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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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 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

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,

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

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

Execution of Louis XVI: Last Words of the King to His People 1793 Artist Unknown Copper engraving Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, 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.

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

Distribution of Wine and Food on the Champs Elysees During the French Revolution Louis Leopold Boilly (1761-1845 French) Musee du Louvre, Paris

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,

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' head being shown to the crowd, On far side of scaffold a wicker basket stands ready to receive his body, Engraving

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

Death Of Marat, The (After The Painting By Jacques Louis David) 1793 Langlois, Jerome Martin(1779-1838 French) Oil On Canvas Chateau de Versailles, France

King Louis-Philippe as Lieutenant General During the Revolution in 1792 1840 Léon Cogniet (1794-1880 French) Chateau de Versailles, France

Patriotic Artists' Wives Donating Their Jewelry at the National Assembly in 1789 ca. 1790 Lesueur Gouache Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France

Night of 12 July 1789: Paris Being Guarded by the People 1789 Antoine Louis François Sergent-Marceau (1751-1847 French) Colored etching

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