An Execution by Guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution. , Pierre Antoine De Machy (c1722-1807)French, Carnavalet, Paris.

Scene of the 1830 Revolution at the Louvre, Jean-Louis Bezard, (1799-1861/French), Oil on canvas, Musee de la Ville de Paris, France

French Revolution, 1789. Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789. Medieval fortress used as French state prison in 17th and 18th centuries. Hand-coloured engraving.

Allegorical emblem of Republic Fasces topped by Cap of Liberty and ribbands with legend ' Liberty, Fraternity, Egality or Death', French Revolution 1789, Contemporary popular coloured print,

A rendition of the Siege of Yorktown. The combined American and French armies and the French navy surround the British army in Yorktown, Va. 1781

Tennis Court Oath, June 20 1789, Jacques Louis David, 1748-1825, French, Pen and bistre wash with white highlights on paper, French Revolution: Meeting of States General where Deputies swore not to meet again until a Parliament had been formed,

Madame Lamartine adopting the children of patriots killed at the barricades in Paris during the Revolution of 1848, 1848, Francois Claudiu Compte-Calix, (1813-1880/French), Oil on canvas, Bowes Museum, County Durhanm, England

The American Revolution, Join or die, Benjamin Franklin's warning to the British colonies in America, 'Join or die' exhorting them to unite against the French and the natives, shows a segmented snake, from The Pennsylvania Gazette, by Benjamin Franklin, circa 1754.

The Abbe as he is today, left, The Abbe in former times, right, Anti-clerical caricature on confiscation of wealth of the Church, French Revolution 1789, Contemporary hand-coloured engraving, Private collection

Conflagration of the Opera at the Royal Palace as Seen from the Louvre 1781 Hubert Robert (1733-1808 French) Oil on canvas Musee de l'Opera, Paris, France

Physician is saying to cleric 'Monsignor you are going to be purged of all riches for your own Salvation', Anti-clerical caricature on confiscation of wealth of the Church, French Revolution 1789, Contemporary hand-coloured engraving, Private collection

French Revolution: Execution of Louis XVI, 1754-93, 21 January 1793, Louis' head being shown to the crowd, On far side of scaffold a wicker basket stands ready to receive his body, Engraving

Ratapoil, Le (Hired Bully In The French Revolution) Daumier, Honore(1808-1879 French) Bronze Christie's Images, London, England

A monk, representing the Church, being told to render unto Caesar what is Caesars and to the Nation what is the Nations, Anti-clerical caricature on confiscation of wealth of the Church, French Revolution 1789, Contemporary hand-coloured engraving, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris,

French Revolution: Having been condemned to death by the Thermidoriens, Romme, Goujon, Duquesnoy, Soubrany & Bourbotte killed themselves, 1795. Engraving

The Enrolment of Volunteers, 22nd July 1792, c. 1850-1853, Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon, (1787-1855/French), Oil on canvas, Musee de la Revolution Francaise, Vizille, France

French Revolution 1789. Suppression of religious orders: a Capuchin Friar disposing of his habit to a Jewish second-hand clothes dealer. 18th century coloured engraving. Carnavalet, Paris.

Fighting at the Hotel de Ville, 28th July 1830, 1833, Jean Victor Schnetz, (1787-1870/French), Oil on canvas, Musee du Petit Palais, Paris, France

French Revolution: Execution of Louis XVI, 1754-93, 21 January 1793, Louis making his final address to the crowd, Coloured print,

75. PARIS, 7eme ARRONDISEMENT, PALAIS BOURBON, ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE ILLUMINEE POUR LE BICENTENAIRE DE 1789, STATUE DU POETE HORACE

Death Of Marat, The 1793 David, Jacques-Louis(1748-1825 French) Oil On Canvas Royal Museums of Art & History, Brussels, Belgium

Paul Jean Francois Nicolas, Comte de Barras (1755-1829) French revolutionary. One of the five members of the Directoire (1795), Engraving

Execution by guillotine of Louis XVI of France, 21 January 1793. Louis lying bound on guillotine waiting for blade to fall and decapitate him. Basket ready to receive his head. Oil on copper. Carnavalet, Paris

Execution by guillotine of Robespierre, 1758-1794, French revolutionary, and his conspirators, Robespierre mounts scaffold, In cart left of scaffold are Hanriot, Robespieree, Dumas and Saint-Just, Behind them are are 14 conspirators in 2 carts, Contemporary hand-coloured lithograph by de Vinck

Gros plan sur affiche révolutionnaire avec devise, bonnet phrygien, coq et canon (an 1 de la République française - 1793, collection Alain Gisgon)

The People in the Tuileries - February 24, 1848 Currier & Ives (Active 1857-1907 American) Color Lithograph Library of Congress, Washington DC