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Historical Events in 19th Century

A collection of illustrations depicting significant historical gatherings and events from the 19th century, showcasing cultural interactions and ceremonies.

Illustration showing the President of the United States, James Buchanan, welcoming warring factions of American Indians into the White House, 1858. Representatives of the Pawnee and Poncas tribes were induced to shake hands by Buchanan. Date: 1858
Illustration showing the President of the United States, James Buchanan, welcoming warring factions of American Indians into the White House, 1858. Representatives of the Pawnee and Poncas tribes were induced to shake hands by Buchanan. Date: 1858
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Entering the Peace of Munster, 1648, Anonymous, After Jonas Suyderhoef, After Gerard ter Borch (II), 1665 - 1667 print Entering the Peace of Munster on May 15, 1648, in the Great Hall or Friedensal of the Town Hall in Munster. The delegates are around a table and lay the oath with raised hand. With caption of 2 verses of 4 lines in Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / etching signing of peace treaty, concluding the peace Friedensal
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Funeral of Michael III of Serbia, Mihailo Obrenovic III, 16 September 1823, 10 June 1868, Serbian Prince from 1839 to 1842 and from 1860 to 1868, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known
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Zemsky assembly in the province. From a drawing by K. Trutovsky. 1869.
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RVD / Royal House photo collection. Baptism Princess Juliana in the Willemskerk in The Hague, 05-06-1909. Print on which Queen Wilhelmina keeps her daughter baptized, surrounded by O.A. Prins Hendrik and Queen Emma. 1909. The Hague, South Holland
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Newly qualified Barristers called to the bar at the Inner Temple, London Date: 1875
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Engraving depicting the Penance of King Henry II at the Shrine of Saint Thomas Becket (1118-1170). Dated 12th Century
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Elizabeth meets Mary Queen of Scots in the park of Fotheringhay - a scene from Schiller's 'Mary Stuart' which never really occurred. Date: 1586
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Witch trial, the accused witch has fainted in the courtroom, c. 1800, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period, Europe
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1770s 1775 PATRICK HENRY DELIVERING HIS GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH SPEECH TO THE SECOND VIRGINIA CONVENTION IN RICHMOND VA
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Ceremony of Scottish Freemasons. Dating: 1840 - 1870. Place: England. Measurements: h 35.5 cm × w 45.7 cm; d 3.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Remains of President Monroe lying in state at the City Hall on Saturday, July 3, 1858
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Queen Anne of Austria visiting the nursery in Hospital of Charity. Illustrution, circa 1640. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. MusŽe Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum).
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Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian pope (1878-1903). Born Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. The conclave for the election of Pope Leo XIII. Stove in Sistine Chapel where the ballots are burned after each scrutiny. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.
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Engraving depicting a double wedding. Dated 19th Century
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Benediction of the railway in preparation of the opening of the Rouen and Havre railway. Date: 27th March 1847
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People gathered in prayer in the chapel of the Pio Albergo Trivulzio, charity association in Milan, Lombardy, Italy, drawing by Arnaldo Ferraguti (1862-1925), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXVII, No 34, August 26, 1900.
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'Reception by a Maharajah', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York
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CHINA
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Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Hungarian composer and conductor. Engraving. Liszt conducting one his St. Elizabeth oratorios at Pest (Budapest city). English newspaper of 1865.
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An engraving depicting a black and white jury in a Southern Courtroom in 1867. African Americans could also demand a trial in special army courts. Dated 19th century
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Am Grabe Livingstones, On the grave David Livingstones from Illustrirated Wochenzeitung , Unknown
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Political cartoon, 'End of Big Talk at Washington', June 1875. Standing before Red Cloud, President Ulysses Grant, has his arms behind his back, while Interior Secretary Columbus Delano hides behind him. Delano, pretending to be Grant, extends his arms from behind, to offer a handful of cooking utensils as he presents a receipt, 'Recd. For Black Hills $25,000 in Goods to Red Cloud'. Red Cloud refuses to sign away the Oglala Sioux reservation land, where gold has been discovered (BSLOC_2018_10_149)
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The coronation of Suleyman, Shah of Persia, September 25 from 1666 to 1667, vintage engraving. The coronation of Suleyman, Shah of Persia, September 25 from 1666 to 1667, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673692
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THE CRIMEA REVISITED
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Jesus in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper. Colored Illustration for The life of Our Lord Jesus Christ written by the four evangelists, 1853
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Experiment with the charged Leyden bottle, Leiden bottle, also Kleist bottle, condensation bottle or bottle condenser is an early historical design of an electrical condenser, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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The Christmas Tree at the Middlesex Hospital.
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BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Queen Victoria invests him with the Order of the Garter at Osborne in 1878 Date: 1804 - 1881
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Thanksgiving day, 1884 - "let us be thankful!" / Gillam. - digital file from original print | Library of Congress
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Newgate prison, London. Prisoners attending Sunday service in the prison chapel. From a print published London, 1881.
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Zombe-Fatoum (1836-1878), Queen of Moheli in the Comoros, on her visit to Marseille, 1869, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an ori...
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Exhibition of Akka dwarves at the German Geographical Congress in Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, woodcut circa 1871, Europe
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Reconciliation (IT)
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Royal banquet to celebrate the birth of Dauphin Louis XVII, 1729. Engraving.
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Wanted a Curate. Rather an Ordeal for the Reverend M. Green, 1865. George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (British, 1834-1896). Wood engraving;
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French Empress consort Eugenie receiving the diplomatic corps in the hall of the Beylerbeyi palace, French Empress consort Eugenie de Montijo's trip to Istanbul, Turkey, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1394, Volume LIV, November 13, 1869.
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A man and a woman are being married by the priest with many guests in attendance. Engraving.
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Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Hungarian composer. Liszt conducting one his St. Elizabeth oratorios at Pest. Engraving.
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Lord Salisbury, Conservative Prime Minister addressing the Conservative, From 'The Illustrated London News, 17 October 1885
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Sitting of the Peace Congress in the Paul's-Kirche, at Frankfort, in Germany, 1850. '...St. Paul's Church was made memorable by the recent meetings of the Frankfort Parliament. It is a handsome circular building, with a gallery supported by marble columns, and was fitted up in its present state for the German Parliament. Behind the President's chair was a large shield blazoned with the German eagle, whilst above the crimson drapery...were three flags, each black, crimson, and gold, the staves surrounded by triumphal wreaths...it was whispered round the place that General Haynau was present
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Down on one knee between three impaled heads, the recipient receives the sash of the Sublime Knight Elect. Date: 1890s
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The Tower is completed, and Gustave Eiffel raises a flag to crown the work Date: 1889
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Reception of the body of Prince Albert at the entrance of St. George's Chapel on the day of his funeral. Date: 28 December 1861
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The marriage of Pocohontas to John Rolfe: the couple are shown being married in the open air by a Western priest, surrounded by Native Americans. Lithograph after Holenstein, 1861.
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Spiritualist meeting in Leipzig. Communicating with spirits by table-turning. From 'L'Illustration' (Paris 1853). Wood engraving.
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Secret Societies (19th-century). Initiation ceremony of a new member. Colored engraving.
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Illustration depicting a Sunday morning mass in Whitechapel. Dated 19th Century
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Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891) Irish nationalist, political leader and champion of Home Rule. Parnell, President of the Irish Land League, Addressing a Meeting. Lithograph c1883.
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This is the text which the good pastor chose, And the light on the soul of the drunkard arose, As he sat in the church, to which one Sabbath-day, Along with his wife he had taken his way, Drawn there by the pastor, so loving and kind, Who brought him the pledge which he joyfully signed; The pastor who pitied the woman's sad case, And her husband, the drunkard, in rags and disgrace ... Illustration no. 11 of 12 by George Cruikshank to The Gin-Shop, an improving rhyme warning against the dangers o
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George Washington, President of the USA, presides at the altar of his Lodge while planning the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol Building, Washington Date: 18 September 1793
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Banquet of french nationalist and Paul Déroulède, Saint-Sebastien, Belgium, 1900. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
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Unknown artist (19th century), A Wedding in the 'Coeur Volant' Chapel in Marly, 1850. Detail.
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PROCESO CONTRA LAS BRUJAS DE SALEM EN 1692 - GRABADO DEL SIGLO XVIII.
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The Wedding dinner, or, Moses and the magistrate, vide London Tavern. British cartoon Prints collection . Jews,Social life,Great Britain,1810-1820. , Weddings,Great Britain,1810-1820. , Eating & drinking,Great Britain,1810-1820.
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Cremation taking place at the Cremation Society of England, St John's, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey. Engraving, 1889.
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HORATIO, LORD NELSON the well-known sailor is honoured at a banquet - the artist Benjamin West offers him a drink... Date: circa 1803
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Convicts at Sunday worship service in the Chapel of the prison Sing Sing in the state of New York, America, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally restored, historical, Convicts at Sunday worship service in the Chapel of the prison Sing Sing in the state of New York, America, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally improved, historical
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General Tom Thumb's grand wedding march, composed by E. Mack. Respectfully dedicated to General Tom Thumb & lady, circa 1863
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''The Visit of the German Emperor, Frederick to Rome 1883; from a picture presented to the German Emperor of his fathers visit to the Pope in 1883', 1888. From, 'The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888'.
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Christening of the Heir, William Redmore Bigg, 1755-1828, British, ca. 1799, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm), blessing, book, bowl, carpet, ceremony, chairs, children, christening, conversation piece, costume, curtains, family, father, genre subject, girls, heir, husband, infant, interior, joy, men, mother, priest, religious and mythological subject, sisters, stool, table, wife, windows, women
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The entrance of Tsar Nicholas II and the Dowager Empress of Russia for the christening ceremony at Peterhof. 24th August 1904
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A funeral in a cemetery: a gentleman leads a distressed young lady to her coach. Stipple engraving.
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In darkest congress' President Grover Cleveland standing on the floor of the House of Representatives, among congressmen, many dressed as natives, holding a large book labelled 'Sound Money Message'.
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The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African Race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th A.D. 1870 , African Americans, United States, History, 1865-1898, United States, Biography, Portraits
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President Abraham Lincoln signing a pardon during the USA Civil War
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Trial of Rev. Benjamin by Judge Lewis for hog theft.. Illustrations. 1910. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Lewis, J. Vance, Freedmen, African American men, Tables, African American clergy, Trials