Convention Collection (page 6)

Boardwalk or Convention Hall, New Jersey
The auditorium and Convention Hall, later known as the Boardwalk Hall, at Atlantic City, New Jersey circa 1947. Originally envisioned as a health resort

Christmas Cards (engraving)
1094537 Christmas Cards (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas Cards. Illustration for La Vie Parisienne, 26 December 1885.); © Look and Learn

The Coliseum Convention Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 1910

Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Ocean View, Auditorium and Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1930

General Motors building, Detroit, Michigan, USA
General Motors building, Laboratory and Convention Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Date: circa 1940

Great National Petition (engraving)
586272 Great National Petition (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Print for the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society)

Louis XVI (1754-93) at his trial, crucified between the nobility and the clergy, c
CHT186215 Louis XVI (1754-93) at his trial, crucified between the nobility and the clergy, c.1792 (coloured engraving) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet

Interesting side lights on the words work (b / w photo)
6002666 Interesting side lights on the words work (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interesting side lights on the words work)

Napoleon I Bonaparte (1769-1821) at the fort square of Antibes on August 10, 1794
JLJ4652952 Napoleon I Bonaparte (1769-1821) at the fort square of Antibes on August 10, 1794, after the fall of Robespierre - Lithography of the 19th century Ile d Aix

French revolution and anti-revolutionary movements: Victory won by the French at Quiberon
JLJ4618702 French revolution and anti-revolutionary movements: Victory won by the French at Quiberon on 21 July 1795 against the royalists and the army of Great Britain

French revolution: Republican fete des victoires, fight of young students at the Champs
JLJ4618766 French revolution: Republican fete des victoires, fight of young students at the Champs de Mars in Paris on 21 October 1794. Engraving by Malapeau after Swebach - Desfontaines

Death of depute Jean Feraud (or Ferraud: 1764-1795) - in "
XEE4114036 Death of depute Jean Feraud (or Ferraud: 1764-1795) - in " Revolution francaise" by Thiers, 19th century

Les Girondins dans la nuit du 31 mai 1793 (la chute des Girondins) - Engraving in "
XEE4150787 Les Girondins dans la nuit du 31 mai 1793 (la chute des Girondins) - Engraving in " Histoire des Girondins" by Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869)

Church wedding, Have you ever had a dream like this? (colour litho)
3641561 Church wedding, Have you ever had a dream like this? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Church wedding, Have you ever had a dream like this)

Production of Thermidor at the Theatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin (colour litho)
2818729 Production of Thermidor at the Theatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin (colour litho) by Meaulle, Fortune Louis (1844-1901); Private Collection; (add.info)

Texas Secession Ordinance, 8th January 1861 (print) (b / w photo)
DHS242189 Texas Secession Ordinance, 8th January 1861 (print) (b/w photo) by American School, (19th century); Dallas Historical Society, Texas

The Bread Rioters in the Hall of the Convention (engraving)
971224 The Bread Rioters in the Hall of the Convention (engraving) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bread Rioters in the Hall of the Convention)

The French Occupation of the New Hebrides (engraving)
1046230 The French Occupation of the New Hebrides (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The French Occupation of the New Hebrides)

The Ulster Unionist Convention in Belfast, the Duke of Abercorn addressing the Meeting in the Convention Hall
1056309 The Ulster Unionist Convention in Belfast, the Duke of Abercorn addressing the Meeting in the Convention Hall, at the Opening of the Demonstration (engraving) by English School

Marriage by the Book, caricature from Les Metamorphoses du Jour series
CHT177458 Marriage by the Book, caricature from Les Metamorphoses du Jour series, reprinted in 1854 (coloured engraving) (see also 213938) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47)

Stalin inaugurating the metro Kaganovitch in Moscow
CHT191878 Stalin inaugurating the metro Kaganovitch in Moscow, from an article in L U.R.S.S. en construction. August 1935 (b/w photo) by French Photographer

The Ratification of the Convention between Great Britain and Sweden, 25 July 1803 (engraving)
5220796 The Ratification of the Convention between Great Britain and Sweden, 25 July 1803 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Advertising (b / w photo)
6008248 Advertising (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising. Illustration for Harmsworths Business Encyclopedia and Commercial Educator)

The War in South Africa (litho)
1599763 The War in South Africa (litho) by Holland Tringham, Joseph (1861-1908); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War in South Africa. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 16 June 1900)

Portrait of Armand Gensonne (1758 - 1793) member of the legilslative assembly of
JLJ4618898 Portrait of Armand Gensonne (1758 - 1793) member of the legilslative assembly of the convention. Painting by John the Baptist Greuze (1725-1805), 18th century. Oil on wood

French Revolution and anti-revolutionary movement: Arrest of Cecile Renaud
JLJ4618701 French Revolution and anti-revolutionary movement: Arrest of Cecile Renaud (or Cecile Aimee Renault, 1774-1794) after attempting to assassinate Robespierre at his home on 22 May 1794

French Revolution: Arrest of French ambassadors Charles Louis Huguet de Semonville
JLJ4618501 French Revolution: Arrest of French ambassadors Charles Louis Huguet de Semonville (1759-1839) and Hugues Bernard Maret (1763-1839) in Novate on 25 July 1793

French Revolution: Attack of Nantes by the Vendeens on 29 June 1793
JLJ4618474 French Revolution: Attack of Nantes by the Vendeens on 29 June 1793. Engraving by Berthaut after Swebach Paris, Library of the Institute of History of Revolution by Swebach

French Revolution: Battle of Nerwinden on March 18, 1793 between the Austrian army
JLJ4618455 French Revolution: Battle of Nerwinden on March 18, 1793 between the Austrian army and the French army. Engraving and drawing by Levachez and Duplessi - Bertaux

French revolution and arrival of counter-revolutionary forces
JLJ4618420 French revolution and arrival of counter-revolutionary forces: victory of the French revolutionaries in Jemmapes on 6 November 1792 over the Austrian army in Belgium

French Revolution: First celebration of freedom on the occasion of the Swiss of
JLJ4618296 French Revolution: First celebration of freedom on the occasion of the Swiss of Chateauvieux (Chateaux Vieux or Chateaux-Vieux) on April 15, 1792. Engraving by Berthaut after Prior

French Revolution: Decret of the Convention of 11 / 12 / 1792 ordering the National Guard to
JLJ4614383 French Revolution: Decret of the Convention of 11/12/1792 ordering the National Guard to bring King Louis XVI from the Temple Prison to the court. Paris

Louis Antoine Saint-Just (colour litho)
XEE1190792 Louis Antoine Saint-Just (colour litho) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louis Antoine Leon de Saint-Just (25 August 1767 - 28 July 1794)

Portrait of Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, 1793 (oil on canvas)
LSE1190793 Portrait of Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, 1793 (oil on canvas) by French School, (18th century); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

Origins of the French tricolour (colour litho)
972564 Origins of the French tricolour (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Origins of the French tricolour)

Portrait of Maximin Isnard (1755-1825), depute of the Var at the National Convention
XEE4172536 Portrait of Maximin Isnard (1755-1825), depute of the Var at the National Convention. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Destruction of the royal tombs of the French monarchy in the Church of Saint-Denis, 1793
XEE4150651 Destruction of the royal tombs of the French monarchy in the Church of Saint-Denis, 1793 by Anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Louis-Joseph (Louis Joseph) Charlier (1754-1797) French politician
XEE4142327 Portrait of Louis-Joseph (Louis Joseph) Charlier (1754-1797) French politician. Engraving from 1866 in " Histoire de la Revolution francaise" by Adolphe Thiers

French Revolution: "Portrait of Jean Baptiste Belley
JLJ4646743 French Revolution: " Portrait of Jean Baptiste Belley, Depute of Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo) at the Convention (1747-1805)

French Revolution: episode of the Kiss Lamoureux: attempt to reconcile the deputes of
JLJ4637778 French Revolution: episode of the Kiss Lamoureux: attempt to reconcile the deputes of the various parties proposed by Antoine-Adrien Lamoureux on 7/07/1792 at the Legislative Assembly

Robespierre is held up by Saint-Just while a gendarme is shooting at him
LRI4675574 Robespierre is held up by Saint-Just while a gendarme is shooting at him (27 -28 July 1794) (engraving) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet

Le 9 Thermidor (oil on canvas)
990384 Le 9 Thermidor (oil on canvas) by Monvoisin, Raymond Quinsac (1794-1870); 40x63.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Le 9 Thermidor. Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin (1794-1870). Oil on canvas

Portrait of Louis Jean Joseph Leonard BOURDON DE LA CROSNIERE (1754-1807
XEE4172349 Portrait of Louis Jean Joseph Leonard BOURDON DE LA CROSNIERE (1754-1807) Elected depute of the Loiret to the Convention and principal director of military hospitals

The remains of the superstition dragged to the Convention, Nov. 1793
LSE4110365 The remains of the superstition dragged to the Convention, Nov. 1793 by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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