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Suspenders, elastic, metal, French
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French
1989
The Reds of the Midi, An Episode of the French Revolution, Anonymous, American, 19th century American, Lithograph
The Reds of the Midi, An Episode of the French Revolution
Anonymous, American, 19th century
1896
Soldier, French Revolution, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, Allen & Ginter American, Commercial color lithograph
Soldier, French Revolution, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes
Publisher Issued by Allen & Ginter
1888
The Fall of the Bastille, Cotton, British
The Fall of the Bastille
British
ca. 1790
Jack in a Box (recto) and French Revolution (verso)
Anonymous, British, 19th century
1865–69
Untitled, finished plate with two scenes of French revolution
Artist and engraver Jean Duplessi-Bertaux
early 19th century
Décadaire des hommes célèbres
After J. F. Lefevre
Publisher Gamble et Coipel
1794
Mirabeau Before the Convention, Andre-François-Joseph Truphême, Bronze, French
Mirabeau Before the Convention
Andre-François-Joseph Truphême
1857–72
Scrapbook containing five prints with hidden silhouettes, all related to the French Revolution
Anonymous, German, 18th century
1793–1800
Caricature, Ayant Pour Titre: Lequel Faut-il Donner?, Sujet tiré du Miroir, no. 378, 13 Mai, 1797, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Letterpress
Caricature, Ayant Pour Titre: Lequel Faut-il Donner?, Sujet tiré du Miroir, no. 378, 13 Mai, 1797
Author Anonymous, French, 18th century
1797
Fan design with Republican assignats (French revolutionary money), Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Etching, a small portion printed in red
Fan design with Republican assignats (French revolutionary money)
Anonymous, French, 18th century
ca. 1795
Caricature Showing the Comte de Provence as a Cat, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Etching
Caricature Showing the Comte de Provence as a Cat
Anonymous, French, 18th century
18th century
Le Niveau Nationale (The National Level), Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Hand-colored etching
Le Niveau Nationale (The National Level)
Anonymous, French, 18th century
ca. 1789
Signalement Des Chouans et Autres Contrevolutionaires, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Etching
Signalement Des Chouans et Autres Contrevolutionaires
Anonymous, French, 18th century
ca. 1793
Departmental Column to the Soldiers of the Revolution, 1800, Paris Mint, Gilt bronze, struck, French
Departmental Column to the Soldiers of the Revolution, 1800
Manufactory Struck at the Paris Mint
Factory director Baron Dominique Vivant Denon
1800
National Column to the Soldiers of the Revolution, 1800, Paris Mint, Gilt bronze, struck, French
National Column to the Soldiers of the Revolution, 1800
Manufactory Struck at the Paris Mint
Factory director Baron Dominique Vivant Denon
1800
Le Général la fayette soutenu sur les batons des marechaux Lukner et Rochambeau prend la Lune avec les dents, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Aquatint and etching
Le Général la fayette soutenu sur les batons des marechaux Lukner et Rochambeau prend la Lune avec les dents
Anonymous, French, 18th century
January 22, 1792
Caricature Showing Louis XVI as a Ram, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Etching
Caricature Showing Louis XVI as a Ram
Anonymous, French, 18th century
18th century
Caricature Showing Marie Antoinette as a Dragon, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Etching
Caricature Showing Marie Antoinette as a Dragon
Anonymous, French, 18th century
Subject Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
18th century
Caricature Showing Marie Antoinette as a Leopard, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Etching
Caricature Showing Marie Antoinette as a Leopard
Anonymous, French, 18th century
Subject Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
18th century
La famille des Cochons ramenée dans l'étable (The family of pigs pulled to the stable), Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Hand-colored etching
La famille des Cochons ramenée dans l'étable (The family of pigs pulled to the stable)
Anonymous, French, 18th century
June 25, 1791
The Zenith of French Glory; – The Pinnacle of Liberty. Religion, Justice, Loyalty, & all the Bugbears of Unenlightened Minds, Farewell!, James Gillray British, Hand-colored etching and engraving
The Zenith of French Glory; – The Pinnacle of Liberty. Religion, Justice, Loyalty, & all the Bugbears of Unenlightened Minds, Farewell!
James Gillray
Publisher Hannah Humphrey
Subject Louis XVI, King of France
February 12, 1793
The Mysterious Urn, with the hidden silhouettes of the French royal family, Pierre Jean Joseph Denis Crussaire French, Stipple
The Mysterious Urn, with the hidden silhouettes of the French royal family
Pierre Jean Joseph Denis Crussaire
Subject Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
Subject Louis XVII
1793–1800
Satire against the Terror, Anonymous , French, late 18th century, Etching
Satire against the Terror
Anonymous
1794–1815
The Savior, from "The French during the Revolution", Léopold Massard French, Etching
The Savior, from "The French during the Revolution"
Etcher Léopold Massard
After Henri-Charles-Antoine Baron
Publisher Challamel
1843
The Frogs Who Wanted a King, Anonymous, British, 18th century British, Aquatint, etching and roulette
The Frogs Who Wanted a King
Anonymous, British, 18th century
July 14, 1789
The Weeping Willow with hidden silhouettes of the Royal family, Anonymous , French, late 18th century, Engraving
The Weeping Willow with hidden silhouettes of the Royal family
Multiple artists/makers
1795
The last words of Louis XVI (Testament de Louis XVI), Anonymous , French, late 18th century, Wood engraving
The last words of Louis XVI (Testament de Louis XVI)
Multiple artists/makers
1793–1800
Madame Royale Cared for by Doctor Brunier, January 24, 1793, Jean-Baptiste Mallet French, Gouache
Madame Royale Cared for by Doctor Brunier, January 24, 1793
Jean-Baptiste Mallet
Searched by the Douaniers on the French Frontiers, from "Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, Shortly Before the Revolution", Thomas Rowlandson British, Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Searched by the Douaniers on the French Frontiers, from "Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, Shortly Before the Revolution"
Multiple artists/makers
1821
Count de Rochambeau, French General of the Land Forces in America Reviewing the French Troops, Anonymous, British, 18th century British, Engraving
Count de Rochambeau, French General of the Land Forces in America Reviewing the French Troops
Anonymous, British, 18th century
Publisher Edward Hedges
Subject Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
April 1, 1781
Orage causé par l'Impôt sur le Thé en Amérique, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Engraving
Orage causé par l'Impôt sur le Thé en Amérique
Engraver Anonymous, French, 18th century
After Carl Guttenberg
Derived from a print by John Dixon
1778
Orage causé par l'Impôt sur le Thé en Amérique, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Etching and engraving
Orage causé par l'Impôt sur le Thé en Amérique
Engraver Anonymous, French, 18th century
After Carl Guttenberg
Derived from a print by John Dixon
1778
George Washington, Anonymous, French, 19th century French, Hand-colored lithograph
George Washington
(?) Anonymous, French, 19th century
After Léon Cogniet
Sitter George Washington
ca. 1850
Le Général Burgoyne à Saratoga, le 17 Octobre, 1777; and Le Général Cornwallis à Yorck, le 19 Octobre, 1781, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Etching
Le Général Burgoyne à Saratoga, le 17 Octobre, 1777; and Le Général Cornwallis à Yorck, le 19 Octobre, 1781
Anonymous, French, 18th century
[original 1781] later reprint (?)
Réprésentation du feu terrible à nouvelle Yorck, que les Américains allumé pendant la nuit du 19. septembre 1776 (Representation of the terrible fire at New York, that the Americans lit during the night of September 19, 1776), Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Hand-colored etching and engraving
Réprésentation du feu terrible à nouvelle Yorck, que les Américains allumé pendant la nuit du 19. septembre 1776 (Representation of the terrible fire at New York, that the Americans lit during the night of September 19, 1776)
Engraver Anonymous, French, 18th century
After Franz Xavier Habermann
Publisher Basset
ca. 1778
Mal Lui Veut Mal Lui Tourne Dit Le Bonne Homme Richard, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Engraving
Mal Lui Veut Mal Lui Tourne Dit Le Bonne Homme Richard
Anonymous, French, 18th century
ca. 1780
Busts of Achilles, Agamemnon, and Hector in Conference (from Scenes from The Story of The Trojan War), Pasquier Grenier of Tournai Burgundian, Wool warp, wool wefts with a few silk wefts, South Netherlandish
Busts of Achilles, Agamemnon, and Hector in Conference (from Scenes from The Story of The Trojan War)
Probably produced through Pasquier Grenier of Tournai
ca. 1470–90
Saint James the Great, Gilded copper, with champlevé enamel, and glass beads, French
Saint James the Great
French
ca. 1231
Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848), Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun French, Oil on canvas
Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848)
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
1789
Tomb Effigy Bust of Marie de France (1327-41), daughter of Charles IV of France and Jeanne d'Evreux, Jean de Liège Franco-Netherlandish, Marble with lead inlays, French
Tomb Effigy Bust of Marie de France (1327-41), daughter of Charles IV of France and Jeanne d'Evreux
Jean de Liège
ca. 1381
Head of King David, Limestone, light fine-grained, French
Head of King David
French
ca. 1145

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