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Reproductions of historical military gatherings, funerals, and ceremonies, highlighting notable figures and significant moments in military history.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE at military parade of armed citizens of Vienna, Austria May, 1809, detail
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE at military parade of armed citizens of Vienna, Austria May, 1809, detail
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Midshipman Newcome bowing as he leaves dinner in the captain's cabin, HMS Victory. Captain Spring, Admiral Hearty and other offiicers drink wine after dinner. The room is decorated with flags, anchors, swords, axes, prints. State cabin - Newcomes exit after dinner. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Charles Williams from John Mitfords Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, London, 1819.
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Netherlands, 1845-46. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands
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France, Paris, French Revolution, The Right Punishment for Traitors, print
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Militaria, Austria, 19th century. Dragoons of the Konig Olga Regiment, 1913.
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A colored etching by Karl Kaspar Pitz around 1793 depicting the Moselle Army bringing the Germans from Zweibrücken to freedom, showing soldiers, banners, and landscape details.
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Moltke at Paris, September 1870, (1936). Creator: Unknown.
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Spanish-American War, between Spain and the USA in 1898, due to the US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. Protests in the city of Seville, Spain, in front of the consulate of the United States United. Engraving,1898.
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Stanislaus Leszczyński chosen King of Poland, 1733, Anonymous, 1735 Election of Stanislaus Leszczyński as King of Poland on September 12, 1733. Meeting held in the open air surrounded by a large crowd, in the foreground riders. Part of an atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scenes in Europe in the period ca. 1690-1735. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Poland Election of Stanislaus Leszczyński as King of Poland on September 12, 1733. Meeting held in the open air surrounded by a large crowd, in the foreground riders. Part of an atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scenes in Europe in the period ca. 1690-1735. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Poland
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HISTORIA DE FRANCIA. NOCHE DE SAN BARTOLOME. MATANZA DE 3000 HUGONOTES ( PROTESTANTES ) EL 24 DE AGOSTO DE 1572 , POR LOS SOLDADOS DEL REY CARLOS IX. GRABADO COLOREADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.
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Gala key with which Baron van der Capellen was brought to the coronation of Queen Victoria, 1838; To His Excellency, The Baron Van Der Capellen, His Netherlands Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary, To The Court Of St. James's, Upon The Coronation Of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria The 1.St June 28th 1838. This Print, Representing One Third Of The Equipage or His Excellency, at the Coronation (...). The gala key with a guidance with six horses with which the Dutch extraordinary envoy godt Alexander Gerard Philip Baron van der Capellen was brought to the coronation of Queen Victoria in London on 1 June 1838.
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A heroes' welcome for the astronauts. From Jules Verne 'Autour de la Lune', Paris, 1865. wood engraving.
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Marcin Zaleski (1796-1877). Polish painter. Capture of the Arsenal, 1831. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.
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Osman Nuri Pasha surrendering to Tsar Alexander II. Detail. Russo-Turkish War, 19th century.
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Representation of the military treats, which from the instigation of the fifty-year Jubelfeyer Sr. K. Highness of the Archduke Carl, as a holder of its infantry regiments No. 3, on 16th September 1830, to Krems instead has found. Dedication: His Kais. Highness the most thorough prince and Mr. Carl Ludwig, Archdukezogue of Austria ECT. ect. Dedicated in the deepest veneration from the Officier Corps of the 3nd Lines Infantry Regiment
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Presentation of the keys of Strasbourg to Louis XIV (October 23th 1681) - Battle of Ekeren - Constantijn Francken
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Napoleon III (1808-1873). President of the French Second Republic (1848-1852) and later Emperor of the French (1852-1870). Napoleon III at Wilhelmshöhe Palace in the Prussian city of Kassel, his residence from 4 September 1870 after his defeat and capture at Sedan. From left to right: Ney, Dr Henri Conneau, General Murat, Napoleon III and General de Castelnau. Engraving by Capuz. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.
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President Chester Alan Arthur greeting French delegates and other foreign visitors, celebrations for the centenary of American Independence, illustration by Semeghini from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 2020, Volume LXXVIII, November 12, 1881.
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Italy. Modena, 1860-1906. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy
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Congress of Berlin, 1878. Detail: Bismarck between Gyula Andrassy and Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov. Engraving by original of Anton von Werner, 1881.
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France, 1808 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France
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VICTORY! Cantata of Mr. Michek Carr_, MA Adam music, sung by MM. Jourdan, Faure, Delaunay-R. and Bussine in the theater of the Op_ra-Comique in the free presentation given by order of the Emperor, on the occasion of the capture of Sevastopol. 1,855. engraving 1855
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French conscripts, about to serve their period of military service, swear loyalty to their country at a war memorial at Messigny, near Dijon Date: 1911
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Telegraph House, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Interior View of the Mess Room, 1858 1865-66 Robert Charles Dudley British One of the 19th century's great technological achievements was to lay a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic, allowing messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than ten or twelve days by steamer. An initially successful attempt in 1858, led by Cyrus W. Field and financed by the Atlantic Telegraph Company, failed after three weeks. Two working cables were finally laid in July and September 1866, the result of repeated efforts by the indefatigable Field, a cadre of engineers, technicians, and sailors, two groups of financial backers, and significant help from the British and United States navies. This watercolor by Dudley shows the interior of Telegraph House in Newfoundland, Canada at the cable's western end. Part of a series documenting the long, arduous process, this image was reproduced as a color lithograph in William H.
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Jules Fabres arrival at the Sebres Bridge near Paris in the first weeks of the truce, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe
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Scene from the tribunal session to resolve a dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom over the CSS Alabama, Geneva, Switzerland, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1532, Volume LX, July 6, 1872.
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ALVAREZ CATALA, Luis (1836-1901). Boarding of King Amadeo I of Savoy at the harbour of La Spezia to move to Spain (26th December 1870). 1872. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Navy Museum.
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Remains of Napoleon I are brought to Les Invalides in Paris, 15th December, 1840, 19th century. Artist: Unknown
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'The Grenadier Guards at St. James's Palace', 1909. Artist: Unknown.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II watching the 1904 Gordon Bennett Cup, motor race held on 17 June 1904 on the Homburg Circuit in Germany. Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern; 27 January 1859 - 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser)
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The armistice, November 11, 1918, by Jules Adler (1865-1952). World War I, France, 20th century.
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Charles IV of Spain abdication in favour of Joseph Bonaparte
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Driven off the shores of Britain. Napoleon receives the submission of Austria. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821), was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.
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NAPOLEON III. NAPOLEON III. BONAPARTE LUIS NAPOLEON. LUIS NAPOLEON. BONAPARTE CARLOS LUIS NAPOLEON. MONTIJO EUGENIA MARIDO.
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The Funeral of Duke Charles III of Lorraine, 1608. France, 17th century.
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The tennis court oath, June 20, 1789. French Revolution, France, 18th century.
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The first battalion on parade in rue Culture Sainte Catherine (now rue de Sevigne) in February, 1848, painting by Goubaut. France, 19th century.
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Party celebration in honor of the old fighters of 1813-1815, 1865. Party celebration in honor of the old fighters of 1813-1815 and of the 50th anniversary of the institution of the Military William Order, in the Pieterskerk in Leiden on 26-27 June 1865. King Willem III Speaks the chapter of the order, opposite the king, the Prinsen Frederik, Hendrik and the Kroonprins Willem are standing.
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On the triumphal arch in Paris, during the stay of the German soldiers on March 2, 1871, France / Auf dem Triumphbogen in Paris, während des Aufenthalts der deutschen Soldaten am 2. März 1871, Frankreich, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, koloriert, handkoloriert, Hand-colouring, hand coloured, colored.
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V.I. Lenin speaking to the departing red army soldiers at Mikhailovsky Manezh. 1st (14th) of January, 1918. (Painting by V.V.Sheglov).

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Hero Cesare Battisti judged traitor by Austrians and executed at castle at Trento 1916
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A Review Day Under the Empire in the Cour du Carrousel, Bellange, Joseph-Louis-H., 1862.
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Bucharest, Romania October 29, 1922The newly crowned King Ferdinand placing the crown on Queen Marie. World War I had prevented the crowning after the death of King Carol in 1914.
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Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Patriotic demonstration in front of the Winter Palace. Saint Petersburg. Russia. Engraving.
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GUERRA DE MARRUECOS-EL CAID El GLAOUI RECIBE LA CRUZ DEL HONOR-GRAL LYAUTEY - GRABADO - 1912. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE.
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Alsace Lorraine : German army in Alsace Lorraine (France) 1870s
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Christian X (1870 - 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 to his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristjan X, in the form of a personal union rather than a real union between 1918 and 1944. King Christian X rode through Copenhagen on his 70th birthday, 26 September 1940, during the German occupation of Denmark
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Entry of the Allies into Paris in 1815, on 9 July Louis XVIII re-entered his capital, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe
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Variations of Numanian stature. The giant Winckermeler, 2.60. A cuirassier, 1.80. Average man, 1.66. Small soldier, 1.54. The Borulawsky dwarf, 0.75. A baby at birth, 0.50. Old illustration from La Nature 1887
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Assassination of the President, Abraham Lincoln, April 9, 1865, The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
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Reading of a dispatch at the town hall in rue Drouot, January 19, 1871. Franco-Prussian War, France, 19th century.
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George Washington says farewell to his troops at Fraunces Tavern, New York, 1783. Painting by Hintermeister
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Tsar Paul Visiting Kościuszko in Prison unknown, Damel, Jan (1780 1840)
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ABDICATION OF O'HIGGINS ON JANUARY 28, 1823. 1875. Author: CARO OLAVARRIA MANUEL ANTONIO. Location: MUSEO HISTORICO NACIONAL. Santiago. CHILE. BERNARDO O'HIGGINS.
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military celebration by anonymous artist, painting, Private Collection
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The Siege of Tsingtao was the attack on the German-controlled port of Tsingtao (now Qingdao) in China during World War I by Imperial Japan and the United Kingdom. It took place between 31 October and 7 November 1914 and was fought by Imperial Japan and the United Kingdom against Germany. It was the first encounter between Japanese and German forces, and also the first Anglo-Japanese operation during the war.
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Weapon suspension in 1918; French painter (20th century fl.); after 1918 (1900-00-00-2000-00-00);French painting, historical painting, war (1914-1918)
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A Meeting of Ministers at the Palais de Fontainebleau, Council of Ministers, Session, 1869, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe
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Union officers imprisoned on one of the two open floors of a former tobacco warehouse, converted to Libby Prison. Brigadier General August Willich (1810-1878), captured at the Battle of Stones River, is shown reading in bed, at right. This print does not depict the harsh reality of 500 prisoners, cramped into the open space of the US Civil war prison (BSLOC_2019_2_8)
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The Siberian Intervention (ベリア出兵 - Shiberia Shuppei), or the Siberian Expedition of 1918-1922 was the dispatch of troops of the Entente powers to the Russian Maritime Provinces as part of a larger effort by the western powers and Japan to support White Russian forces against the Bolshevik Red Army in the final year of World War I and during the Russian Civil War. The Imperial Japanese Army continued to occupy Siberia even after other Allied forces had withdrawn in 1920.
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Venice in the dark, escaping pittfalls and enemy areas, Cafe Florian, St Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco), Italy, World War I, drawing by Rodolfo Paoletti (1866-1924) from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 27, July 4, 1915.
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La regification francese. (Lypi)
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"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!-Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the Rights of the Colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23rd, 1775. Concluding with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the Revolution" 1876 Currier & Ives American. "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!-Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the Rights of the Colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23rd, 1775. Concluding with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the Revolution" 380487 Publisher: Currier & Ives, American, active New York, 18571907, Give
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Liberators of Italy. Unification era, Italy, 19th century.
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A boy of the First Empire, a story-life of Napoleon , Boys, Soldiers, Books, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821