EditorialFrench Liberal Revolution (February 1848). The mob assaulted on the Tuileries on February 24, 1848 due to the refusal of the monarch to extend the right to vote. For this reason he had to abdicate and the Republic was established. Louis Philippe and hi...
EditorialFrench Liberal Revolution (February 1848). The mob assaulted on the Tuileries on February 24, 1848 due to the refusal of the monarch to extend the right to vote. For this reason he had to abdicate and the Republic was established. Louis Philippe and hi...
EditorialNapoleon Bonaparte forced to abdicate by Marshal Michel Ney who holds pistols to his head, while a Turk sharpens a scimitar outside. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, ...
EditorialQueen Caterina Cornaro (1454-1510), widow of King Jacob II of Cyprus, arrives in Venice, forced by the Republic to abdicate. She retired to her elegant court at Asolo in northern Italy. Oil on canvas.
EditorialNapoleon Bonaparte forced to abdicate by Marshal Michel Ney who holds pistols to his head, while a Turk sharpens a scimitar outside. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, ...
EditorialFrench Liberal Revolution (February 1848). The mob assaulted on the Tuileries on February 24, 1848 due to the refusal of the monarch to extend the right to vote. For this reason he had to abdicate and the Republic was established. Louis Philippe and hi...
EditorialFrench Liberal Revolution (February 1848). The mob assaulted on the Tuileries on February 24, 1848 due to the refusal of the monarch to extend the right to vote. For this reason he had to abdicate and the Republic was established. Louis Philippe and hi...
EditorialItalian Unification (1859-1924). Francis II, king of the Two Sicilies (1859-1860) was forced to abdicate, while a plebiscite (21-22 October 1860) sanctioned the union of the Two Sicilies to the new Kingdom of Italy. Vote for the annexation of the Two S...
EditorialQueen Caterina Cornaro (1454-1510), widow of King Jacob II of Cyprus, arrives in Venice, forced by the Republic to abdicate. She retired to her elegant court at Asolo in northern Italy. Oil on canvas.