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France - History - Second Republic, 1848-1852

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  • Archbishop Affre, wounded in the June 1848 insurrection, is carried back to his residence to die. Lithograph by V. Adam and A. Maurin, 1848.
  • Number of votes in a plebiscite on the appointment of Prince Louis Napoleon as prince-president of France in 1852; in a frame decorated with the dove of peace. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1853.
  • Figures and vignettes: a man is asleep with a dog by his side, a child is being scolded by a woman, a soldier stands with a gun, etc.. Coloured lithograph by the Becquet brothers after V. Adam, 1852.
  • Figures and vignettes: above, deer, hounds, huntsmen, poachers and mounted hunters, below, soldiers in various uniforms and poses with one soldier trying to restrain a baulking horse. Coloured chalk lithograph by the Becquet brothers after V. J. Adam.
  • Figures and vignettes: men are on riding on horse back, a jockey sits on the ground waving his hands and a large couple walk arm in arm. Coloured lithograph by the Becquet brothers after V. Adam, 1854.
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    Figures and vignettes: above, a swineherd tending pigs and a herd of cows, below, peasants hauling a carved stone on a pushcart and sportsmen and hussars riding horses. Coloured chalk lithograph by the Becquet brothers after V. J. Adam, 1853.

    Adam, Victor, 1801-1866. | Date: 1853 | Reference: 40174i
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    Figures and vignettes: above, deer, hounds, huntsmen, poachers and mounted hunters, below, soldiers in various uniforms and poses with one soldier trying to restrain a baulking horse. Coloured chalk lithograph by the Becquet brothers after V. J. Adam.

    Adam, Victor, 1801-1866. | Date: [1852] | Reference: 40177i
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    Archbishop Affre, wounded in the June 1848 insurrection, is carried back to his residence to die. Lithograph by V. Adam and A. Maurin, 1848.

    | Date: [2 December 1848] | Reference: 547649i
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    Figures and vignettes: men are on riding on horse back, a jockey sits on the ground waving his hands and a large couple walk arm in arm. Coloured lithograph by the Becquet brothers after V. Adam, 1854.

    Adam, Victor, 1801-1866. | Date: 1854 | Reference: 32882i
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    Number of votes in a plebiscite on the appointment of Prince Louis Napoleon as prince-president of France in 1852; in a frame decorated with the dove of peace. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1853.

    Cook, John William. | Date: 10 February 1853 | Reference: 572996i
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