Scenes from the Revolution of 1830 in ParisTitled “Game of the Heroes of the Memorable Days of July,” these hand-colored playing cards portray incidents from the uprising in Paris in July 1830. The captions at the bottom read, clockwise from top left, “Duty unto Death,” “Making the Bullets of Patriotism,” “Aid to the Courageous Unfortunate,” and “The Amazon of 1830.” These fanciful yet moving scenes idealize the revolutionary zeal of the ordinary men and women who fought government troops and helped overthrow the rule of King Charles X. In reality, though, their efforts replaced the king but not the system. (Musée de la Ville de Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library)