Maximilien Robespierre 1758 1794 Jacobin leader during French Revolution Engraved by Pannemaker after E Viollat From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Thomas Carlyle 1795 1881 Scottish born English historian and essayist From the book The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle Published London 1894

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

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,

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,

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord 1754 1838 French politician and diplomat Engraved by Launy Marchand after E Parmentier From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier marquis de Lafayette 1757 1834 French solider who fought wiith Americans in American Revolution From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Jean Baptiste Klber 1753 1800 French general of the Revolutionary wars Engraved by Pannemaker Ligny after Linard From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Charlotte Corday 1768 1798 French Revolutionary heroine who was guillotined for the assassination of Jean Paul Marat in 1793 Engraved by Pannemaker From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Gobel resigns his episcopal office 1793 Jean Baptiste Joseph Gobel 1727 1794 French ecclesiastic politician and archbishop of Paris Engraved by Launy Marchand after Renaud From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Napoleon Bonaparte at the seige of Toulon December 1793 Napoleon Bonaparte 1769 1821 Emperor of the French Engraved by Pannemaker Ligny after Viollat From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Louis XVI before the convention December 1792 Louis XVI 1754 1793 King of France 1774 1792 Engraved by Meyer Heine after De La Charlerie From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Jean Lambert Tallien 1767 1820 French politician Engraved by Pannemaker Ligny after E Viollat From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Death of Roland Jean Marie Roland de la Platire 1734 1793 French Interior minister 1792 3 From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Madame Recamier Jeanne Francoise Julie Adelande Bernard Mme Recamier aka Juliette 1777 1849 Celebrated French beauty Engraved by Hebert after E Viollat From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

The Royal family during confinement at the Temple prison 1792 Engraved by Jannard after De La Charlerie From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Death of Marat 13 July 1793 Jean Paul Marat 1743 1793 French politician physician and journalist From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Auguste Henri Marie Picot Marquis de Dampierre 1756 1795 French general Engraved by Pannemaker From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

The Duke of Brunswick Luneberg Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand 1735 1806 German military general Engraved by Pannemaker after Drambert From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

The Dauphin in the Temple prison Louis XVII Louis Charles 1785 1795 titular king of France 1793 95 known in popular legend as the lost dauphin Engraved by Meyer Heine after De La Charlerie From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier marquis de Lafayette 1757 1834 French solider who fought wiith Americans in American Revolution From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Garat proclaims the arrest of the king Dominique Joseph Garat 1749 1833 French revolutionary Minister of Justice 1792 3 during the trial of Louis XVI Engraved by Meyer Heine after De La Charlerie From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Jean Nicolas Billaud Varenne 1756 1819 French revolutionary Engraved by J Gauchard after D Bocourt From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Charles XIV Charles John Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte 1763 1844 king of Sweden and Norway 1818 44 Prince of Ponte Corvo French Revolutionary general Engraved by Launay Marchand From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier marquis de Lafayette 1757 1834 French solider who fought wiith Americans in American Revolution As Commander of the Parisian National Guard in 1789 Engraved by S Freeman after Levachez

Jean Jacques Regis de Cambacoros Duke of Parma 1753 1824 French revolutionary legislator statesman and jurist Author of the code Napoleon Engraved by Pannemaker Ligny From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais 1732 1799 French dramatist Engraved by Pannemaker after Lienard From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Philippe Franois Nazaire Fabre Dglantine 1755 1794 French dramatist and revolutionist From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

The Tuileries June 20 1792 From the picture by A Elmore from the book The Outline of History by HG Wells Volume 2 published 1920