William Henry Fisk
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William Henry Fisk, was an English painter of landscapes and historical subjects, and a drawing-master.
The Secret (1858) Private collection
Grave of William Henry Fisk in Highgate Cemetery
Abolition Meeting Held at Willis's Rooms in Honour of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853) Watercolour, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Robespierre Reading Letters from Friends of his Victims, Threatening to Murder Him (1863) Oil on canvas, Musée de la Révolution française
French Revolution
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The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799. Many of the revolut
The Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789
Caricature of the Third Estate carrying the First Estate (clergy) and the Second Estate (nobility) on its back
Le Serment du Jeu de paume by Jacques-Louis David (c. 1791), depicting the Tennis Court Oath
The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the iconic event of the Revolution, still commemorated each year as Bastille Day