he Reverend Ian Paisley, Westminster MP, waving to supporters at the NorthernIreland Assembly (Stormont)

Demonstrators opposing a visit to Northern Ireland by Queen Elizabeth. At thistime, the Northern Ireland Assembly had been suspended and the country w

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 24: Below the upper vignette: Every day he asks to speak, but when given the opportunity, never uses it; Below the lower vignette: Mr. de Montalembert in the Pulpit of the National Assembly

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 17: Below the upper vignette: The day poor Théobald learned he'd been ousted; Below the lower vignette: The French enjoying their right to do sentry duty at the doors of the National Assembly

The Representatives Represented / The Legislative Assembly 13: Victor Hugo: You have just finished asking him a serious question, he gives himself up to sombre reflections - only the sombre reflection may illuminate the serious question! - he is also the most sombre of all the serious great men!

The Representatives Represented / The Legislative Assembly 13: Victor Hugo: You have just finished asking him a serious question, he gives himself up to sombre reflections - only the sombre reflection may illuminate the serious question! - he is also the most sombre of all the serious great men!

The Representatives Represented 22: Victor Considérant; Drawn from life at the Tribune on the memorable day when, decorated with all the attributes of a disciple of Fourrier [sic], and assuming the pose of anti-lion, he sought to phalansteryise all the members of the national assembly

The Representatives Represented 22: Victor Considérant; Drawn from life at the Tribune on the memorable day when, decorated with all the attributes of a disciple of Fourrier [sic], and assuming the pose of anti-lion, he sought to phalansteryise all the members of the national assembly

The Representatives Represented 10: Henri de Larochejacquelein: The costume in which this citizen was got up on the day he went to the National Assembly to lodge his memorable proposal for President of the French Republic!...Abd-el-Kader

The Representatives Represented 10: Henri de Larochejacquelein: The costume in which this citizen was got up on the day he went to the National Assembly to lodge his memorable proposal for President of the French Republic!...Abd-el-Kader

The Representatives Represented / The Legislative Assembly 37: General Ducos de Lahitte: Portrait of this Minister of Foreign Affairs, as he appears to simple mortals, on those occasions － seldom less rare than solemn － when he comes forth in the tribune to show us his eloquence and his moustache. Above all, his moustache achieves the greater effect

NEWS 146: Poodles and fundholders going to congratulate the National Assembly on the rejection of the tax proposed on the transfer of funds and on the canine order

NEWS 146: Poodles and fundholders going to congratulate the National Assembly on the rejection of the tax proposed on the transfer of funds and on the canine order

The Representatives Represented / The Legislative Assembly 17: Félix Saint-Priest: Proof with letters. － de St. Priest is no less celebrated for his postal reforms than for his playful character. Since [the sending of] letters has been four sous, de St. Priest has not much to do; but, to keep himself busy, he has tried for some time to alter his blue spectacles; at least, that's what I conclude from the way he wears them!

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 15: Below the upper vignette: When the boring orator is at the tribune; Below the lower vignette: － See here gentlemen, a little moderation... we’re in the corridor... these insults are only acceptable when we’re in a meeting!

PARLIAMENTARY IDYLLS 12: Cupid, a shrewd god, but full of vanity, / Bounds upon the table at the risk of a sprain, / In order to prove that his figure is wholly beautiful, / Between the two candlesticks he shows them his torso!

PARLIAMENTARY IDYLLS 15: How sweet it is, how sweet it is on the slope of a valley, / Far form the noise and shouts of the troublesome crowd, / In the middle of a beautiful day, to invoke Apollo / And at night to address sonnets to the moon

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 12: Below the upper vignette: Mister Stenographer, you've reproduced my speech well, but you've forgotten to note down at different passages: － Long live feeling,... I've just made these little corrections; Below the lower vignette: General Lebreton advancing to the order

PARLIAMENTARY IDYLLS 9: Come to play in the field, /A roguish urchin said to him; / Barrot, from good humour / Does not suspect until too late! / In vain he strives, / But once you have allowed yourself to be deceived / There, as elsewhere, a lost position, / Is difficult to regain! Moral stanzas By General d'Hautpoul. (cultivating the Muses in secret.)

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 18: Below the upper vignette: －You see, how well little Estancelin speaks for his age, and in front of everybody, and without crying... unlike you Anatole, he's a great satisfaction to his parents! ; Below the lower vignette: The meeting is suspended

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 7: Below the upper vignette: Pierre Leroux daring to address the demi-god Barrot; Below the lower vignette: Pierre Leroux, having set forth to the tribune his social doctriness, [that are] no less tangled than his hair, receives a hand-shakes from his friends, who, in a fashion, appear to have understood them

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 9: Below the upper vignette: A tiring discourse for the president; Below the lower vignette: Mischief which willingly afforded room to young Estancelin, at a time when the majestic Barrot was President of the Council of Ministers, the majestic Barrot no longer resembling a sun, but a comet

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 9: Below the upper vignette: A tiring discourse for the president; Below the lower vignette: Mischief which willingly afforded room to young Estancelin, at a time when the majestic Barrot was President of the Council of Ministers, the majestic Barrot no longer resembling a sun, but a comet

PARLIAMENTARY IDYLLS 4: FLORA AND ZEPHYR (DE LA MEURTHE.): Lightly he balances himself / On a foot barely skimming the water's surface:/ Flora who admires him in silence / Says to herself. / Ah! God damn it all, how beautiful he is! (Translated from Anacreon by Ratapoil, retired police colonel, member of Châlons sur Marne society of literature and of the society of the Tenth-of-December in Paris)

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 16: Below the upper vignette: Bineau the Savage making his entry as minister; Below the lower vignette: －Well, so it's no cleverer than that to talk from the tribune? －Yes, but you, Pierre, you're listening to me too politely, you should say something stupid from time to time, [because] without that there's no longer any illusion, we're not in a meeting any more!