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Illustrations depicting significant historical events including free trade laws, public gatherings, and royal inaugurations, featuring diverse attire and settings from the 19th century.

Presentation of Pawnees, Poncas and Pottowattamies to the President of the United States, at the White House, Washington. Date: 1858

THE DIVORCE COURT, London Date: 1861

Franklin in the National Convention / Lossing-Barritt. | Library of Congress

Illustration showing the scene at a Paris butchers, selling and killing dogs and cats for meat, during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1. At the time of this illustration, the siege had lasted for over 3 months and Parisians were desperate for food. One can see dogs of all shapes and sizes here including one, possibly stolen, being traded covertly. Date: 1871

Jonathan Wild, the nefarious thief & receiver of stolen goods, at Wood Street Compter Prison Date: Eighteenth century

In 1733. British Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole proposed an excise tax system for the storage of tobacco and wine. It was unpopular and led to violent demonstrations outside Parliament. England. digital reproduction of a historical document.

The Strangers Gallery in the House of Commons, London, 1857. 'Admission is obtained only by means of a written order from a member; one of which each member is privileged to give every day. There are three rows of seats, each accommodating about seventy persons, who, in common with all the occupants of the places devoted to the public, are subjected to very stringent rules of behaviour. No one is allowed to rise from his seat, except for the purpose of leaving (we have seen an Ambassador who was attempting to stretch his legs during a long debate peremptorily desired to sit down by the watch

events revolutions 1848 - 1849 Germany National Assembly Saint Paul-s Church Frankfurt am Main first session 18.5.1848 wood engraving after drawing by Fritz Bamberger 1848,

Elections to the Customs Parliament of the German Customs Union, which took place in February and March 1868. The Customs Parliament consisted of the members of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation and members from the South German states, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original document from the 19th century, exact original date unknown

Engraving depicting the weighing out of the money for the Chinese war indemnity during the Sino-Japanese War of 1895

Unknown, A Slave Auction in Virginia, 1861, wood engraving on paper.

The Allied leaders redraw the map of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon

Ragpickers Court, Mulberry Street, New York, America, seen here in the 19th century. From America Revisited: From The Bay of New York to The Gulf of Mexico, published 1886.

ESTACIÓN DE FRANCIA. GRABADO, SIGLO XIX. BIBLIOTECA DE CATALUÑA.

London Dockers' Strike, September 1889. Among the aims was establishment of minimum wage of 6d (2.5 pence per hour) but it failed. Picture shows 'Father Neptune's' float in the procession

Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794). Publicista y político francés. Compañero de Robespierre, publicó folletos de gran elocuencia acusando al Antiguo Régimen. Muerto el 13 de abril de 1794, ejecutado por el tribunal revolucionario. Grabado de 1866.

Illustration depicting the collection of signatures in the street for an Anti Corn Law petition. Dated 19th Century

Distribution and reading of the Manifesto of the Junta, Manifeste de la Junta, 1869 in Madrid, Spain, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Processes of Louis XVI at the bar of the Convention, December 26, 1792 Trial of Louis XVI at the bar of the Convention, December 26, 1792 . Print of Schiavonetti and Miller.

Woman suffrage | Library of Congress

Republicans demonstrate against Cavaignac during the electioneering for president. Date: December 1848

Bavarian State Exhibition in Nuremberg 1896, The Kosthalle of the Bürgerliche Brauhaus zu Munich, beer bar, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated 1f-4898368

Edmund BURKE, 1729-97. Anglo-Irish philosopher and statesman, supporting Wilberforce's motion for the ABOLITION OF SLAVERY in the House of Commons, 9 May 1788.

House of Lords - the Lord Chancellor pronouncing judgment in the case of the Queen v. O'Connell, 1844. Interior of the Palace of Westminster in London. Irish nattionalist and political leader Daniel O'Connell had been sentenced twelve months for conspiracy. He was released after three months, the charges having been quashed on appeal to the House of Lords. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

Bookeeper Gott's Office, From: Our Police Protectors, History of the NYC Police, Published in 1885

The Bible.

American prison life: New York City house of correction, Blackwell's Island. The dining room.

Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, opening the Seamen's Orphanage, Liverpool in 1870. The Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution was established in order to provide care and education for the many Liverpool children who lost families at sea. A group of Liverpool merchants and shipowners funded the establishment of the orphanage in 1869, in a temporary rented building on Duke Street. In 1870 Liverpool City Council donated land next to Newsham Park and a large building was erected to house and educ

Elections to the Customs Parliament of the German Customs Union, which took place in February and March 1868. The Customs Parliament consisted of the ...

William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) addressing the House of Commons, 1793. Engraving after painting by Karl A Hickel.

Historical illustration of the reading of a will at a notary's office in 1880, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown

1800 1860s INTERIOR OF FREEDMEN'S BUREAU RICHMOND VIRGINIA 1866 POST CIVIL WAR AMERICAN RECONSTRUCTION ERA

French Revolution, Pamphlet Concerning the Abolition of the Orders, Equality, 17 August 1793, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century document

1600s 1640s OLIVER CROMWELL DISSOLVING THE LONG PARLIAMENT ENGLAND

The Reporters' Gallery in the House of Commons. Date: circa 1840

Engraving of The Duval Restaurant at the Paris Exhibition of 1878. This restaurant was a huge wooden building, capable of seating several thousand diners. Date: 1878

Im Wartesaal des Auswanderer-Bahnhof in Ruhleben, Berlin, Deutschland, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

The Duke of Orleans signs the proclamation by which he assumes the dignity of Governor General, 31 July 1830, Historical, digitally restored reproduct...

Royal visit to the lithographic printing company of Day & Son, ca. 1855-1860, Anonymous, 1855 - 1860 print Visit of the English crown prince and Prince Alfred on the lithographic printing company of Day & Son in London, ca. 1855-1860. paper lithographer. printing, printing office London

MADRID. SORTEO DE LA LOTERIA NACIONAL. GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , AÑO 1888. MADRID PINTADO.

Fraudulent voters of the presidential election in custody at the United States Circuit Court, New York | Library of Congress

The ring theater process in Vienna, The process for the ring theater fire in Vienna, lawyers, judges, defense lawyers, defenders, witnesses, accused director Franz Jauner from About Land and Sea, General Illustrirte Zeitung, Vinzenz Katzler -, artist

Adventures of an heir worldwide, The entry in the register of the hotel, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

NEWGATE

THE REOPENING OF THE PARNELL COMMISSION AFTER THE LONG VACATION, 1889: MR. MICHAEL DAVITT ADDRESSING THE COURT.

Polnische Auswanderer im Bahnhof von Lehrte, 1888, Berlin, Deutschland, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhunder...

Supporters of M'Clellan try to drum up New York voters to oppose Lincoln's second term of office : needless to say, he will be re-elected despite their efforts. Date: 1864

Distribution of tickets for soup to the needy people in the office of Windmill Street. 19th century. Manchester. England. Engraving.

In the expedition, publishing house, of the magazine Gartenlaube in 1890, Berlin, Germany, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original, Europe

Photo collection Government information service. Meeting of the House of Representatives of the States General. 1895. The Hague, South Holland

Schachturnier in Schachdorf Ströbeck im Jahre 1890, Ortsteil von Halberstadt im Landkreis Harz in Sachsen-Anhalt. Die ins Mittelalter zurückreichende Schach-Tradition des Ortes ist ein Alleinstellungsmerkmal, die als Immaterielles Kulturerbe in Deutschland anerkannt worden ist, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904219

COTTON FAMINE Out of work mill-workers receive cut-price food in return for tickets issued by the Manchester and Salford Provident Society Date: 1862

Illustration showing Lenin addressing a communist Party meeting in 1919

Great Britain London politics parks election in Lambeth Kennsington Park engraving 1865,

'They struck up a part song of a wild, pathetic character, with a long drawn out refrain in a minor key." A group of senior people gather round the piano and sing a sad song. 1876

Scenes in Greek Street, Soho, 'the foreign quarter of London', called 'the worst street in London' by an Inspector McKay, giving evidence before the Police Commission. 1. Soho types; 2. A corner in Greek Street; 3. A popular club; 4. A fortune-teller; 5. A musical evening. The Illustrated London News calls it a 'haunt of choice rascaldom'. Date: 1906

Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Upper Ten", 1864. Crowds at a polling station on 8 November, '...the day of the Presidential election, as well as of the State elections...The scene is the upper part of the city, near the fashionable avenues...of the aristocratic quarter. Here the poll is taken...in the office of a veterinary surgeon, attached to a livery stable. At any time from sunrise to sunset (which is the time allowed for depositing votes) knots of the richer class of New York citizens - the Upper Ten Thousand, as they are called, are to be seen congrega

Presentation of the Freedom of the City of Glasgow to the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone, in the City Hall, 1865. 'The hall was, of course, filled with spectators in every part...At two o'clock Mr. Gladstone Chancellor of the Exchequer and future Prime Minister, accompanied by the Lord Provost, appeared on the platform, and was received with loud and continuous cheering. The Lord Provost, in presenting the freedom of the city to the right hon. gentleman, referred to the distinguished services which Mr. Gladstone had rendered to the country, and the important changes which he had effected in our fin

General scrutiny of the electoral process in the presence of journalists. France. 1872. Engraving by Ryckebusch.

Grand reception of the notabilities of the nation at the White House, 1865

'PUBLISHING THE BANNS IN THE WEST INDIES; FOR THE FIRST TIME OF ASKING'

Members of the House of Commons Taking the Oaths, 1857. 'From the mysterious recesses of the brass-clasped yellow boxes...are drawn...oblong pieces of cardboard exactly of the size and pattern of the spelling-lesson boards of infants' schools, on which are printed forms of the oaths. One of these is distributed to each member, who holds it as a lady does her fan, with the to-be-expected difference, that he holds it awkwardly, and looks as if he felt that it was rather a silly appendage to his manly person...The clerk then...reads aloud the form of words on which so many debates have been hung;

Empfang des Kronprinzen von Preußen in Wien, 1869, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage mit einer Szene aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4999479

Public subscription in Madrid for the repurchase to free slaves from Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1869, Spain, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a...

The failure of the stock exchange in Vienna, 9th May 1873. Date: 9th May 1873

United Kingdom. London. Socialist meeting. Engraving by H. Thomson. 19th century.

The busy drawing room of the Athenaeum Club, on Pall Mall, central London, on a ballot day. The ballots were held on monday afternoons between February and July, with many candidates hoping to gain membership status. Date: 1893

Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856-1912). Spanish writer, philosopher and literary critic. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

The construction of a Roman Fort at Mamucium (also known as Mancunium), at what is now the Castlefield area of Manchester, in the north of England. The fort guarded the road which ran from Chester to York Date: Circa 79 A.D.

BISMARCK , OTTO. POLITICO PRUSIANO . 1815 - 1898. CONFERENCIA EN VERSALLES ENTRE BISMARCK Y. JULES FAURE . AÑO 1871. GRABADO ILUSTRACIN ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA. SFGP / © KORPA.

Merchants, both Dutch and English, gather on a Friday at noon in New Amsterdam to discuss financial concerns.

The Great Financial Panic - View in Broad St., near the Stock Exchange, on Saturday noon, Sept. 20th, 1873, after the closing of the Exchange doors

A great throng amasses to hear the reading of the declaration of Independence in Philadelphia

The protest against the Home Rule Bill in Belfast, left Arthur Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, historical illustration, 1887

The peace meal of the conferent powers, Johan Braakensiek, 1899 Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. banquet of elegant company. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.

Societe Geograpique de Londres, Geographical Society of London, Presentation of the Description of Doctor Livingstone's Journey through the Interior of Africa, 1865, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Inaugural session, International Railway Congress

Gambetta proclaims the Third Republic at the palais du Corps Legislatif, Paris : it is unpopular with pretty well everyone, but ensures a measure of stability. Date: 4 September 1870

Opening of the American Centennial Festival Exhibition: a Street in Philadelphia, 1876. 'The Great Exhibition at Philadelphia, upon the occasion of the Centennial Festival of the American Declaration of Independence, has been opened this week. Our engraving, from a sketch by Mr. Felix Regamey, is a view of one of the busy streets in that city, which has a population of 800,000, with important trades and manufactures'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.

The General Election: counting the votes at the Southwark election, 1880. 'The ballot-boxes were at once removed from all the polling-stations, and were delivered into the custody of the High Bailiff of Southwark, at the Vestry-Hall Borough-road. Here, at ten o'clock next morning, began the operation of counting the votes, which was performed by an adequate staff of clerks, under the superintendence of the High Bailiff and his deputy, in presence of three of the candidates - Mr. Cattley being absent from indisposition - and of their agents and friends. Each ballot-box was emptied, and the numb

Engraving showing the Passport office run by the Portuguese at Delagoa Bay, East Africa, 1889. Date: 1890

German Reich (1871-1914). Process for high treason against a group of socialist before the Court Reich in Leipzig, 1881. Engraving.

The anarchist Caserio on trial for the assassination of president Carnot at Lyon he will be sentenced to the guillotine. Date: June 1894

The galadine in the castle to Kremsier,

Mi9nister addresses the Japanese Parliament or Diet 1880

ORIGEN DEL MOTIN DE ESQUILACHE (IMPOSICION DE LA CAPA CORTA Y EL TRICORNIO) - LITOGRAFIA ANTIGUA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: ANONIMO SIGLO XVIII. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

A Very Ancient Custom The Dunmow Flitch Trial - Dunmow flitch winners of 1751, Thomas and Anne Shakeshaft, a picture from the programme of yesterday's "Trial". August 07, 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Barcelona. Actos de posesión de los terrenos de la Ciudadela. Grabado de 1870.

Royal Institution - Sir Roderick Murchison's Lecture on the Distribution of Gold Ore, 1850. Geological talk in London. 'Upon the table were several specimens of gold ore...Sir Roderick inveighed against what he might almost designate as the popular delusion, that all the Californian region would prove equally productive of gold...From the Ural Mountains and the twenty-five districts of Siberia...nearly the value of £3,800,000 in gold is annually derived...California has not hitherto produced more than £1,500,000 annually..."If, however," said Sir Roderick, in conclusion, &q

The US Senate in 1850

Spanish presence in Flanders under the reign of Felipe II. Commitment of Breda. Document signed in 1566 by the Flemish nobility to the Spanish authorities at the request of religious freedoms. The refusal of Felipe II brought about the rise of the Netherlands. Engraving by Rafael del Castillo in "Historia de Espan_a Ilustrada", 1871. Colored.

HISTORIA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. SIGLO XIX. "ESTACION DE FERROCARRIL DE LA COMPAÑIA UNION PACIFIC" (año 1869). Indios, soldados, familias de emigrantes europeas utilizaban este medio de transporte para desplazarse a sus nuevos hogares. Grabado que se publicó en el periódico "Frank Leslie's" en el año 1869.

In the Prussian Parliament, history, imperial constitution, democracy, Prussian state assembly, men, three-class suffrage, revolution, members of parliament, speaker, Prussia, Germany, historical illustration 1882

Deliverance of Abolitionist Doctor John Doy and his Son Charles Doy in Prison in Saint Joseph Jail, Missouri. Unites States of America, drawing by Janet Lange (1815-1872)Adventures of a Kansas Abolitionist in Missouri, 1855. Story by Doctor John Doy (1812-1869) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Ida Cecilie Thoresen is the first Norwegian woman to Matriculate at Christiania (Oslo) University. Date: 8 September 1882

Opening of the International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1871. The opening of the new galleries '...adjoining the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences, along the sides of the garden of the Horticultural Society...his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales being the chief personage on that occasion...The Engraving on our front page represents the scene on the balcony outside the Conservatory, where the Prince stood to repeat, to the crowd in the garden below, the declaration he had just before made upon the dais or raised floor within the Conservatory, having come out, with a flourish of trumpe

The Republican national convention nominates president Theodore Roosevelt as its presidential candidate by acclamation, 1904

Don't buy a pig in a poke, don't do a blind bargain, a German saying, Symbolically satirical, Buy a pig in a poke. Symbolic satirical proverb leaflet, 17th century, digitally enhanced reproduction of a publication from 1880, Don't buy a pig in a poke, don't do a blind bargain, a German saying don't buy a cat in the bag, symbolic satire, Die Katze im Sack kaufen. century, digital imp

A lawyer interrogating a witness in front of jury and judges at Westminster Hall court. The judges include Chief Justice Sir Charles Abbot, and lawyers Raine, Pollock, Ashworth, Courtney, etc. The Maiden Brief, Dick Gradus' first appearance among the Worthies of Westminster Hall. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott.

Election campaign at the general election in London around 1869, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact ...

El juramento de las Cortes de Cádiz de 1810 (Oath of the Cortes of Cadiz in 1810) by José Casado del Alisal (18321886). When the Cortes convened in Cádiz in 1810, there appeared to be two possibilities for Spain's political future if the French could be driven out. The first written Spanish constitution was promulgated in Cádiz on 19 March 1812. The Constitution of 1812 is regarded as the founding document of liberalism in Spain.

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