ELD4853863 Proclamation of the Second Republic, Revolution of 1848: Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869), refusing the red flag as the emblem of the Republic and preferring it the tricolour flag, during a speech at the City Hall of Paris, February 25, 1848 (French Revolution of 1848, Lamartine rejects the red flag, February 25, 1848) - - Illustration by Louis Charles Bombled (1862-1927) from Mercier\'s ???he Great Days of the City Hall??- Private Collection by Bombled, Louis Charles (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Proclamation of the Second Republic, Revolution of 1848: Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869), refusing the red flag as the emblem of the Republic and preferring it the tricolour flag, during a speech at the City Hall of Paris, February 25, 1848 (French Revolution of 1848, Lamartine rejects the red flag, February 25, 1848) - - Illustration by Louis Charles Bombled (1862-1927) from Mercier\'s ???he Great Days of the City Hall??- Private Collection); Photo by The Holbarn Archive.