Wall charts, history and European Identity

EU Culture Programme; Education and Culture DG

The French Revolution of 1830: a barrcade

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Series:

unknown

Timeframe:

Langes 19. Jahrhundert

Scene of action:

Paris

Illustrator:

unknown

Publisher:

La maison des instituteurs, St.-Germain-en-Laye

Year of publication:

Unknown

Themes:

War    European history   

The picture shows the July Revolution of 1830 in Paris. Craftsmen, workers and students are revolting against Charles X who dissolved the parliament. They built barricades, are throwing chairs and kettles from their windows and are firing at the royalist army.