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| Oath of the Tennis Court June 20, 1789 at Versailles assembly marking starting point of French Revolution sketch for painting (c1789) attrib to Jacques-Louis David at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Oath of the Tennis Court graphic (after 1823) by Jacques Louis David at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Monument to Convention Nationale, National Convention parliament of French Revolution (1792-5) at Pantheon. Paris, France. | Charge by Prince Lambesc heading Royal German Regiment at Tuileries gardens on July 12, 1789 painting (c1789) by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| Looting of Weapons at Invalides July 14, 1789 painting (c1789) by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Killing of Jacques de Flesselles July 14, 1789 high civic official of Paris on steps of City Hall painting (c1789) by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Taking of the Bastille July 14, 1789 painting (c1789) by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Marquis de Launay, Governor of Bastille, captured by his assailants July 14, 1789 painting (c1789) by Charles Thévenin at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| Killing of Marquis de Pellepont July 14, 1789 while trying to save the Major of the Bastille painting attrib. Charles Thévenin at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | The Bastille in the First Days of Demolition July 1789 painting (1789) by Hubert Robert at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Citizen Nau-Deville dressed in National Guard uniform with partly demolished Bastille behind him painting (1790) by Jean-François Bellier at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Earthenware stove in shape of Bastille (late 18thC) made by Ollivier Fg. St Antoine of Paris at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| Detail of earthenware stove in shape of Bastille (late 18thC) made by Ollivier Fg. St Antoine of Paris at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Earthenware plate with scene of taking of Bastille (Revolutionary era) at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Large penknife "Au grenadier de la Bastille" made of steel, ivory & tortoise shell at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Two penknives decorated as Guardsmen of the Revolutionary period made of ivory & steel at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| Copy of French Revolutionary Declaration of Rights of Man (August 26, 1789) at Risorgimento Museum in Palazzo Carignano. Turin, Italy. | Declaration of Human Rights painting (1789) after Jean-Jacques Le Barbier at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Variation of Declaration of Human Rights graphic (after 1789) at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Equality holding Declaration of Rights of Man engraving (1793) by Jean-François Janinet & Jean Guillaume Moitte of France at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. |
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| Framed fragment of banner commemorating first national celebration of French Revolution (July 14, 1790) at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Mob Demanding Bread at French National Assembly (5 & 6 Oct. 1789) lithograph (1838) by Alexandre Debelle & C. Pegeron (engraver) at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany. | The King & Royal Family Arriving in Paris on Oct 6, 1789 graphic from History of the French Revolution by Pierre Gabriel Berthault after Jean-Louis Prieur at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | National celebration on Champs de Mars July 14, 1790 where Louis XVI pledged loyalty to French Constitution painting (1792) by Charles Thévenin at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| The Oath by La Fayette to French Constitution on first National Celebration of the Revolution July 14, 1790 painting (end 18thC) from French School at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Portrait of King Louis XVI (c1791-3) wearing sash of French Revolution at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. | French revolutionary infantry flag (1789-93) from time before king was executed with lilies at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. | French Revolutionary ceramic plate (c1793) painted with symbols from time before king was executed at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. |
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| French revolution bivouac painting (c1790) by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France. | Mirabeau before Dreux-Brézé during 1789 Revolution preparatory painting (1830-1) for mural in Palais Bourbon by Eugène Delacroix at Eugene Delacroix Museum. Paris, France. | Earthenware plate (c1791) inscribed "Weep for the pearl of Mirabeau" in honor of Count Mirabeau, an early leader of French Revolution at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Earthenware plate inscribed "Death of Mirabeau April 10, 1791" at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| The Taking of the Tuileries Aug. 10, 1792 painting (end 18thC) by French School at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Farewell of Louis XVI to his family Jan 20,1793 painting (1794) by Jean-Jacques Hauer at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Execution of Louis XVI Jan 21, 1793 painting (c1793) by Charles Bénazech at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Execution of Louis XVI Jan 21, 1793 painting (late 18thC) from Danish school at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| Execution of Marie-Antoinette Oct 16, 1793 painting (late 18thC) from Danish school at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin who proposed a more humane method of execution, the machine named after him painting (c1784) by French School at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Miniature model of the rolling guillotine made by the French prisoners of the Grand Army at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Execution by Guillotine at Place de la Révolution (now Place de la Concorde) painting (c1793) by Pierre-Antoine Demachy at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| French revolutionary infantry flag (1792-1804) from time after king was executed with Jacobine symbols & cap at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Rosettes with slogans from the French Revolution (c1792) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Paper assignat bonds (1792-5) issued by the French Revolutionary government at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Revolutionary Allegory painting (c1794) by Nicholas Jeaurat de Bertry at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| Room with symbol of French Revolution & subsequent Italian occupation by France (1799) represented by Phrygian cap on liberty tree of Carmagnola at Risorgimento Museum in Palazzo Carignano. Turin, Italy. | French Revolutionary Jacobine cap (c1795) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Phrygian cap (1799) symbol of French Revolution at Risorgimento Museum. Turin, Italy. | Cockade worn during attempted insurrection in Bologna (Nov. 13-14, 1974) preserved by Napoleon as first Italian tricolor at Risorgimento Museum. Turin, Italy. |
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| French Revolutionary ceramic plate painted with symbols from post king Jacobine era at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. | French Revolutionary ceramic plate painted with symbols from post king Jacobine era at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Earthenware plate with symbols of the French Revolution (1795) from Nevers at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | The Jacobins in Hell, a political club during French Revolution associated with Reign of Terror allegorical painting (c1795) attrib. to Jean Touzé after Hector Chaussier at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| Self-portrait (1794) by Jacques-Louis David at Louvre Museum. Paris, France. | Death of Marat painting (1793) by Jacques-Louis David at Louvre Museum. Paris, France. | Marat Assassinated painting after Louis David at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Jean-Paul Marat assassinated July 1793 & considered Martyr of French Revolution portrait (c1793) by Joseph Boze at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| Jean-Paul Marat before the Bust of Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau both considered Martyrs of the Revolution painting (late 18thC) by French School at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Charlotte Corday just after Assassinating Marat painting (late 18thC) by French School at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Jean-Paul Marat, Friend of the People popular print (late 18thC) at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Jean-Paul Marat reflecting his popular adoration as a Martyr of French Revolution portrait bust (late 18thC) made in France at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| Death of Joseph Bara on Dec. 8, 1794, a 13-year old boy killed for refusing to yell "Long live the King" painting (1794) by Jacques-Louis David at Calvet Museum. Avignon, France. | Juliette Récamier painting (1802-05) by François Gérard at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Elderly couple in Revolutionary dress with rosettes painting on ivory at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Conciergerie (1296-1313) on Ile de la Cité where Marie Antoinette & about 2600 others were imprisoned during the Terror before being taken to the Guillotine. Paris, France. Style: Gothic. Architect: Enguerrand de Marginy. |
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| Maximilien de Robespierre portrait (late 18thC) by French School at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Bust of Maximilien Robespierre detail at Conciergerie. Paris, France. | Bust of Maxmilien Robespierre, an influential figure in the French Revolution known both for his high ideals & his ruthlessness in trying to bring his vision to reality (The Terror) at Conciergerie. Paris, France. | "Robespierre" bronze profile medallion by Pierre Jean David d'Angers at Conciergerie. Paris, France. |
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| House of French revolutionary Committee of Safety member Maximilien de Robespierre. Arras, France. | Plaque stating that Robespierre spent his last moments at this place on July 28, 1794 before being taken to the Guillotine at Conciergerie. Paris, France. | Mechanical wheelchair used by Georges Couthon, close to Robespierre & executed July 1794 at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Appeal of Last Victims of the Terror, a smaller copy of a vast painting by Charles-Louis Müller exhibited at Salon of 1850-51 & Universal Exhibition of 1855 at Conciergerie. Paris, France. |
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| Portraits dating to French Reign of Terror at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Young Napoleon Bonaparte portrait (1834) by Félix Philippoteaux at Versailles Palace. Versailles, France. | Battle of Jemappes on Nov. 6, 1792 during French Revolution in Flanders painting by Henry Scheffer after Horace Vernet at Versailles Palace. Versailles, France. | Le Vengeur monument (1908) by Ernest Dubois to mark heroism of sunken Vengeur's crew in naval battle between French & British fleets on June 1, 1794, aka Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, named after date in year 2 of French Revolutionary calendar at Pantheon. Paris, France. |
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| Distinguished French Revolution military officers 1792 gallery at Versailles Palace. Versailles, France. | Bust of Championnet, a military hero during the time of the French Revolution,in front of Market Hall. Antibes, France. | Rosettes identifying different groups of the French Revolution at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Military drum painted with Revolutionary symbols at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| Earthenware plate inscribed "Law & Peace" (1791) from Nevers at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | La liberté earthenware plate with Revolutionary era symbols (end 18thC) from Nevers, France at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France. | Earthenware plate inscribed with tree of Liberty at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Earthenware platter inscribed Liberty, Equality over scales of justice (1791-93) made by Ollivier (Paris) at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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| French birch & walnut painted secretary desk with Revolutionary symbol (1793-95) at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Dressing table (late 18thC) decorated with Revolutionary designs in beech wood at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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