Constitution Collection (#7)

The Petrograd Soviet (b / w photo)
6025423 The Petrograd Soviet (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Petrograd Soviet)

Le Charivari, Satirique en N & B, 1851_1_29: In a stormy time - President of the Republic
ICA4921443 Le Charivari, Satirique en N & B, 1851_1_29: In a stormy time - President of the Republic, Constitution, Size - Thiers Adolphe, Napoleon III, Bat - Illustration by Charles Vernier ()

French Revolution: poster of the declaration of human rights, 18th century
JLJ4649778 French Revolution: poster of the declaration of human rights, 18th century. Paris, National Archives by French School

French Revolution: representation of a session of the political society "
JLJ4648233 French Revolution: representation of a session of the political society " Societe des amis de la Constitution" or Club des Jacobins founded in Versailles in 1789

Revolution of 1830: "King Louis Philippe I (1773-1850
JLJ4645071 Revolution of 1830: " King Louis Philippe I (1773-1850) swore to maintain the Charter of 1830 in the presence of the chambers reunited in the provisional hall of the Palais Bourbon

Parliamentary Sketches, in the Lobby (engraving)
1614043 Parliamentary Sketches, in the Lobby (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parliamentary Sketches, in the Lobby)

Portrait of Lycurgue (Lykourgos) legislator of Sparta. Painting by Merry Joseph Blondel
JLJ4610049 Portrait of Lycurgue (Lykourgos) legislator of Sparta. Painting by Merry Joseph Blondel (1781-1853), 1828. Oil on canvas

Britannia and the Reform Act of 1832 (litho)
5233446 Britannia and the Reform Act of 1832 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Britannia and the Reform Act of 1832.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

Allegorical figure representing the United States of America (colour litho)
5235991 Allegorical figure representing the United States of America (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Ferdinando I, Re Delle Due Sicilie, Giura La Costituzione (engraving)
5220897 Ferdinando I, Re Delle Due Sicilie, Giura La Costituzione (engraving) by Matania, Edouardo (1847-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ferdinando I, Re Delle Due Sicilie)

LOUIS-PHILIPPE (1773-1850) PRETE SERMENT DE MAINTENIR LA CHARTE DE 1830 EN PRESENCE DES
FIA5403138 LOUIS-PHILIPPE (1773-1850) PRETE SERMENT DE MAINTENIR LA CHARTE DE 1830 EN PRESENCE DES CHAMBRES, LE 9 AOUT 1830 peinture de LeON-JEAN-BASILLE PERRAULT AND HIS STUDIO - Louis-Philippe I is

Presentation of the Constitution to Louis XVI (engraving)
5214101 Presentation of the Constitution to Louis XVI (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Presentation of the Constitution to Louis XVI)

Overthrowing the constitution, the coup d etat of Louis Napoleon (litho)
6004969 Overthrowing the constitution, the coup d etat of Louis Napoleon (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Overthrowing the constitution)

Louis XVIII and the establishment of the Constitutional Monarchy - Constitutional Charter
XEE4153955 Louis XVIII and the establishment of the Constitutional Monarchy - Constitutional Charter of 4 June 1814 - Louis XVIII presides over the opening of the session of the Chambers on 4 June

Voting of constitutional laws by the National Assembly which definitively instills
LSE4320850 Voting of constitutional laws by the National Assembly which definitively instills the Third Republic. Cover in " L Eclipse" by Gill, April 11, 1875, Paris

George Washington at Princeton, 1779 (oil on canvas)
870070 George Washington at Princeton, 1779 (oil on canvas) by Peale, Charles Willson (1741-1827); 243.8x156.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S)

The Bey of Tunis taking the Oath to the Constitution in the Throne-Room at Bardo (engraving)
2773481 The Bey of Tunis taking the Oath to the Constitution in the Throne-Room at Bardo (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cola di Rienzo gives the people of Rome a new constitution, 1347 (engraving)
3647341 Cola di Rienzo gives the people of Rome a new constitution, 1347 (engraving) by Vogel, Hermann (1856-1918); Private Collection; (add.info)

Auguste presente aux deputes des trois provinces de la Gaule Celtique, reunis a Lyon
3645724 Auguste presente aux deputes des trois provinces de la Gaule Celtique, reunis a Lyon, la constitution par laquelle ces provinces devront etre regies (engraving) by French School

Solon, Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet (engraving)
2788677 Solon, Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet (engraving) by Sturt, John (1658-1730); Private Collection; (add.info.: Solon (c638-c558 BC), Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet

State of Massachusetts in Convention, State Constitution, 16th June 1780 (litho)
695969 State of Massachusetts in Convention, State Constitution, 16th June 1780 (litho) by American School, (18th century); Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York

The Golden Bull of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1400 (vellum and gold)
XAM79060 The Golden Bull of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1400 (vellum and gold) by German School, (14th century); State Archives, Vienna

Abraham Lincoln (engraving)
2655381 Abraham Lincoln (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865); 16th President of the United States; assassinated April 1865;

King Andrew the first, c. 1833 (litho)
AQS332019 King Andrew the first, c.1833 (litho) by American School, (19th century); 31.4x21 cm; American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

Asquith and Lloyd George prepare to create 500 additional peers to overcome
KDC400209 Asquith and Lloyd George prepare to create 500 additional peers to overcome the opposition of the House of Lords to reform, 1910 (litho) by Raven-Hill

The Liberals, led by Asquith and LLoyd George, attack the House of Lords, 1910 (litho)
KDC400207 The Liberals, led by Asquith and LLoyd George, attack the House of Lords, 1910 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The constitutions of freemasonry by James Anderson, frontispiece
CHT224622 The constitutions of freemasonry by James Anderson, frontispiece, published by John Senex and John Hook, London, 1723 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Pine

The Eastern Question, proclaiming the Constitution at Constantinople (engraving)
1106120 The Eastern Question, proclaiming the Constitution at Constantinople (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Eastern Question)

Cartagena after the Insurrection (engraving)
1058390 Cartagena after the Insurrection (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cartagena after the Insurrection)

The Bill of Rights, copy signed at Federal Hall, 1789 (ink on paper)
3057288 The Bill of Rights, copy signed at Federal Hall, 1789 (ink on paper) by American School, (18th century); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

The Reginacide, or an attack on the Constitution (coloured engraving)
559324 The Reginacide, or an attack on the Constitution (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Reginacide)

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne
STC109090 Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne, Volume I, plate 41, by Jules Ferrario, published c.1820s-30s (colour engraving) by Fumagalli

View of the main square in Mexico City (colour engraving)
STC109059 View of the main square in Mexico City (colour engraving) by Castellini, Tommaso (1803-69); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Italian, out of copyright

Acclamazione A Ferdinando II Che Giura La Costituzione, 24 febbraio 1848 (engraving)
5220933 Acclamazione A Ferdinando II Che Giura La Costituzione, 24 febbraio 1848 (engraving) by Matania, Edouardo (1847-1929); Private Collection; (add.info)

France, in the midst of the law-making kings and French juriconsults
AIS5378734 France, in the midst of the law-making kings and French juriconsults, receives the Constitutional Charter from Louis XVIII, ceiling of the Camondo room, Louvre, Paris

The Emperor Augustus presenting the constitution to the deputies of the three provinces of Roman Gaul gathered at
6029363 The Emperor Augustus presenting the constitution to the deputies of the three provinces of Roman Gaul gathered at Lugdunum (Lyon), 10 BC (engraving) by French School

Washingtons inauguration at Philadelphia, c. 1930 (photomechanical print)
5854069 Washingtons inauguration at Philadelphia, c.1930 (photomechanical print) by Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome (1863-1930); Private Collection; (add.info)

Papyrus, Paper and Plant (engraving)
1602819 Papyrus, Paper and Plant (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Papyrus, Paper and Plant)

Portrait en pied de Louis Philippe 1er (1773-1850), King of the French holding
JLJ4563366 Portrait en pied de Louis Philippe 1er (1773-1850), King of the French holding the charter of 1830. The three-colored flags behind the king bear the motto " Liberte Egalite

French Revolution: Proclamation of the Constitution (Constitutional Monarchy
JLJ4618274 French Revolution: Proclamation of the Constitution (Constitutional Monarchy: Separation of Powers and Institution of the Constitutional Monarchy)

Back of the national constitution of 1791 shelled by the national sheep
JLJ4607974 Back of the national constitution of 1791 shelled by the national sheep. Paris, National Archives by French School, (18th century); Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris

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

The Daily Graphic, front page of New York City newspaper, June 5, 1873 (newspaper)
3709802 The Daily Graphic, front page of New York City newspaper, June 5, 1873 (newspaper) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Daily Graphic, Vol. 1, No)

Constantinople, 23 December 1876: proclamation of the Ottoman Constitution in
XEE4166748 Constantinople, 23 December 1876: proclamation of the Ottoman Constitution in the courtyard of the Sublime Porte

Feasts of the Statute in Turin, Italy, 13 May 1860. They celebrate the constitution
XEE4145791 Feasts of the Statute in Turin, Italy, 13 May 1860. They celebrate the constitution granted in 1848 by Charles Albert to the Piemontese

Cartoon depicting Napoleon I riding on Constitutional France: it declares "Thank God
LSE4111956 Cartoon depicting Napoleon I riding on Constitutional France: it declares " Thank God, I am vigorously constitutioned" while the Emperor says " Finally I hold it our

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From the birth of a nation to the fight for equality, the constitution stands as a timeless symbol of democracy and progress. Page one of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1787, forever etched in history, lays the foundation for a government by and for the people. As we reflect on its significance, we are reminded of pivotal moments like when Gordon Highlanders defended their rights or when women fought tirelessly for suffrage with the 19th Amendment in 1919. Across continents, such as in Uruguay's Plaza de Constitucion captured in a late 19th-century photograph, constitutions have shaped nations. Even leaders like Winston Churchill understood its importance and contributed to reconstructed state constitutions. The debates surrounding its creation at Philadelphia's Constitutional Convention in 1787 showcased passionate minds shaping our future. Let us not forget that it was this very document that declared independence from Britain in 1776 and paved the way for George Washington to preside over our great nation's formation. Through turbulent times depicted by cartoons like Britannia between Scylla & Charybdis or battles fought aboard USS Constitution 'Old Ironsides, ' this enduring testament remains steadfast – protecting our liberties and ensuring justice prevails.