Bastille Day Collection (#3)

Bastille Day on Rue de Clignancourt, Paris; La Quartorze Juillet a Paris
825346 Bastille Day on Rue de Clignancourt, Paris; La Quartorze Juillet a Paris, la Rue de Clignancourt, (oil on canvas) by Loiseau

Band of the Algerian tirailleurs marching in the Bastille Day military parade in Paris (colour litho)
2779945 Band of the Algerian tirailleurs marching in the Bastille Day military parade in Paris (colour litho) by French School

French marines marching in the Bastille Day parade in Paris (colour litho)
2779631 French marines marching in the Bastille Day parade in Paris (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Torchlit parade on Bastille Day (engraving)
2789401 Torchlit parade on Bastille Day (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Torchlit parade on Bastille Day)

Trial of a new French Army infantry uniform at a Bastille Day parade (colour litho)
2782400 Trial of a new French Army infantry uniform at a Bastille Day parade (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The President of France with the flag of the fire brigade at the Bastille Day parade (colour litho)
2782305 The President of France with the flag of the fire brigade at the Bastille Day parade (colour litho) by French School

14th July, the wine merchant, cover illustration from L Assiette au beurre
REV326169 14th July, the wine merchant, cover illustration from L Assiette au beurre, 11th July 1901 (colour litho) by Steinlen, Theophile Alexandre (1859-1923); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs

Royalist and Catholic poster rejecting the celebration of the Quatorze Juillet
CHT265570 Royalist and Catholic poster rejecting the celebration of the Quatorze Juillet, 1880 (colour litho) by French School

The Grands Magasins du Louvre decorated for the celebration of the 1918 Victory
698807 The Grands Magasins du Louvre decorated for the celebration of the 1918 Victory, 14th July 1919 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

The Fourteenth of July in Paris, (oil on canvas)
988848 The Fourteenth of July in Paris, (oil on canvas) by Loiseau, Gustave (1865-1935); 55x46 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fourteenth of July in Paris; Le Quatorze Juillet a Paris)

Pilgrimage of Alsatians to France, 14 July 1897 (colour litho)
971927 Pilgrimage of Alsatians to France, 14 July 1897 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pilgrimage of Alsatians to France, 14 July 1897)

Bastille Day. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2796250 Bastille Day. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Avelot, Henri (1873-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bastille Day)

The flag of the Paris Fire Brigade being carried at a Bastille Day parade (colour litho)
2795632 The flag of the Paris Fire Brigade being carried at a Bastille Day parade (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bastille Day review (colour litho)
2818204 Bastille Day review (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bastille Day review. The arrival of the President of the French Republic)

Returning home from the Bastille Day parade (colour litho)
2807657 Returning home from the Bastille Day parade (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Returning home from the Bastille Day parade. Le 14 Juillet)

14 July. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2786522 14 July. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Burret, Leonce (1866-1915); Private Collection; (add.info.: 14 July. Illustration for Le Rire, 18 July 1908.); © Look and Learn

Bastille Day, 1919 (oil on canvas)
658596 Bastille Day, 1919 (oil on canvas) by Madelein, Gustave (1867-1944); 41x33 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bastille Day. Gustave Madelain (1867-1944). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1919

The Game of the Tub (colour litho)
PER437859 The Game of the Tub (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Jeu du Baquet; also known as the Jeu du Baquet Russe; Game of the Russian Tub;)

Fundraising appeal in aid of the French Red Cross on Frances Day, July 14, pub
992100 Fundraising appeal in aid of the French Red Cross on Frances Day, July 14, pub. London, c.1915 (colour litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frances day)

The Bey of Tunis attending the Bastille Day parade (colour litho)
3097402 The Bey of Tunis attending the Bastille Day parade (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bey of Tunis attending the Bastille Day parade)

Bastille Day celebrations in Paris (colour litho)
3097015 Bastille Day celebrations in Paris (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. Le 14 Juillet A Paris)

Bastille Day, Paris, 14th July 1801 (hand-coloured engraving)
908400 Bastille Day, Paris, 14th July 1801 (hand-coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fte du 14 juillet an IX)

First Landing of Americans in Japan at Gore-Hama July 14th 1853, (tinted watercolour)
828315 First Landing of Americans in Japan at Gore-Hama July 14th 1853, (tinted watercolour) by Heine, Peter Bernhard Wilhelm (1827-85); 63.8x89 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Montmartre le 14 Juillet (Bastille Day in Montmartre), 1892. Creator: Felix Hilaire Buhot
Montmartre le 14 Juillet (Bastille Day in Montmartre), 1892

The Mat de Cocagne, 1845. Creator: Unknown
The Mat de Cocagne, 1845. Bastille Day celebrations in Paris....the struggle for prizes is carried on by means of a high pole fixed in the Champs Elysees, and the prizes

Fireworks at Paris - sketched by Harrison, 1845. Creator: Harrison
Fireworks at Paris - sketched by Harrison, 1845. Bastille Day celebrations:the fairy-like scene, just at the moment when the fireworks appeared above the bridge as a vast forest of palm-trees...On

July Fourteenth from The Songs of Beranger, 1829. Creator: Melchior Peronard
July Fourteenth from The Songs of Beranger, 1829

14th of July, France, from the Holidays series (N80) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1890

Decoration and Illumination of the Bastille for the Festival of the Federation, 14th July 1790
XIR181579 Decoration and Illumination of the Bastille for the Festival of the Federation, 14th July 1790 (coloured engraving) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris

Scottish soldiers, 14 July 1919. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

The Ball on the 14th of July. Artist: Steinlen, Theophile Alexandre (1859-1923)
The Ball on the 14th of July. Found in the collection of Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

Alphajet planes of the Patrouille de France fly next to Notre Dame
Alphajet planes of the " Patrouille de France" fly next to Notre Dame after opening the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs Elysees 14 July

Bastille Attack In French Revolution
Engraving depicting the mass attack on the Bastille fortress, igniting the French Revolution, Paris, France, July 14, 1789. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

french national day
french flag under the Arc de triomphe in Paris during the french national day

14th July (Batille Day) fireworks at the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

Celebration in the Champs-de-Mar, Paris, July 14, 1799 of the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. The French national holiday of Bastille Day, July 14, continues to this day

July Fourteenth, from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

France-Bastille Day-Firework
Fireworks explode over the Trocadero behind The Eiffel Tower during the traditional celebration of Bastille Day, in Paris. AFP PHOTO MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP PHOTO / MEHDI FEDOUACH

National Assembly
The interior of the French National Assembly building at the time of the French Revolution. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Revolutionary Types
Four generic examples of French revolutionaries. Left to right :a member of the Commune of 1793, a jailer from the Tour du Temple, a thuggish follower of one of the comites, and a drummer boy

Bastille Capture
14th July 1789: French troops capturing the Bastille during the French Revolution. The prison represented the hated Bourbon monarchy

Dancing in the open air on 14th July, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Dancing in the open air on 14th July, Paris, 1931. Parisians celebrating Bastille Day. Illustration from the book Paris by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

The Rue Mosnier with Flags, 1878. Artist: Manet, Edouard (1832-1883)
The Rue Mosnier with Flags, 1878. Found in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

The First Distribution of Crosses of the Legion of Honour, 1804 (1904). Reproduction of a painting by Baptiste Debret showing the ceremony in the Church of Les Invalides on 14th July 1804

Barracks of the recruits, French Foreign Legion, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 14 July 1906. Artist: J Geiser
Barracks of the recruits, French Foreign Legion, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 14 July 1906. Sidi Bel Abbes was the headquarters of the 1st Regiment of the Legion. French postcard

Arc de Triomphe facade, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 14 July 1906. Artist: Boumendil
Arc de Triomphe facade, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 14 July 1906. A mock Arc de Triomphe and bunting strung across the street to commemorate Bastille Day

French Foreign Legion review, Paris, 14 July 1939. Soldiers of the Legion parading on Bastille Day on the 150th anniversary of the French Revolution. French postcard

Eiffel tower in Frances National Day 2014
Tonnaja Travel Photography, 509094923

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"Bastille Day: A Historic Celebration of Freedom and Unity" On June 30, 1878, the streets of Paris came alive with a vibrant celebration captured in Monet's masterpiece "Celebration. " The Rue Montorgueil overflowed with joyous revelers, marking a significant moment in French history. This painting serves as a reminder of the resilience and spirit that define Bastille Day. The origins of this commemoration trace back to the infamous Bastille Attack during the French Revolution. On July 14th, 1789, brave revolutionaries stormed the Bastille prison, igniting a spark that would forever change France. This audacious act symbolized liberation from oppression and became an enduring symbol of freedom. Fast forward to c1801 when Parisians gathered on Avenue des Champs Elysees for grand festivities honoring Bastille Day. As depicted in an etching from that time, spectators marveled at balloon ascensions while relishing in the jubilant atmosphere. Bullet impacts on heavy trucks remind us of past struggles but also highlight how far we have come since then. Fireworks illuminating the sky near Old Port signify not only the end of traditional celebrations but also serve as a metaphorical representation of triumph over adversity, and is through these dazzling displays that unity is forged among people from all walks of life. Bastille Day transcends borders too; British soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Germans during World War I on this very day – July 14th – at Bazentin, France. Their courage exemplifies how this date continues to inspire bravery and determination even amidst conflict. Artistic depictions such as "July Fourteenth" by Rue Daunou (1910) or "Le bon republicain" illustrate how artists immortalize moments filled with patriotic fervor and national pride during these celebrations throughout history. Leon Gambetta's relentless fight for an enduring republic culminated in the magnificent Bastille Day celebration of 1880.