Coup Collection (#4)

GERMANY: KAPP PUTSCH, 1920. Artillery from Marine-Brigade Ehrhardt near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany

GERMANY: KAPP PUTSCH, 1920. Demonstration in the Potsdamerplatz, Berlin, Germany, March 1920

Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures - Mr Caudle late to bed
" Pretty Time of night to come to bed Mr Caudle. Ugh! Enough to give any woman her death. I m sure." (Mrs Caudles Lectures) First published in " Punch" in 1845

General Zeligowski. Supreme head of Vilna and district. Commander in Chief of Polish forces, occupying Vilna in defiance of League of Nations. 24 October 1921

A dog and a chicken show friendship and respect. 1938

Wilbur Wright examining the engine of the Delage which won the coup des Voiturettes at Dieppe, at Camp dAuvours, Le Mans, 1908. Date: 1908

Jean Victor Moreau (1761-1813) French Revolutionary soldier. Rejected dictatorship but supported Napoleons coup d etat. Having been exiled

French Revolution of 1789: Coup d etat of 9 November 1799, the day Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the Directoire. Hand-coloured engraving

French Revolution: The Coup d etat of 18 Brumaire (9 November 1799). Napoleon Bonparte (1769-1821) overthrew the Directoire and became First Consul. Engraving

Fateful Days of the First (French) Empire. Top: Napoleons coup, 9 November 1799. Coronation of Napoleon 2 December 1804. Bottom: Napoleon invading Spain 1807. Retreat from Moscow, 1812

Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca 1827 - 1892. First President of the Republic of Brazil (1889-1891), after heading a military coup that deposed Emperor Pedro II

Salvador Allende Gossens 1908 -1973. Physician and first democratically elected Marxist to become president of Chile 1970-73. He was deposed in a coup d etat on September 11, 1973

Exit Liberte al Francois Or Buonaparte closing the Farce of Egalite, at St Cloud near Paris, Nov 10th 1799. Napoleons Coup d Etat of Eighteenth Brumaire

Francisco Ignacio Madero Gonzalez (1873-1913) Madero, Mexican writer, politician and revolutionary and a leader of the Mexican Revolution 1910-1913, was President of Mexico 1911-1913

The March on Rome, a coup d etat by which Mussolinis National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, or PNF) came to power in the Kingdom of Italy

Eduard Benes (1884-1948) Czechoslovak statesman: President of Czechoslovakia 1935-1938, 1941-1945 (in exile), 1946-1948 when he resigned after a Communist coup. Halftone

Jean Victor Moreau (1761-1813) French soldier and revolutionary. Assisted Napoleon in the coup of 18 Brumaire (9 November 1799). In 1804 banished by Napoleon who accused him of plotting against him

No Need For The Coup De Grace, Engraving 1884, Hunt, Hunting

Free range chickens roaming around a fenced enclosure, housing, feeder

BOUCHOT, Fran篩s (1800-1848). Bonaparte and the Council of Five Hundred at St. Cloud, 10th November 1799. 1840. Depiction of the coup d ɴ at. Painting. FRANCE. Versailles

ARANDA MATA, Antonio (1888-1979). Spanish military man and engineer. Portrait of J. Benedito

SANJURJO Y SACANELL, Jos頨1872-1936). Spanish
SANJURJO Y SACANELL, Jos頨 1872-1936). Spanish General

Spain (1923). Primo de Riveras Coup d Etat
" Spain (1923). Primo de Riveras Coup d Etat. Newspaper " El Liberal" (15th September 1923). Cover with the news of the formation of the Primo de Riveras new government

Africa, Gambia. Capital city of Banjul. Arch 22, 114-foot high archway commemorates bloodless military coup of July 22, 1994. Statue of soldier in uniform with child

President Theodore Roosevelt, assisted by Secretary of State John Hay, taking Panama: American cartoon, 1903
PANAMA CANAL CARTOON, 1903. President Theodore Roosevelt, assisted by Secretary of State John Hay, taking Panama: American cartoon, 1903, by Charles G. Bush

FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1799. The soldiers of Napoleon driving out the assembly. The coup d etat of 18th Brumaire (November 9, 1799). Line engraving, 19th century

Electric Automobile, 1898. a Dor

Domestic Chicken, 2 year old New Hampshire red cross, with adopted 14 day old mallard duckling (Anas platyrhynchos) The hen hatched the duckling from an egg found abandoned. England, spring, Suffolk

Le Coup De Vent (The Gale)
Le Coup De Vent ( The Gale ) Women dressed in light yellow dress trying to hold a large bouquet of flowers that are being blown away by the wind

French Revolution 1791
The Affaire des Poignards ( Affair of the daggers ) - royalist Chevaliers du Poignard attempt a coup at the Palais des Tuileries but are foiled by Lafayette. Date: 28 February 1791

Polish Nationalists / 1921
Polish nationalists man the barricades in Upper Silesia during another coup under Korfanty Date: May 1921

NATI2A-00054
Native American warrior counting coup, northern Great Plains. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Two Cockerels
Painting of white and black cockerels in a farmyard. Oil painting by Raymond Sheppard

Piludski Coup 4
Piludskis coup d etat makes him virtual dictator, with prime ministers of his own choosing : 16 May the Bartel- Piludski cabinet is the first of the new regime

Raspail Arrested
Francois-Vincent Raspail, an ardent republican, imprisoned during Louis- Philippes reign is again arrested after he attempts a coup. He ll have a boulevard named after him... Date: 15 May 1848

Piludski Coup 1
Marshal Piludski, in a coup d etat, seizes power and makes himself virtual dictator of Poland : his supporters occupy the Belvedere, Warsaw

Piludski Coup 2
Supporters of Marshal Piludskis coup d etat overcome resistance in the streets of Warsaw : they establish him as virtual dictator

Piludski Coup 5
A tank makes a show of force in the streets of Warsaw as Piludskis supporters overcome all resistance

Revolutionary Leaders
Blindfolded, the leaders of the unsuccessful revolutionary coup are brought to negotiate at Oporto with government representatives

Napoleons Coup
An English view of the Napoleonic coup - France is tranquil !!

Right-Wing Menace
The Third Republic lives in constant fear of a right-wing coup : police raid the headquarters of the Ligue des Patriotes, a royalist organisation

Coup: Casualties
As troops supporting Napoleon clear the streets of Paris, those unfortunate enough to be in the line of fire are carried to the hospitals

Coup: Proclamations
At the Imprimerie Nationale, Napoleons proclamations are read out to the people : some are jubilant, others horrified

Coup: after Clearing
The boulevard Montmartre after troops supporting Napoleon have cleared the streets of Republicans and other dissidents

Coup : Mairie Forced
Troops loyal to Napoleon take over the Mairie of the 4th arrondissement, Paris

Thiers and Napoleon
Satire on Thiers and Napoleon, fierce rivals : Thiers considers Napoleon un cretin but he underestimates his opponent, who will stage his coup before the year is out

Coup: Army Bivouac
Bivouac of troops loyal to Napoleon, outside the Hotel de Ville, Paris

Coup: Streets Cleared
The boulevards after they have been cleared of insurgents by troops supporting Napoleon

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"Coup: Unraveling the Threads of History" In the annals of history, certain events stand out as defining moments that shape nations and alter destinies. One such event was the Mossadeq coup in 1951, which catapulted Mohammad Mosaddegh into the spotlight as Time magazine's Man of the Year in 1952. This political upheaval not only transformed Iran but also reverberated across borders, catching the attention of Prime Minister Abdel Kerim Kassem of Iraq. But they are not limited to politics alone; they can be found throughout history. Take Catherine the Great, whose rise to power was marked by a cunning coup that forever changed Russia's course. Similarly, Hubert Broad and his mechanic Sid Weedon embarked on an audacious adventure that could be described as a coup against conventional racing norms. Yet they are not always physical or political; they can manifest in various forms. Nick's masterpiece "Un Bon Coup de Pied" captures a moment frozen in time when art delivers its own silent revolution. Meanwhile, gentlemen fencers lunging and parrying during the 18th century epitomize a different kind - one where skill and strategy prevail over brute force. Throughout history, we witness both successful and failed attempts at seizing power through coups. Lenin's alliance with workers led to an iconic revolution while Earl of Essex faced arrest for his ill-fated endeavor. Even Spanish military figure Alfredo KINDELAN DUANY experienced firsthand how they can shape nations during Spain's tumultuous Civil War. The Siege of Oviedo stands as another testament to the chaos unleashed by internal strife within Spain during this dark period. Montana Barracks in Madrid became a symbol for resistance against opposing forces seeking their own version of a coup d'état. From politicians to artists, from warriors to rebels – all have been touched by or involved in some form of coup.