1877 Wood Engraving Architecture City Hall Valenciennes France Revolution XEA7 XER5 Keywords specific to this image:

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"Why do you permit a custom at the communion table which you would not tolerate in your own home

"German / British National Race

and the lithographers of Goupil

"Residence of Lady Hester Stanhope"

1877 Wood Engraving Architecture City Hall Valenciennes France Revolution XEA7 XER5 Keywords specific to this image:This is an original 1877 black and white wood engraving of the City Hall of Valenciennes, France. Aside from its use as a central administrative center, the City Hall was besieged by the First Coalition against Revolutionary France in 1793. It was later retaken by the revolutionaries in August of 1794. On a side note, some citizens of the town tortured, raped, and guillotined (in that order?), five Ursine nuns during the Reign of Terror. Scary stuff