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Grain Requisitioning in Russia
A 1922 painting by Ivan Vladimirov (1870-1947) showing the government requsitioning of grain during the Russian Civil War. This policy and the consequent peasant unrest was one of the reasons the Soviet government adopted Lenin's New Economic...
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Joseph Stalin, 1920
A 1920 photograph of Joseph Stalin (1878-1953).
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Adrienne de La Fayette
Miniature portrait of Adrienne de La Fayette, wife of the revolutionary leader Marquis de Lafayette. By an unknown painter, circa late 18th century.
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Prison Reunion of Lafayette with His Wife and Daughters
After three years of solitary imprisonment, the Marquis de Lafayette is reunited with his wife, Adrienne, and two daughters, who share his cell for the remainder of his confinement. Engraving by Eberhard Siegfried Henne, circa early 1800s...
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Lafayette Imprisoned
The imprisonment of the Marquis de Lafayette during the French Revolution. By an unknown artist, in the portrait set Madame D'Arblay Diary, 1778-1840 (volume 5, part 2).
National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Peutinger Table segments I and II
Segments I and II of the Tabula Peutingeriana, an ancient Roman map showing the road network of the Roman Empire. Published in 1657 by Jan Janssonius (1588-1664) as part of his historical atlas.
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Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth
The Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Mass. Dec. 22nd 1620, lithographic print by Currier & Ives, 1876. Based on the original painting by Lucy Charles, c. 1850. This scene dramatizes the arrival of the Pilgrims (a group of English settlers...
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Philadelphia Panorama, 1752
An East Perspective View of the City of Philadelphia, print engraved by John Carwitham, c. 1778. Based on the original illustration by George Heap, 1752. This panoramic view of the bustling Philadelphia harbour and cityscape came to print...
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Powder Horn Depicting Charles Town, South Carolina, 1770
Powder horn depicting Charles Town, South Carolina, 1770. Used for carrying gunpowder, this pre-Revolution powder horn is engraved with the fortified city of Charles Town (now Charleston), along with a fleet of ships in the harbour (not...
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Silver Shilling From the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Silver shilling from the Massachusetts Bay Colony by John Hull and Robert Sanderson, c. 1667 to c. 1682. The Massachusetts Bay Colony mint, from which this stamped coin originates, was established to increase the availability of hard currency...
