Félix Philippoteaux, Lamartine repoussant le drapeau rouge à l’Hôtel de Ville, le 25 février 1848, Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
The 1848 Revolution in France was one of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe. In France, the February revolution ended the Orleans monarchy (1830–1848) and led to the creation of the French Second Republic.
…which didn’t last either. The Second Republic, that is.
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