Franco-Prussian War Scenes

Engravings depicting events from the Franco-Prussian War, including battlefield hospitals and prisoner scenes from 1870.

Zouaves embarking at Marseilles enroute to the Battle of Palestro during The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Franco-Austrian War, the Austro-Sardinian War or Italian War of 1859. F
Zouaves embarking at Marseilles enroute to the Battle of Palestro during The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Franco-Austrian War, the Austro-Sardinian War or Italian War of 1859. F
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Guerra de la Independencia Española (1808-1814). El 24 de mayo de 1808 comenzó en la ciudad de Zaragoza un levantamiento popular contra la ocupación francesa. En esa fecha llegaron a Zaragoza distintos correos relatando los sucesos del día 2 de mayo y la represión de las tropas francesas, además de lo acontecido en Bayona entre Napoleón, el rey depuesto Carlos IV y su hijo Fernando VII. Estas noticias y el rumor de que Murat mandaría tropas a Zaragoza para controlar la ciudad provocaron un motín popular. El populacho asaltó el palacio de Capitanía y se formó una junta militar. "Alzamiento de Zaragoza". Grabado. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el conde de Toreno. Madrid,1852.
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Edward, Prince of Wales, and Alexandra visit the hospital ship "Princess of Wales" at Southampton, during the Boer War Date: 1900
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Corpses deposited in the rifle room at Rue Oudinot during the Paris Commune, 1871
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Dressing of a diver in 1885, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown
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The trainbands signing Leisler's declaration. Fredericks, Alfred. Eno, Amos F., 1836-1915. Prints. 1873 - 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Leisler, Jacob, d. 1691, Document signings
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The Boers leaving Pretoria for Ladysmith, 1900, Schonberg. Second Anglo-Boer, South African, 20th century.
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Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891). Irish nationalist politician, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party (1882-1891) and Home Rule League (1880-1882). Parnell's own newspaper, the "United Ireland", attacked the Land Act and he was arrested on 13 October 1881, being imprisoned in Kilmainham gaol (Dublin). Gladstone's 1881 Land Act ignored certain other problems, including the plight of tenants who were in arrears with their rent, meaning they owed back rent. The leaders issued a 'no rent manifesto' from prison, encouraging tenants to continue avoiding the payment of rent to landlords until the prisoners were released. Arrival of Parnell in Kilmainham prison (Dublin). Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.
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Abraham Lincoln standing on stage, gesturing with his arms while delivering the Gettysburg address, Nov. 19, 1863. Behind him are other speakers and dignitaries. In front and below are an audience of men, women, and children from the larger crowd that includes soldiers (BSLOC_2018_9_44)
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Filling Cartridges at the United States Arsenal, at Watertown, Massachusetts Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Filling Cartridges at the United States Arsenal, at Watertown, Massachusetts, 1861. Wood engraving, 9 1/8 x 13 5/8in. (23.2 x 34.6cm). Winslow Homer spent the summer following the outbreak of the Civil War in Belmont, Massachusetts, not far from Watertown, which was the site of a major arsenal from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Eight hundred people were working there, making supplies for the new war effort. The men put powder into the cartridges, while the women assembled the bullets. The accompanying an article noted, It is evident that, in the course of a few weeks, there will be no lack of this material of war, at all events.” American Art 1861
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Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris (19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871). Entrance to the dispatch of horse meat during the siege by the Prussians. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.
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Engraving showing the building on Disco Island, Greenland, which the crew of the Arctic exploration ship, 'Pandora', had converted to use as a 'Musick Hal' for their entertainment, 1875. A female inhabitant of Disco Island stands on the right, admiring the litter left behind by the British explorers. The 'Pandora' was used by Sir Allen Young in two attempts between 1875 and 1876 to find the Northwest Passage, around the northern coast of Canada and Alaska, and any traces of the missing Fra
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Tsar Alexander II assassinated by nihilists : two of the horses who were wounded by the explosion. Date: March 1881
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A war council in the Herzegovina in Peko Pawlowitschs camp, Crsto Pawlowitsch, Bogdan Simonitsch, Milowan Bochkowitsch, Lazar Sochiza, Herzegovinian uprising against the Ottomans, a war council in Peko Pavlovics camp, including Crsto Pavlovic, Bogdan Simonic, Milowan Bochkovic, Lazar Sochiza from over country and Sea, General Illustrirte Zeitung, Eduard Hallberger -, Xylographer
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Bivouac of the National Guards in the place Vendome : one of the soldiers is a female. Date: April 1871
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Quarantine precautions at Marseilles on the arrival of a ship from the east. Travel played a large part in the spread of disease, as cholera spread from North-east India towards the east coast of Africa during the nineteenth century. It only took a couple of years for the disease to reach Europe. Date: 1884
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Africa. Blantyre, Nyasaland (present-day Malawi). Mission school. Photogravure from a photograph by Mr. Fred L. M. Moir, of the African Lake Company. "La conquista de Africa" (The conquest of Africa), by Alfredo Opisso. Volume III. Published in Barcelona (Spain) by Molinas y Maza editores, 1911.
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Engraving showing the construction of the lion statues at the base of Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London, 1867. In the background, one of the lions is kept 'under wraps', whilst in the foreground a policemen keeps an eye on a number of children looking through the fence. Date: 2 February 1867
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The so-called 'bird cage walk'. On board the hospital ship 'Victor Emmanuel'. Two invalids read while recuperating during the Ashanti expedition. The second Ashanti War fought between,1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari, ruler of the Ashanti (or Asantehene), and the British. Both were trying to secure the coastal town of Elmina on the West Coast of Africa also known as the Gold Coast. Date: 28 March 1874
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The 1906 caption reads: PRESIDENT KRUGER'S RECEPTION AT MARSEILLES.This picture brings us down to today and the Boers' brave struggle for freedom. France showed such sympathy for the Boers as to cause much hard feeling and some diplomatic difficulties between her and England. When the "grand old man" of South Africa arrived, in France to beg for European aid, he was given an official reception there, and passed as you see him here along a whole avenue of French flags. Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (or just Paul Kruger) (1825-1904) was the president of the South African Republic (sometim
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Photo production of an engraving of the suspension of Don Pedro Pancieco and two other Spaniards through the Watergeuzen in Vlissingen in 1572, Anonymous, 1850 - 1900 visit card. photograph Netherlands photographic support. cardboard albumen print violent death by hanging Flushing
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APLICACION DE LA FOTOGRAFIA A LAS LIBRETAS MILITARES EN EL EJERCITO FRANCES - GRABADO SIGLO XIX.
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St. Patrick's Day in the army--General Meagher distributing the prizes / EF.. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Meagher, Thomas Francis, 1823-1867, Military service, United States, Army of the Potomac, Irish Brigade, Sports, 1860-1870, Saint Patrick's Day, 1860-1870, Irish Americans, Military service, 1860-1870, Awards, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Union, United States
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Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905). Arrival to Tokyo of the first injured of the battle of Ya-Lu (February 1904). Picture by Achille Beltrame for 'La Domenica del Corriere'. Etching.
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Peninsular War; Prisoners of War; After the painting by William Frederick Yeames RA (1835 - 1918).
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The defeated troops of Napoleon's army return home, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original
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Soldiers' mess, in the French camp on the Moselle August 1870
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WESTALL, Richard (1765-1836). Nelson Boarding a Captured Ship, 20 November 1777. Oil on canvas. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. Greenwich. National Maritime Museum.
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EL PINTOR VERTUNNI LEYENDO UN DISCURSO NECROLOGICO ANTE EL CADAVER DE FORTUNY EN EL CEMENTERIO DE SAN LORENZO - 1874 - 21x32 cm. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. MARIA FORTUNY. ACHILLE VERTUNNI.
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The Fifteenth Amendment and its results drawn by G.F. Kahl 1870. commemorating the celebration in Baltimore of the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3.) A group of black men, on horseback and wearing top hats, sashes, and badges, lead a procession. Behind them follow black soldiers and others carrying American flags and banners with portraits of an Indian brave, a black military officer, and Liberty. A small float with a crowned woman under a canopy also follows. On either side of the picture are two columns, Education and Science, on top of which rest ballot boxes wreathed in oak leaves. The columns are connected by arches with the legend The Right of Citizens of the United States to Vote Shall Not Be Denied or Abridged by the United States or Any State on Account of Race Colour or Condition of Servitude. At left, beside the Education column, is a classroom scene where a black man teaches two black children geography. Below this scene is a bu
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The assassination of the King of Greece, George I, in Thessaloniki on the evening of March 18, 1913
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Incident in war for the union / Painted by Alonzo Chappel.. Refugees, United States, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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THE MAXIM GUN The explorer H M Stanley finds it useful during the Emin Pasha relief expedition in central Africa Date: 1887
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Spain. Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Navarre. Oteiza. Campaign ovens set up by the military administration. Breadmaking. Engraving in "The Spanish and American Illustration", 1875.
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The monthly Quadrille dance of the Sergeants of the 9th Royal Lancers, held in the Sergeant's Mess. Date: 1888
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At the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, Nelson gives his famous last signal 'England expects that every man will do his duty'. He had said to his officers 'I must give the Fleet something by way of a fillip'. This last signal certainly buoyed the Fleet as there was an answering of enthusiastic cheering and England went on to win the battle though Nelson lost his life that day. This reproduction is from the original painting by Thomas Davidson.
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Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
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'Cricket - Capital Practice for the Round Bowling of the Period', 1859. Artist: Unknown
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He reached for his rifle and covered the rest of the group. From the book Buffalo Jim by William Hatfield published circa 1930's.
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Soldiers of the Russian Empire Passing through the Gates of Munchin, Manchuria, Stereo Card, B.W. Kilburn, 1905
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Total destruction of the Democratic platform , Politicians, Presidential elections, Shipwrecks, Reconstruction U.S. history, 1865-1877, Pomeroy, Mark M. Mark Mills, 1833-1896, Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902, Grant, Ulysses S. Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885, Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
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Cooper shop volunteer refreshment saloon, USA Civil War, 1862
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Duel. Where is the Adversary, Puzzles & Optical Illusions
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HYDER ALI Muslim ruler of Mysore, set up first corps of sepoys with European backing. Date: 1722 - 1782
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Rank Outsiders. A lunchtime scene on the Embankment, London, at the start of the First World War. Young men who could be joining up to fight stand idly watching through the railings as the Inns of Court Rifles do their drilling exercises. Date: 1914
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Series of manoeuvre pictures, French genius troops building a bridge, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900, Liebig collector's picture, exact date unknown