JEB4959982: French revolution: allegory dediee to the Third State. The Third State in the centre surrounds the Church and the Noblesse supporting an image of piety and devotion surmounted by the inscription in Latin “” nothing else in us”””. Engraving of the 19th century Musee Paul Arbaud, Aix en Provence / Bridgeman Images
NWI4960330: Louisiana State House went to the White League, 1874. The White League is a paramilitary organization that appeared at the time of the reconstruction of the South, after the Secession War, linked to the secret societies of the Ku Klux Klan (Ku-Klux-Klan, kkk or K K K) but which acts with a face uncovered, without masks and in a large group, 1874. Colour engraving of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
ELD4959502: The Abbe Charles-Michel de L'epee (1712-1789) taking charge of the instruction of the deaf-mutes by setting up a sign language (LSF or langue des signes francaise) (The Abbe Charles-Michel de l'epee philanthropic educator of 18th-century France who has become known as the “Father of the Deaf”” with ruaf mute girls) Print from “” Les en-de-paris” “by Pierre Zaccone, 1859 / Bridgeman Images
NWI4959608: Those responsible for the real estate credit scandal described as the modern Pharisees, 1873. With portraits of Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885) on the left, James Garfield (1831-1881) with a raised arm, Oakes Aims (1804-1873) disguise as a jester, Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) with a dog's body. Engraving on wood, colour, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
ELD4959662: Announcement of a new tax in 1382 under the reign of Charles VI, the population tired of tax oppression rose (revolts of the maillotins or the harelle, scene of popular lifting on the Place de l'Hotel de Ville in Paris on 1/03/1382) (Announcement of a new tax in France, 1382 during the reign of Charles VI, who will cause popular revolts in Paris (Maillotins Revolt), bloody days in Paris in march 1382) Engraving from Les rues-de-paris”” by Pierre Zaccone, 1859 / Bridgeman Images
NWI4959623: Cartoon showing “the dead, the dying and the estropies of real estate credit in the Union Pacific hospital district”, 1873. Bringing together members of the administration of Ulysses Grant (1822-1885). Illustration by J. Keppler. Engraving on wood colour, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
ELD4959845: Siege of Paris 451: “Representation of saint genevieve (420-500) exorting Parisians not to let themselves go to terror in Nanterre by resisting the Huns and uttering these words: "May men flee, if they want, if they are no longer able to fight - We women will pray to God so long as He hears our supplications". 19th century (engraving) / Bridgeman Images