Convention Collection (#9)

S.s conv convention 1928 Jerusalem Israel
S.S. conv, convention 1928, Jerusalem, Israel

convention 1928 Jerusalem Israel
convention 1928, Jerusalem, Israel

Sunday school conv convention Mt Olives Indian delegation
Sunday school conv, convention on Mt. of Olives. Indian delegation. 1928, Jerusalem, Israel

Calendrier national calcule pour 30 ans et pree
Calendrier national calcule pour 30 ans et presente a la Convention nationale en decembre 1792, Prints of the French Revolution, Lefevre, J. F. 18th cent. Lesclapart, Madame, Vallet, M. P

Bertrand Bar

Gendarme Merda Shooting At Robespierre During The Night Of The 9 Thermidor. The Thermidorian Reaction Was A Revolt In The French Revolution When The National Convention Voted To Execute Maximilien

Pierre Louis Prieur (Prieur De La Marne) 1756

African Colonial Members Of The Closer Union Convention Of 1908 Who Reached Terms Which Resulted In The British Parliament Passing The South Africa Act Of 1909

The Trial Of Louis Xvi At The National Convention, 1792. From A Contemporary Print

The Head Of FA©raud At The Tribunal, 20 May 1795. Jean FA©raud 1764-1795
The Head Of Feraud At The Tribunal, 20 May 1795. Jean Feraud 1764-1795. Member Of The National Convention Who Tried To Resist The Rioting Mob On 1 Prairial And Was Killed By Them

Danton And Camille Desmoulins Defend Themselves Before The Convention, 30Th March 1794. Georges Danton, 1759-1794. French Revolutionary Leader. Camille Desmoulins, 1760-1794

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

Bertrand Barere De Vieuzac, 1755-1841. French Politician And Journalist, Notorious Member Of The National Convention During The French Revolution

The Zeppelin Bombardment Of Antwerp, Belgium, August 1914, In Defiance Of The Hague Convention. From The War Illustrated Album Deluxe, Published 1915

The city skyline of the Central area of Hong Kong and the Convention Centre in Hong Kong, China

Sir Percy Cox
Portrait of Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox (1864 - 1937), British Indian Army officer and Colonial Office administrator in the Middle East. 1922

Procession of fancy dress costumes at the Epilogue Ball
The culminating point of the great advertising convention, the Epilogue Ball, marking the close of the first International Advertising Convention held in Britain

The Epilogue Ball - costumes of famous magazines
Examples of costumes seen at the Epilogue Ball, held at the close of the International Advertising Convention at Olympia in July 1924

Edmond Dubois
EDMOND LOUIS ALEXIS DUBOIS DE CRANCE French revolutionary statesman, president of the Convention in 1793, later minister for war. Date: 1747 - 1814

SAINT-JUST, Louis-Antoine-L鯮(1767-1794). Military
SAINT-JUST, Louis-Antoine-L鯮 (1767-1794). Military and political leader during the French Revolution. Engraving

Launching Draughts by Heath Robinson
Another genius German tactic, depicted by Heath Robinson. Here, the Germans are blowing with the intention of starting an awful chill in the British trenches

Usa-Trump-Hat
A delegate is seen on the first day of the Republican National Convention wearing a hat supporting Trump. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY

French Revolution (1794). Assignats, banknote of the French Republic. Coin. SPAIN. Madrid. Army Museum

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Nomination of Benjamin Harrison as the Republican candidate for US President, Chicago, 1888. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Benjamin Harrison nominated for president in Chicago, 1888
Republican Convention nominating Benjamin Harrison in the Auditorium, Chicago, 1888. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ratification resolution by the Constitutional Convention, 1787
Resolution to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1787. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Signatures of leaders of the Constitutional Convention, 1787
Signatures of leading members of Constitutional Convention, 1787. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

James A. Gafield nominated for president, 1880
Nomination of James Garfield at the Republican Convention, Chicago, 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

German gas masks
A British impression of the type of respiratory equipment used by German soldiers during gas attacks upon Allied troops. The Germans first used poisonous gas at Ypres on April 22nd 1915

Goddess of Reason - 2
The Convention ordains that the cathedral of Notre Dame be transformed into a Temple de la Raison, where the Goddess of Reason is represented by a young Parisienne

Comedian Simon Amstall addressing the crowds at the I Count Climate Change rally in Trafalgar Square
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Whiff of Grapeshot
LE 13 VENDEMIAIRE, L AN IV He orders the guns to fire on the royalist rebels in the streets of Paris, thereby saving the National Convention and the republic

Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823) French revolutionary: member of National Convention: organiser of victory in the French Revolutionary Wars

An Embarrassing Proposal, 1715-1716. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
An Embarrassing Proposal, 1715-1716. Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Anglo-French Convention, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
The Anglo-French Convention, 1899. Signed in London by Paul Cambon (1843-1924) the French Ambassador, and Lord Salisbury (1830-1904) the British Prime Minister

Louis XVI at the Bar of the National Convention, December 26th 1792 (1796). French Revolution: having been asked by the President of the Convention if he had anything to say in his own defence

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Elephant walking in convention room

President Emile Francois Loubet and King Victor Emmanuel III
French President Emile Francois Loubet (1838-1929) and the King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869-1947) (one of the shortest monarchs in history - only 5ft 0" tall)

Ladies Bathing Place and Beach, Portstewart - an elevated view of the beach with changing boxes and the promenade and buildings behind. There is a large crowd on the beach at a convention

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). Politician of the French
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). French lawyer and politician. Figure of the French Revolution. Member of Lacobin Club. Engraving. Portrait. Colored

Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793). Radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution. Jacobin. Portrait by Joseph Boze, 1793. Carnavalet Museum. Paris. France

George Brinton McClellan (1826 A?o?A? 1885). Militar (Amer
George Brinton McClellan (1826 A?o?A? 1885). Major general during the American Civil War and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864, who later served as Governor of New Jersey. Engraving. Colored

Laurent Lecointre (1742-1805). Portrait. Colored engraving
Laurent Lecointre (1742-1805). French politician. Engraving, 19th century. Colored

Otto I (1815-1867). King of Greece (1832-62), second son of Ludwig I of Bavaria. Engraving

tapping Telephone Line
French soldiers tapping telephone wires and listening into conversations at Geneva Junction to hear how disarmament proposals will affect them. Date: early 1920s

Giuseppe Cerutti
GIUSEPPE ANTONIO GIACHIMO CERUTTI Italian-born statesman in France, author of la feuille villageoise, deputy to the National Convention. Date: 1738 - 1792

France / Rev / Convention
A member of the French National Assembly known as the Convention. Date: circa 1793

Group of young people at a rock and roll convention in Cornwall, wearing 1950s style costume. Date: 1985

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