and shot by the government forces. Date: May - June 1871

Conway Castle Bridge
Conway (Conwy) Castle suspension bridge, Gwynedd, North Wales, was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826. Date: 1950s

Finchdale Priory Ruins
A cow grazing in front of the splendid ruins of Finchdale Priory, County Durham, England, which was founded by an adventurous sailor (later Saint), Godric, in about 1115. Date: founded 1115

Ramshackle Farmstead
A rather ramshackle old farmstead, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s

Playing Ones Hand
A card player studies the hand he has been dealt. Date: 1960s

Furness Abbey, Cumbria, England, a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1123 by Stephen, Count of Blois. Later extended, the present ruins are mostly 12th & 13th century Date: founded 1123

Leather Bottle, Cobham
The Leather Bottle pub, in the pretty village of Cobham, near Rochester, Kent, England. immortalised by Charles Dickens in Pickwick Papers. Date: 1950s

Fountains Abbey Nave
Looking across the Nave of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England, was founded in 1132. Date: 12th century

Snowy Rooftops
Snow, Winters Cloak, over tall, industrial Victorian buildings in a British town or city. Date: 1930s

Victoria Embankment Gdns
The Victoria Embankment Gardens, central London, with the famous Shell Mex House and other modern buildings behind. Date: 1950s

Fountains Abbey Arches
Norman arches at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England, which was founded in 1132. It lies in the valley of the River Skell, near Ripon. Date: 12th century

Llanrwst Bridge, over the River Conwy, a stone bridge, built c. 1636. The Ty Hwnt ir Bont, 15th century buildings, now a National Trust property and tearooms, on the right. Date: 17th century

The Pinnacles, Farne Islands, off the coast of Northumberland, England, home to thousands of sea birds during the mating season. Date: 1930s

Fountains Abbey Aisle
The North Aile of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England, which was founded in 1132. It lies in the valley of the River Skell, near Ripon. Date: 12th century

The Old Curiosity Shop
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP The original shop, No 14 Portsmouth Street, Kingsway, London, immortalised by Charles Dickens in his novel of the same name. Date: 19th century

Winter Beech Trees
The bare branches of beech trees amid winter snow in Reynolds Park, Woolton, Lancashire, England. Date: 1950s

JACOBs LADDER
Jacobs Ladder depicted on each turret, with angels descending head first, on the West Front of Bath Abbey, Somerset, England. Date: 12th century

Princes Street Gardens
Winter in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Looking across West Princes Street Gardens, with Princes Street behind the statue of Allan Ramsay. Date: 1960s

The Wrestler, Herculaneum, a fine statue, the Temple, London, England. Date: 1950s

Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1132 and dissolved by Henry VIII, the remains are impressive - Chapter House, Church with tower, Cloisters, etc. Date: 12th century

Family in a Park
A man rests his head on his wifes lap as they both enjoy a sunny day in the park with the children who play in the background. Date: late 1960s

Cliffords Tower, York Castle, Yorkshire, England, a remarkable two-storey quatrefoil keep on a stone motte and bailey fortress. Date: 13th century

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