Instructions
The following slides show some significant events taking place during the poets’ life-times. Research these using your school’s resource centre and/or the internet to discover more about the events they depict.
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
"Danse autour de l'échafaud" by unidentified - book Les Prisons de Paris by Maurice Alhoy & Louis Lurine (Havard; 1846). Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia 
"Place de la Révolution exécution capitale" by Pierre-Antoine_Demachy (1807) - site Gallica. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons 
"Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, kneeling before the guill Wellcome L0019312" by Wellcome Library, London - Wikimedia Commons
"Ebcosette" by Émile Bayard - 1886 engraving for Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons 