Paris from Above: the Three Barriers around the city in the 1840s
The Inner Circle: the octroi tax wall and barriers
The Octroi gate and wall at Belleville
Pulling down the Octroi Gates and walls in 1859
The Militatry Wall built by Adolphe Thers 1841-44
A photograph of the Military Wall at the Versailles Entry Gate
Cross section of the Wall and surroundings
FB’s life in Mugron 1843-44
Map of Les Landes
Bastiat’s house in Mugron
Place Bastiat in Mugron
A Farmer inspecting his tenants
A shepherd walking of stilts to better observe his sheep in the heathlands
Getting to Paris by Train in the 1840s
Gare chemin de fer Versailles in 1848
The railway station of the Northern Line
A newly constructed railway bridge
FB’s growing success in Paris with the Free Trade movement and Guillaumin circle 1845-47
A Panoramic View of Paris in the 1840s
The Guillaumin Circle
Guillaumin office and the Molière Fountain, rue Richelieu
A Wall Poster advertising a Free Trade meeting
A Political Banquet in July 1847
Revolution and Crisis Feb-June 1848
Lamartine on the steps of the Hotel de ville announcing the Formation of the Provisional Government of the Second Republic
The Hotel de ville in 1840
Street Barricades erected in February 1848
A Barricade in the rue Saint-Martin
The National Assembly (Palais Bourbon)
The exterior of the National Assembly
Interior of Assemblée Nationale in 1848
The Luxembourg Palace and the National Workshops
The Luxembourg Palace and Gardens
Citizens reading wall posters for news
A wall poster announcing the formation of the National Workshops in Feb. 1848
Louis Blanc, the head of the Luxembourg Commission for Labour
The SemiCircle of Famous French Politicians
Turgot the Free Trader and Colbert the Mercantilist
A meeting of workers at the Luxembourg Commission
A wall poster announcing a cut back in hours paid because of too many workers
Political Clubs
Entry Ticket to the Club Lib
A debate in one of the Political Clubs
FB’s Revolutionary Newspapers
Putting up Wall Posters
The title page of the first issue of FB’s revolutionary street paper “Jacques Bonhomme”
Invasion of the National Assembly in z15 May 1848 by Political Clubs supporting Louis Blanc
Street Barricades during the June Days
A Barricade on the rue Saint-Maur
Troops massing to destroy the barricades on rue Sainte-Catherine
The Aftermath of the Revolution June 1848-50
FB’s fight against socialism, the Peace Congress, race to finish his legacy work June 1848 – Dec 1849, worsening health, last months of frantic writing, farewell, and death 1850
The Butard Hunting Lodge where FB wrote Economic Harm
The Friends of Peace Congress
Entry ticket for the Friends of Peace Congress, Aug. 1849
Victor Hugo opening the Peace Congress in Saint-Cecile Hall
Members of the English delegation to the Congress
FB’s Secret Mission to visit Cobden in London
The Reform Club where FB met with Richard Cobden to discuss disarmament
The Upper Level of the Reform Club
FB Leaving Paris for the Last Time – Political graffiti
The “Prince-President” Louis Napoleon was elected President of the Second Republic in Dec. 1848
A Cartoon of Napoleon III as Budget-Eating Vulture
Coda: The Aftermath
The Statue for Bastiat in Mugron 1878
