Imaging the French Revolution

Image 42. Arrivée du roi à Paris, le 6 Octobre 1789. [Arrival of the king in Paris, October 6, 1789.]


Image 41. La nation a conquis son roi. Arrivée du roi à Paris le 6 Octobre 1789. [The nation has conquered its king. Arrival of the king in Paris, October 6, 1789.]


Image 40. Siège de la Bastille. Époque du 14 Julliet 1789. Dedié aux patriotes. [Siege of the Bastille. Epoch of July 14, 1789. Dedicated to the patriots.]


Image 39. Siège de la Bastille, Prise par les citoyens de la ville de Paris. Le 14 Julliet 1789. [Siege of the Bastille, Taken by the citizens of the city of Paris, July 14, 1789.]


Image 29. Prise de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1789 [Seizure of the Bastille, July 14, 1789]


Image 30. L’Héroïne de Milhier. [The Heroine of Milhier]


Image 32. Le Retour triomphant des Héroïnes Françaises de Versailles à Paris le 6 Octobre 1789. [The Triumphant Return of the French Heroines from Versailles to Paris, October 6, 1789]


Image 31. Bertier de Sauvignon, l'intendant de Paris est conduite au supplice [Bertier de Sauvignon, Intendant of Paris, is Led to His Punishment]


Image 34. Reverse of a 1789 Live Free or Die medal commemorating the Fall of the Bastille.


Image 35. Michel Hennin's line drawing of a 1789 Live Free or Die medal commemorating the Fall of the Bastille.


Image 36. Face of the Monneron Brothers' 1792 Live Free or Die medal.


Image 33. Face of a 1789 Live Free or Die medal commemorating the Fall of the Bastille.


Image 37. Médaille de Confiance de cinq-sols remboursable en Assignats de 50.ET au dessus. L’An IV. de la Liberté. Monneron Frères Négocians à Paris 1792. [Token for five sols reimbursable for assignats of 50 livres and up. Year IV of Liberty. Monneron Brothers, Parisian Negoicians, 1792]


Image 38. Médaille de Confiance de cinq-sols remboursable en Assignats de 50.ET au dessus. L’An IV. de la Liberté. Monneron Frères Négocians à Paris 1792. [Front: Commemoration of the first Bastille Day. Back: Token for five sols reimbursable for assignats of 50 livres and up. Year IV of Liberty. Monneron Brothers, Parisian Negoicians, 1792]

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