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Engravings depicting significant historical military events including attempts on monarchs' lives, parliamentary disruptions, and public reactions to trials.

Illustration showing the arrest of suspected Prussian spy in the busy Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, during the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1. William Simpson, one of the ILN special artists in France at this time, made sketches on cigarette papers so that he could smoke them or swallow them if he was arrested on suspicion of spying. Date: 1870
Illustration showing the arrest of suspected Prussian spy in the busy Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, during the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1. William Simpson, one of the ILN special artists in France at this time, made sketches on cigarette papers so that he could smoke them or swallow them if he was arrested on suspicion of spying. Date: 1870
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Test of armour plates, armouring, 1869, Plymouth, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date u...
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Marquis of La Fayette (1757-1834). French military and politician. Inauguration of the statue of Lafayette in Union Square, on September 6, 1876. New York, United States. Engraving by Capuz in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1876.
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Paris, Jazet, Jean Pierre Marie, Lecomte, Hippolyte, Rue de Rohan, Battle during the July Revolution on the Rue de Rohan, recto - printed, print, prints, Déposé à la Direction, height 502 mm, width 646 mm, 1788-07-31 - 1871-08-18, print maker, printmaker, 1831 - 1831, paper, mezzotint, aquatint, roulette, French, 1781-12-28 - 1857-07-25, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Explosion of the workshop for the manufacture of Chassepot cartridges, ammunition manufacture and ammunition depot in the arsenal of Metz, 1969, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date unknown, Europe
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Coronation of Napoleon I in Notre Dame, Paris, 2 December 1804. Napoleon leaving the Tuilleries en route to Notre Dame. Engraving
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FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918). FRANCE.. Albert Thomas, Deputy Secretary of State for Artillery and Ammunition, together with M. Schneider, encouraging workers of a factory to increase production of ammunition for war. Engraving of 1915.
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Engraving showing a Yeoman of the Guard showing a group of Victorian visitors the place of execution on Tower Green, inside the walls of the Tower of London, 1885. Date: 15 August 1885
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Second Boer War. Announcement of the end of the war in the streets of London. Illustration by Antonio Beltrame. 'La Domenica del Corriere', 1902.æ. Engraving.
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Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on their journey into Sarajevo where they were assassinated 28th June 1914
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Illustration showing an English workhouse in 1834. The New Poor Law of 1834 attempted to reverse the economic trend by discouraging the provision of relief to anyone who refused to enter a workhouse.
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The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865 / sketched by W. Waud.. Title from item, Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 432 (1865 April 8), p. 217, Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2012-2013. Columbia (S.C.), Disasters, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Fires, South Carolina, Columbia, 1860-1870.
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Historical illustration of the bombing of the French Parliament, 9 December 1893, Paris, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an ori...
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Sitting of the French Parliament after Germany's declaration of war, August 4, 1914, World War I, drawing by G d'Amato, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLI, No 33, August 16, 1914.
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Production of observation balloons or spying balloons for battlefield and artillery observation, manufactory of the Brothers Godard in the station of Orleans, France, 1871, historical scene from the Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, 1870-1871, between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, Europe
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The flood in Murcia, rescue of the inhabitants in the district of San Benito, Spain, Historic, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, Europe
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Defense of the Nußdorf line on October , in Vienna, Franz Barth -, publisher
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Departure of the volunteers who have been occupying the palais des Tuileries since the abdication of Louis-Philippe.
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The disastrous fire at Kingston, Jamaica, in 1883, Orange Street after the fire, historic image, 1883, Central America
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Attack on Isabella II (1830-1904) and King Francis of Spain (1822-1902). Madrid. Spain. Engraving from 1872.
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Buildings on fire in Vienna, Austria, during the revolutionary riots of 28 October 1848
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Street and house-to-house fighting. A commonplace of the struggle on the Franco-Belgian border. Date: I
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Police officers dispersing the strike of employees of Streetcar in New York, March 4, 1886. Colored engraving.
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Military instruction, wood engraving, 1880
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Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Fire in a house of the taxes' collection (fielato) in the outskirts of the Portal de San Carlos in 1872. Violent acts due to the unpopularity of the consumption tax. Engraving by Capuz. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1872.
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First Franco-Hova War 1883-1886: Execution of Monsieur Greve. War ended with the Treaty of Tamatave, January 1886. France, Colonisation, Battle, Solar topee, Malagassy, Madagascar, Chromolithograph, Trade Card
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France. Station of the line of Orleans. Arrival of the first amnesties of the Paris Commune, a workers' government constituted in 1871 after the power vacuum in Versailles after the defeat of Sedan, 1870, before the Prussians. Engraving, 1879.
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The rush from the New York Stock Exchange on September, 15, 1873, beginning the worst depression in US history. Financing the US Civil War with fiat currency was one cause, unstable financing of the postwar railroad boom, and economic devastation of the South were others. Bank and brokerage house failures followed, railway construction slowed, and political will to enforce Congressional Reconstruction was lost. Illustration by Howard Pyle (BSLOC_2019_6_15)
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Herstellung von Kanonen in einer Pariser Giesserei, historische Szene aus dem Deutsch-Franzoesischen Krieg von 1870 - 1871 zwischen dem Kaiserreich Frankreich und dem Koenigreich Preussen
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festivities fireworks fireworks on the occasion of the ratification of the definite version of the Westphalian peace in Nuremberg 25.9.1649 engraving by Michael Herz detail 1650,
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The Inauguration of Zachary Taylor - 1849
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In Spain, Riots break out in Barcelona, 1901. Artist: Unknown
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The convicts lock step - Scene in New York City Prison, circa 1892
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A great past and a pitiful present Cartoon shows Whitelaw Reid, John Sherman, George F. Hoar, and John Logan lifting Uncle Sam above a swamp filled with several faces of corruption labeled "Blainism, Robesonism, Mahone Repudiation, Land Grab, Whiskey Ring, Rotten Ships, Pension Swindle, Fraud 1876, Star Routers, Salary Grab, Army Ring, and Sectional Issue" with Reid gesturing toward a statue in the upper left shows General Robert E. Lee surrendering to General Ulysses S. Grant and Admiral David G. Farragut at the base of a statue showing Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation
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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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The Gun-boat New Era, just built at St. Louis, Missouri / sketched by a correspondent.. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Oct. 12, p. 646. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies, Union, Gunboats, Union, 1860-1870.
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GUERRA DE CUBA 1868 - 1898. NOMBRE GENERICO CON EL QUE SE CONOCE LAS TRES GUERRAS POR LA INDEPENDENCIA DE CUBA DE ESPAÑA. " COLUMNA DEL GENERAL SUAREZ INCLAN EN BRAMALES ( PINAR DEL RIO ) ".
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Reproduction of a Tabled George Cain, a barricade in 1830 (TA)
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The Life of a Fireman I, Currier & Ives, 1854.
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PROCESO DE RENNES - DREYFUS ANTE EL CONSEJO DE GUERRA - 1894 - LITOGRAFIA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France. Dreyfus, Alfred, Captain. DREYFUS ALFREDO.
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The Sultan travelling to the Friday Prayers after the Proclamation of the Constitution in Constantinople, 1908. Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire, ruling from 31 August 1876 until he was deposed on 27 April 1909. Abdul Hamid II was the last Ottoman Sultan to rule with absolute power. 1908
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Paris firemen report to headquarters using a street telephone in Paris 1901
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French army conscripts setting out for training. In 1892 10% less young men eligible for conscriptions than usual, perhaps due to the Franco-Prussian War twenty years earlier. Le Petit Journal, Paris, 5 March 1892. France Military
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Contraportada del semanario La Doménica del Corriere, editado en Milán (Italia). Estados Unidos de América, asalto y robo en el interior de un vagón de tren. Octubre 1907.