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Jacobin Collection

"Jacobin: A Revolutionary Legacy in Art and Politics" The name "Jacobin" evokes images of a tumultuous era in French history, where the ideals of liberty, equality

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Jacobin Collection: French revolutionary politician Jean-Paul Marat, fatally stabbed in his bath by Charlotte Corday
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Jacobin Collection: The Purifying Pot of the Jacobins, 1793 (coloured engraving)
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Jacobin Collection: Mind your own business as representative of the people and let me mind my own business of
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Jacobin Collection: Maximilien Robespierre (Sepia toned)
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Jacobin Collection: Jacobin, French Revolution, 1792 (chromolitho)
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Jacobin Collection: Astleys Theatre
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Jacobin Collection: The Milanese Jacobins are chased by Cossacks with lassos
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Jacobin Collection: Jacobin cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus
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Jacobin Collection: White-necked Jacobin hummingbird, Florisuga mellivora
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Jacobin Collection: White-necked jacobin, Florisuga mellivora
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Jacobin Collection: White-necked jacobin and grey-breasted sabrewing
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Jacobin Collection: Pouter pigeon and Jacobin pigeon
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Jacobin Collection: Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de Robespierre 1758-1794
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Jacobin Collection: Marie Antoinette listening to her charges (litho)
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Jacobin Collection: The Jacobin (engraving)
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Jacobin Collection: Portrait of Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823) early 19th century (panel)
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Jacobin Collection: The Prophet of the Hebrews - the Prince of Peace conducting the Jews to the Promised Land
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Jacobin Collection: Portrait of Georges Danton (1759-94) (litho)
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Jacobin Collection: The Prophet of the Hebrews: the Prince of Peace conducting the Jews to the Promised Land
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Jacobin Collection: Democratic Levelling: Alliance a la Francaise, or The Union of the Coronet
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Jacobin Collection: A Peep into the Cave of Jacobinism, or Magna est Veritas et praevalebit
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Jacobin Collection: Cartoon of Mirabeau, presiding over the Jacobin Club, 1789 (coloured engraving)
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Jacobin Collection: Portrait of Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, 1793 (oil on canvas)
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Jacobin Collection: Prize Pigeons at the Show of the Philo-Peristeron Society, recently held in Freemasons Hall
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Jacobin Collection: President d Administration Municipale, plate 5 from French Habits
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Jacobin Collection: French Habits No. 12, Messager d Etat, pub by H. Humphreys May 21st 1798
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Jacobin Collection: Pig in revolutionary costume (colour litho)
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Jacobin Collection: White Necked Jacobin Hummingbird
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Jacobin Collection: Swing Wing
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Jacobin Collection: JACOBIN CLUB CLOSED
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Jacobin Collection: EXTREME REVOLUTIONARY
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Jacobin Collection: A View of the Engagement & memorable Victory... on the 1st of June 1794. Creators: Christall
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Jacobin Collection: Bonaparte Addressing a Jacobin Club in Corsica, c1789, (1896)
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Jacobin Collection: French Habits No. 12, 1798
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Jacobin Collection: Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau, French revolutionary leader 19th century (1894)
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Jacobin Collection: FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1795. In the hall of the National Convention, Boissy d Anglas
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Jacobin Collection: Jacobin. The French Revolution, 18th century
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Jacobin Collection: Maximilien Robespierre 1758-1794 Jacobin Leader During French Revolution Engraved By W H Mote From
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Jacobin Collection: Robespierre Wounded, 27 July 1794. Maximilien Robespierre, 1758-1794
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Jacobin Collection: Maximilien Robespierre, 1758-1794. Jacobin Leader During French Revolution
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Jacobin Collection: Pigeons - Blue, White and Black Jacobins, Fancy Breed
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Jacobin Collection: Pigeons - Red and Yellow Jacobins, Fancy Breed
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Jacobin Collection: SAINT-JUST, Louis-Antoine-L鯮(1767-1794). Military
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Jacobin Collection: Robespierre at Jacobins
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Jacobin Collection: Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) and Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) adults
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Jacobin Collection: Robespierre, Maximilien de (1758-1794)
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Jacobin Collection: Couple during the French Revolution


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"Jacobin: A Revolutionary Legacy in Art and Politics" The name "Jacobin" evokes images of a tumultuous era in French history, where the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity clashed with violence and upheaval. At its core, Jacobinism represented a radical political ideology that emerged during the French Revolution. One cannot discuss Jacobins without mentioning their most infamous member - Jean-Paul Marat. This influential figure, depicted in Jacques Louis David's haunting painting, met his tragic end when he was fatally stabbed by Charlotte Corday while taking a bath on July 13th, 1793. But beyond the realm of politics lies an unexpected connection to pigeons. The Blue, White, Black, Red and Yellow Jacobins were all fancy breeds of these birds. These exquisite creatures adorned with vibrant plumage symbolize both beauty and power - much like the Jacobins themselves. Amongst the ranks of this revolutionary group stood Louis-Antoine-Léon de Saint-Just; a military man who fought fiercely for his beliefs until his untimely demise in 1794. Robespierre too played a pivotal role within the Jacobins as depicted in various artworks such as him guillotining an executioner or waiting for execution himself after shooting himself in the jaw. However, not all figures associated with this movement met such grim fates. Napoleon Bonaparte famously declared "Mind your own business as representative of the people and let me mind my own business, " showcasing his prowess as an artilleryman during the Siege of Toulon in 1793. Artistic representations also shed light on other aspects related to this period. In Hannah Humphrey's publication from 1798 titled "French Habits, " Le Boureau (the executioner) takes center stage among various illustrations capturing daily life during those turbulent times. "The morning of 10 Thermidor" lithograph showcases another significant event in Jacobin history.