Learn the History!
Learn the History!
E-Book titles available for online reading
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution
by Gita May
Physical books on our shelves in Healey Library
Films to Stream
Farewell My Queen: Les adieux à la reine
Directed by Benoît Jacquot
Starring Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, & Virginie Ledoyen
Based on the international bestselling historical novel by Chantal Thomas
Jacques Pepin's summertime celebration
Directed by Monica Caston
Series Producer: Peggy Lee
Presentations Greetings and Introductions / BBC Worldwide Ltd.
By C Major Entertainment GmbH.
Art
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Queen Marie-Antoinette and her Children (1787)
by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
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Seige of the Bastile, taken on the spot, July 14, 1789
by Claude Cholat
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Prise de la Bastille le 14 juillet 1789 (circa 1793)
by Charles Thévenin
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The liberation of a manacled prisoner during the taking of the Bastille on the 14 July 1789. Line engraving with etching.
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Goodbye Bastille (1789)
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Nouvelle place de la Bastille (1789)
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Bal de la Bastille (1790)
by Louis Le Coeur and Jacques-François-Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines
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14th July, the wine merchant, cover illustration from 'L'Assiette au beurre' (1901)
by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Selections curated from Healey Library's collection by Amy Spence and Dani Kodess, July 2022