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Formal Historical Gatherings

Scenes of gatherings in ornate halls, showcasing traditional attire, large tables, and elaborate decor during significant events.

Print marked top right: Fourth Part Fol. 472., Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685 The Edict of Nantes by Henry the Fourth. granted and sworn to on February 25, 1599. was revoked and annulled by Lodewyk the XII, on October 8, 1685 (...) , print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, Amsterdam, 1696, paper, etching, h 283 mm × w 364 mm
Print marked top right: Fourth Part Fol. 472., Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685 The Edict of Nantes by Henry the Fourth. granted and sworn to on February 25, 1599. was revoked and annulled by Lodewyk the XII, on October 8, 1685 (...) , print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, Amsterdam, 1696, paper, etching, h 283 mm × w 364 mm
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Self-portrait during the Rewarding for a Gold Medal in the Academy of Arts by Sukhovo-Kobylina, Sofia Vasilyevna (1825-1867) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1854 Oil on canvas 49,2x34,2 Russia Russian Painting of 19th cen. Portrait,Genre Painting
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Dick Wildfire and the Captain stroll in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris, 1822, by David Carey, France 19th Century.
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'Cattedra', 19th century Creator: Unknown.
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Lowther Castle, the Sculpture Gallery, UK, England, engraving 1870s, Britain
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ALFONSO XII. REY DE ESPAÑA. 1857 - 1885. ATENTADO CONTRA ALFONSO XII Y SU MUJER AL ENTRAR A PALACIO EL 31 / 12 / 1879. GRABADO DE L ¿ILLUSTRATION.
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THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
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Thomas Rowlandson, Vauxhall Gardens, 1785 Vauxhall Gardens
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Bound Print, Pompe funèbre de Polixène de Hesse-Rhinfels Reine de Sardaigne en léglise de Notre de Paris le XXIV Mars M. DCC. XXXV. (Funeral of Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Queen of Sardinia, in the Church of Notre Dame of Paris, March 24, 1735); Designed by Michel de Bonneval (French, d. 1766); Engraved by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the elder (French, 1688 - 1754); Published by Menus-Plaisirs du Roi; France; etching and engraving on paper; 92.1 × 61.1 cm (36 1/4 × 24 1/16 in.)
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Interior of Christ Church. Daniel Havell; English, 1785-1826. Date: 1816. Dimensions: 205 × 265 mm (image); 250 × 300 mm (plate); 271 × 350 mm (sheet). Aquatint, with hand-coloring, on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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MADRID. INAGURACION DEL TEATRO APOLO EL 23 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1872. GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA. DIBUJO DE PELLICER. MADRID PINTADO.
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Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1768-1821) wife of George IV of Great Britain. Trial of Queen Caroline in House of Lords 1820. From IH Adolphus 'The Royal Exile: or, Memoirs of Queen Caroline', London, 1821. Aquatint.
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Painting exhibition, the Louvre, Paris, 1737 (1882-1884). Artist: Unknown
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Special Session of the Parliament of Paris, celebrated as a result of the severe financial crisis. 18th century. Engraving. Carnavalet Museum. Paris. France.
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SEVILLA. SESION DE LA ACADEMIA DE BUENAS LETRAS EN HONOR DE MIGUEL DE CERVANTES , AÑO 1874. GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOPLA Y AMERICANA. SEVILLA PINTADO.
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Spain, Madrid. National Fine Arts Exhibition. Interior of Room 5 on the opening day, in the afternoon of May 18, 1881. Life drawing by Muoz. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.
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States of Brittany (IT)
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Bidders at a fine art auction at Christie's auctioneers in the mid-Victorian era. Date: 1938
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LA REGENTE MARIA CRISTINA INAUGURANDO LA CAMARA ALTA EN ESPAÑA, DENOMINADA ESTAMENTO DE PROCERES, EL 24/07/1934, PRIMERA LEGISLATURA DE LAS CORTES. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-ARCHIVO. MADRID. Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. MARIA CRISTINA DE PARMA. PARMA MARIA CRISTINA DE.
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Cologne, Hogenberg, French, Series 5: Dutch Events, 1566-1570, Announcement of the General Pardon, 1570, 16 July 1570. On a scaffolding in front of the city hall of Antwerp, Alva has the General Pardon read out. At the top, Alva is sitting on a throne, on the steps below are soldiers. With an 8-line caption in German. Numbered: 18. The print is part of an album., print, prent, nieuwsprent, albumblad, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 210 mm, width 280 mm, Dutch, German, 1540 - 1590, print maker, prentmaker, 1570 - 1570, third quarter 16th century, derde kwart 16e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etsen
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View of the Picture Gallery at the Chteau d'Eu (Vue de la Galerie au Chteau d'Eu). Date/Period: 1844. Drawing. Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on paper. Author: Alexandre Dominique Denuelle.
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Industrie und Muessiggang Der fleissige Prinz wird reich und ist Sheriff von London, Industry and Idleness The industrious prentice grown rich and sheriff of London From the original design by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Decor of Robert the Devil, opera by Meyerbeer, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.
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The United States section of the Paris International Exhibition, 1867. Artist: Unknown
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Study for The House of Representatives. Date: ca. 1821. Oil on panel. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Regency era window curtains for a boudoir, 1800. Ruby-coloured calico curtains with Persian silk fringe, blue silk mantle and military emblems above the curtain rod. Designed and manufactured by cabinet maker Allen of 61 Pall Mall, London. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from The Upholsterer's and Cabinet-Maker's Repository consisting of seventy-six designs of modern and fashionable furniture, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1830.
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Victorian stockbrokers dealing at the Stock Exchange. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by Gilbert from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841.
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Brady's New Photographic Gallery, on the corner of Broadway and Tenth Street, NYC, in 1861. Brady opened his studio in New York in 1844, and photographed Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and Abraham Lincoln, among other public figures and entertainers (BSLOC_2019_2_119)
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Drawing, The Interior of the Library at Cassiobury; Augustus Charles Pugin (French, active Great Britain, ca. 1762-1832); brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper; Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.) Sheet: 37.6 x 51.7 cm (14 13/16 x 20 3/8 in.) Frame H x W x D: 60.3 x 75.6 x 2.5 cm (23 3/4 in. x 29 3/4 in. x 1 in.); Thaw Collection; 2007-27-20
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810-1875, Design for Setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857 - Act 4, Scene 2, undated. Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on slightly textured, medium, gray wove paper laid down on contemporary laid paper mount.
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Germany under The Restoration. Return of the Prince Elector to Leal Hesse. Lithograph in color.
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Illustration of the 1889, Fête des Vignerons (Winegrowers Festival); is a traditional celebration held five times a century in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been organized by the Brotherhood of Winegrowers of Vevey since 1797. The committee is free to choose the time intervals between parties, the maximum being five times per century. Until now, the interval between two parties has varied between 14 and 28 years. The next edition will take place in 2019, 20 years after the previous one (1999); . The show pays tribute to the world of wine, several performances take place on the Market Square along the shores of Lake Geneva.
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French Revolution: Day of August 10, 1792. Leak from Louis XVI and his family in the National Assembly. 1st arrondissement. Dutch Engraving Anonymous (-). VLUGT VAN LODEWIJK from XVI. In Zijn Famiellie in N: Vergadering. French Revolution: Day of August 10, 1792. Fire of Louis XVI and his family in the National Assembly. 1 borough. Dutch engraving. Graphic Arts Cabinet Document. Etching.
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John Bluck, active 1791-1831, British, St. Margarets, Westminster, 1809. Aquatint.
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the international exposition 1867, Paris, France, the prussian exhibition hall / die internationale ausstellung 1867, Paris, Frankreich, die preußische ausstellungshalle, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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Lunch at the San Beneto Theatre offered by the Doge in honor of the princes of the north, Venice, by Gabriel Bella (1730-1799). Oil on canvas. Detail.
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Christening Banquet of Prince Leopold in Buckingham Palace in 1853 Louis Haghe (1806-1885 British) Watercolor
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BOCETO PARA 'EL PROFETA' DE MEYERBEER - ACTO 1. Author: PHILIPPE MARIE CHAPERON (1823-1907). Location: MUSEO DE LA OPERA. France.
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People in front of building in Saint Petersburg by anonymous artist, painting, Private Collection, 20x27, 5
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P. Cacchiatelli - G. Gleter, Le Scienza e le Arti sotto il pontificato di Pio IX, edito a Roma nel 1860 dalla Tipografia delle Belle Arti, via Poli, 91. Internamente sono contenute delle acqueforti che raffigurano le opere pubbliche realizzate durante il Pontificato di Pio IX
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Court by Konstantin Apollonovich Savitsky, Oil on canvas, 1895, 1844-1905, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 38, 7x54, 3
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Exposition Universelle (World Fair) Paris, 1900; The Exposition Universelle of 1900, better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next. The style that was universally present in the Exposition was Art Nouveau. The fair, visited by nearly 50 million, displayed many technological innovations; black and white print of a scene in preparation for Napoleon's Coronation in 1804.
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Reunion at the Mansion', 1849. Artist: Adolph Menzel. Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (1815-1905) was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings.
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A reading of Voltaire's tragedy L'Orpheline de la Chine in the salon of Madame Geoffrin, Lemonnier, Anicet Charles Gabriel (1743-1824)
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Henri Gervex (1852-1929) and Alfred Stevens (1823-1906). "Napoleon III, Empress Eugénie, Colonel Schmidt, Prince Murat, Prince Walewski, Roucher, Fould, the marshal of Benedetti, fragment of the panorama on the history of the century". Oil on canvas, 1889. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 36415-1 National Assembly, Imperial Couple, Colonel, Emperor, Emperor of the Francais, Emperor of the French, French Emperor, Bride, History, History, Historical Man, Impector, Impector, Impector Consort of the French, Impector of the French, French Impector, Marechal, Panorama , Prince, second empire, oil on canvas
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The Preston Exhibition of Works of Art and Industry, 1865. 'The Exhibition of Works of Art and Industry at Preston, Lancashire, which was...held in the Exchange Buildings, Lune-street, includes a picture-gallery, containing several valuable works of Landseer, Turner, Roberts, Frith, Hunt, and others, with a few pieces of sculpture; a collection of specimens of natural history, with scientific instruments and apparatus; mechanical models, machinery in motion; various manufactured products, chiefly of the textile fabrics; and a museum of antiquities and curiosities, mostly of local interest. T
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Formal dinner, ca 1821, by Henry Sargent (1770-1845), oil on canvas, 156x126 cm.
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Arrival of the Tsar Nicolas II and the Tsarine Alexandra Feodorovna at the station on the lawn of Ranelagh, October 6, 1896. Louis Henri Georges Scellier de Gisors (1844-1905). Arrival of the Tsar Nicolas II and the Tsarine Alexandra Feodorovna at the station on the lawn of Ranelagh, October 6, 1896. Watercolor and Gouache.
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Audience of leave. Prints, Illustrations. 1745 - 1747. Rare Book Division
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World War I: Signing Treaty of Versailles in the Hall of Mirrors, 28 June 1919. After the painting by William Orpen (1878-1931).
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Inside the museum of antique cups from the Count of Lamberg, by Benedict Piringer (1780-1826).
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Inauguration of art and archaeological museums in Milan, 20th Century,
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Illustration showing the Italian Pavilion with a portrait of King Umberto I (died 1900); at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. This was a fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.
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Robert Havell, 1769-1832, British, H. M. George IV Proclaimed King at Carlton House, 1824. Aquatint, hand-colored.
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'Lectura de un proyecto de ley en el Salón de Sesiones', 1908, Oil on canvas, 91,5 x 146,5 cm. Author: ASTERIO MAÑANOS MARTINEZ (1861-1935). Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Conde de Romanones. FIGUEROA ALVARO DE. FERNANDEZ VILLAVERDE RAIMUNDO. MARQUES DE LA VEGA DE ARMIJO. EDUARDO DATO.
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Sculpture Gallery in Museo Chiamonti in Vatican City; Museo Chiamonti, Vatican. Part of photo album with recordings of sights and artwork in Rome.