The States General at Orleans, France Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Crowd gathered round to watch

Crowd gathered round to watch the execution of a parliamentary Colonel James Turner

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Cars are lined up on the starting grid in wet conditions

Utilising a leaf from a palm tree

The States General at Orleans, France Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Crowd gathered round to watchThe States General at Orleans, France, 1560, (1893). The first meeting of the French legislative assembly for 76 years. From an engraving of 1570 by Jacques Tortorel. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893.