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Engravings depicting significant historical military scenes, including recruitment, leisure activities at artillery ranges, and notable events from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Railway disaster at Canonbury, the accident occurred when two trains collided in a tunnel between Finsbury Park and Canonbury. The tragedy was blamed on a overworked signalman onduty at one end of the tunnel. Date: 17th Dec 1881
Railway disaster at Canonbury, the accident occurred when two trains collided in a tunnel between Finsbury Park and Canonbury. The tragedy was blamed on a overworked signalman onduty at one end of the tunnel. Date: 17th Dec 1881
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'Kruger Appealing to the Burghers at Bloemfontein', 1900 . Artist: Unknown.
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An incident involving an Englishman during the Chinese Famine of 1907 in the May 1907 edition of The Graphic, a weekly illustrated newspaper, published in London from 1869 to 1932. The story of what
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events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 medical service Wuerttemberg railway hospital ward wagon 1870 wood engraving late 19th century,
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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Emperor of the French from 1804-1814. Farewell and Departure. Napoleon exiled to Elba. 1814. Engraving.
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At the hospital at Sebastopol, Dr Durgan attends the wounded, while suffering men lie strewn across the floor Date: 1855
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Torch-light concert at Mayence, 1845. Musical performance in honour of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert during a royal visit to Germany. '...the Royal Route, with the Torchlight Concert played hy the Austrian and Prussian bands, before the Hotel de l'Europe, at Mayence, her Majesty's head-quarters'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.
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GENERAL FEDERATION OF FRENCH AT THE CHAMP DE MARCH Helman and Charles Monnet. "General Federation of the French at Champ-de-March on July 14, 1790".
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THE WAR IN EGYPT, FORT MEX, ALEXANDRIA
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Reception of the Prussian Crown Prince on the Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof train station in Leipzig on July 26th 1870, historic illustration, illustrated war chronicle 1870 to 1871, German campaign against France
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Execution at Bombay of a Mutinous Havildar of the Native Marines and Sepoy of the 10th Native Infantry, by Blowing from Guns on the Esplanade, in the presence of a large concourse of people, 1857. British justice administered to Indian rebels - illustrated account by '...the Head Master of the Industrial School of Art at Bombay..."Whatever may be thought in England in regard to this mode of punishment, it is known by those well acquainted with the Asiatic character to be quite necessary in a crisis like the present in India. Horrible this punishment certainly is; but let us not forget the
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Celebrating the outbreak of World War One in Paris
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In the early stages of the rising, Breton insurgents taken at Fouessant are brought into Quimper.
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Spain. Explosion at the Irun railway station. Illustration from 'Le Petit Journal' (March 24th, 1901). Engraving.
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The painting by Howard Pyle shows the rush from the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, September 18, 1873. The following day, the stock market crashed and the day became known as Black Friday. Pyle (1853-1911) was an American illustrator and well known as a writer of tales of chivalry and adventure.
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Países Bajos, siglo XVI. Suplicio de Lamoral (1522-1568), conde de Egmond y Felipe de Montmorency (1524-1568), conde de Horn, decapitados en Bruselas en 1568 por su protesta contra la implantación de la inquisición y no ser permitida la libertad religiosa en los Paises Bajos. Grabado de 1864.
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French. July Revolution, 1830. Marquis de Lafayette visiting the barricades. Engraving, 19th century.
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The Prince of Wales unveiling Count Gleichen's statue of the Prince Imperial in the grounds of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, England, historical illustration, 1884
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In 1864, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as President defeating Democrat George B McClellan with 55% of the popular vote. He was inaugurated at the Capitol Date: 1865
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Print, A Cadet Hop at West Point; After Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910); Published by Harper's Weekly; USA; wood engraving in black ink on paper; 28.3 × 40.3 cm (11 1/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
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The Breton royalists led by Cathelineau take the town of Cholet from the revolutionaries. Date: 15 March 1793
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An English jack-tar giving monsieur a drubbing, English Sailor striking a well dressed French Nobleman
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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725 1804) was a French inventor, who built the first working self-propelled mechanical vehicle, the world's first automobile. In 1770, a full-size version of the fardier à vapeur was built, specified to be able to carry 4 tons and cover 2 lieues (7.8 km or 4.8 miles) in one hour
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Boulevard Montparnasse January 1871 (registered title) | The third invasion. War of 1870-1871. (title of all)
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An interview between Commander Desfosses and the Sultan of Anjouan in 1846, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1855.
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Movement of Troops from the Collins Line Dock, Canal Street, New York April 6, 1861
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East and West United at Promontory Point, May 10, 1869, by Junction of Union Pacific and Central Pacific Lines
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Crimean War, England: receiving lint to be sent to Scutari. Wood engraving by LEA. W.
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Triumphant return of Italian troops from Libya in Milan. Illustrator Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from La Domenica del Corriere, 26th January 1913.
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Ireland. Agricultural agitation. The Earl of Huntingdon, who had invited several ladies and gentlemen of the aristocracy to a hunt he had organised on his property in Knockshegowna, being surprised by a group of settlers, at the crossroads of Knockcree. After several threats, wielding sticks, whipping the dogs and throwing large stones, he was forced to retreat to his palace, abandoning the hunting. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.
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geography / travel, USA, American Civil War 1861 - 1865, weapons, artillery, heavy gun, 10 inch Columbiad, Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina, wood engraving, ""Harper's Weekly"", 16.2.1861,
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Congressman Daniel E. Sickles (1817-1914), murdering his wife's lover, Philip Barton Key, son of Francis Scott Key. He was acquitted by reason of temporary insanity, the first time this defense was successfully used. He forgave his wife and became one of the most prominent political generals of the Civil War. February 27, 1859.
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Helmets and breastplates being polished in a 16th century European armoury. After a print by Jan Collaert.
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Engraving depicting a shell for an 80-ton gun. Dated 19th century
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Assassination of the French President Sadi Carnot by the Italian Anarchist Santo Caserio at Lyons, 24 June 1894. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 2 July 1894. France, Murder
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Engraving depicts the volunteers at Shoeburyness. Dated 1870
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French prisoners of war at the railway station in Munich on August 10, 1870, Germany / Französische Kriegsgefangene auf dem Bahnhof in München am 10. August 1870, Deutschland, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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Jones, in the role of an avenger, fires into the prison van at Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President James Garfield
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Astor Place Riot, May 10, 1849 1896 Charles M. Jenckes American. Astor Place Riot, May 10, 1849. Charles M. Jenckes (American, active New York, late 19th century). 1896. Watercolor over graphite. Drawings
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Russian foreign policy. Nicholas II (1868-1919) Tsar of Russia from 1894, arriving at Cherbourg, France, on a state visit. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 11 October 1896.
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Newgate - Exercise Yard. After an illustration by Gustave Doré in the 1890 American edition of London: A Pilgrimage written by Blanchard Jerrold and illustrated by Gustave Doré. In 1890 Vincent Van
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1857 - Firehouse scene in Philadelphia showing firemen from the Weccacoe Engine Company pulling a hand-drawn fire engine as other firemen scramble to readiness. By James Fuller Queen.
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Lesser Antilles. Grenada. French occupation. 17th century. Uprising of the colonists against the tyranny of the governor, sentenced to death by hanging. Engraving, 1807. Colored.
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SEGUNDA GUERRA MUNDIAL (1939-1945). Tropas aliadas en italia. 1947. Llegada de un portaaviones norteamericano en Nápoles. Detenciones de "segnorine" por parte de la policía. Grabado. Siglo XX.
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Usa. Los Angeles, California. Historial food. January 18-19, 1886. Engraving. Harper's Weekly.
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New inmates arrive at Wormwood Scrubs Prison. Date: 1895
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In from the Trot.
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Bullets whistled and hissed and rattled all about them. Illus. in: What a boy saw in the army / by Jesse Bowman Young. New York : Hunt & Eaton, c1894, p. 142, Drawn by Frank Beard, Reference copy in LOT 4416-H (1862). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles.
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Ugo Bassi and Giovanni Livraghi being escorted to the Charterhouse to be shot, September 8, 1849, by Silvio Faccioli, 1863, oil on canvas. First War of Independence, Italy, 19th century.