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An 1876 oil on canvas, Flood at Port-Marly, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. The artist produced a series of six canvases capturing the flooding of the Seine at Port-Marly, a catastrophe that occurred...

A c. 1871 oil on canvas, Early Snow at Louveciennes, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. Sisley worked with Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) at Louveciennes near Paris, and the influence on Sisley is clear...

An 1874 oil on canvas, Misty Morning, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. This work shows a typical feature of Sisley's work, capturing scenes in muted light, in this case, dawn. (Musée de Orsay, Paris)

An 1869 oil on canvas, View of Monmarte from the Cité des Fleurs, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. In this period, Montmartre was still a largely rural area, and the artist lived here for a time. (Musée...

An 1865 oil on canvas, Avenue of Chestnut Trees at La Celle Siant-Cloud, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. Painted in the forests west of Paris. (Petit Palais, Paris)

The National Assembly abandons its privileges during a session on the night of 4 August 1789, leading to the August Decrees that abolished feudalism in France. Engraving by Charles Monnet and Isidore-Stanislas Helman, c. 1789. Bibliothèque...

Bronze relief depicting the abolition of privileges before the August Decrees dismantled feudalism in France. Monument to the Republic, engraved by Leopold Morice, 1883. Place de la République, Paris. Photograph by Jebulon, April 2011.

A c. 1908 pastel on paper, Girl in a Large Hat, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (Private Collection)

An 1881 oil on canvas, A Woman and a Girl Driving, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. Cassatt here captures an outing to the Bois de Boulogne, then on the outskirts of Paris. (Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA)

A c. 1880 oil on canvas, Portrait of Alexander Cassatt, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. Alexander Cassatt, the artist's brother, was President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. (Private Collection)