Images - Appraisals of the French Revolution

1-9 of 9 images    return to chapter list		< previous   |   next >
1.	Joachim Heinrich Campe (1779) Like many of his educated contemporaries, the German pedagogue, linguist, theologian, and publisher Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746-1818) welcomed....
2.	The Storming of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789 (Undated Engraving) The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, marked the beginning of the French Revolution and was viewed as an event of momentous consequence, not only for France but for Europe in general. Enlightenment....
3.	Mechanical Beheading Device built after a Design by Guillotin (1789) In designing the guillotine, French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin had actually hoped to make executions more “humane.” His invention would go on to become the symbol of the terreur and....
4.	French Anniversary Celebration on July 14, 1790 (Undated Engraving) Depictions of the events in France helped reinforce revolutionary sympathies among the citizens of other European countries. This engraving by the German artist Paul Jakob Laminit (1773-1831) shows....
5.	Violent Disarming of the Nobility in the Tuileries on February 28, 1791 (Undated Engraving) By 1791, mounting divisions among revolutionary factions and the threat of a counter-revolution led by King Louis XVI (r. 1774-92) resulted in further escalations of violence. The image below shows....
6.	"The New French Constitution" (1791) Allegorical depictions of the French Revolution were popular in pro-revolutionary propaganda. This 1791 engraving from the series Sechs grosse Begebenheiten des vorletzten Decenniums [Six....
7.	Liberty Pole (1792) In 1792, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) accompanied his patron, Duke Karl August of Saxe-Weimar, on the German campaign against revolutionary France. In his appointed role as campaign historian,....
8.	Public Execution of Marie Antoinette on October 16, 1793 (c. 1793) In the face of real and imagined threats at home and abroad, French revolutionaries put King Louis XVI on trial and executed him on January 21, 1793. His wife, Marie Antoinette, had been a target....
9.	Joseph Görres (1838) Like many German intellectuals of his day, the Catholic publicist and scholar Joseph Görres....
1-9 of 9 images		< previous   |   next >