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Engravings capturing significant military gatherings and discussions, highlighting key historical events in European conflicts from the 18th and 19th centuries.

French-Prussian War. King of Prussia William I receiving the news of the French declaration of war (1870). Etching.

French-Prussian War. King of Prussia William I receiving the news of the French declaration of war (1870). Etching.

Guerra del Rosellón, también llamada Guerra de los Pirineos o Guerra de la Convención (1793-1795). Conflicto entre la España de Carlos IV y la Primera República Francesa. Debate entre el duque de la Alcudia y el conde de Aranda según el abate Muriel. Reunión celebrada el 14 de marzo de 1794. Estuvieron presentes los consejeros Aranda, Amodóvar, Valdés, Caballero, Astorga, Campo Alange, Flores, Campomanes, Gardoqui, Godoy, Colomera, Socorro, Pacheco, Llaguno y Anduaga (secretario). Enojo del rey Carlos IV con el conde de Aranda. Grabado por Villegas y Chamorro. Grabado. "Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España", por el conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.

History of Spain. Palma de Mallorca. His Majesty King Alfonso XII visiting the Castillo de Bellver. Former prison where he was held Jovellanos. Engraving by Carretero. The Spanish and American illustration, 1877.

France. Insurreccio_n de Pari_s, 1871. The French prelate and Archbishop of Paris (1863) Georges Darboy (1813-1871), hostage of the government of the Paris Commune in 1871 and sentenced to death. Darboy before the revolutionaries of the Commune. Engraving. La Ilustracio_n Espan_ola y Americana, 1871.

THE MAJORITY OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL

Second Carlist War (1872-1876). Distribution of passports to the Carlist in the quarters. Tolosa. Spain. Engraving by Rico. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1876.

The daily war council of Versailles,

Consuls Cambaceres and Le Brun presenting the First Consul Napoleon his nomination as Emperor of France. Engraving.

Newspaper illustration, Peace negotiations to terminate the Crimean War from March to June , in Vienna, Unknown

The Austrian parliamentary ministry, The Austrian Parliamentary Ministry, Ritter v, Chlumecky, Prof, Unger, Banhans, Colonel Horst, Julius Glaser, Hopfen, Stremeyer, Fürst Adolf Auersperg, Freiherr v, Lasser, de Pretis Illustrirte Zeitung , Franz Kollarz Kolá -, Artist, Rusz, Xylographer

By order of the Speaker, Charles Stewart Parnell is removed from the House of Commons by the sergeant-at- arms for obstruction. Date: 3 February 1881

Napoleon says goodbye to his brother, 1806; Saying goodbye between emperor Napoleon and his brother Lodewijk. Emperor Napoleon says goodbye to his brother Lodewijk Napoleon at his departure to the Netherlands, 1806. Numbered at the top right: LXXX. A text sheet with a verse belongs to the print.

First meeting of the members of the Dresden Conference in the Brühl Palace in 1850, At the Dresden Conferences the German states negotiated from 3 and...

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). New York city. George Washington's farewell to his officers in the Fraunces Tavern on December 4th, 1783 to the resign as a Commander-in Chief of the Continental Army after the US victory. Engraving by Howard Pyle. Harper's Weekly, 1883.

Spain (1874). First Republic. Entrance on the General PavÕa's troops into the Congress (3rd january 1874). Published in 'La IlustraciÑn EspaÐola y Americana'. Etching.

General Scott in front of the North American cabinet, Winfield Scott, US general, in front of the north states, Lincoln, Smith, Chase, Blair, Cameron, Seward, Welles, Edward Bates newspaper wood stitch from unknown printing work, Unknown

Sedan surrendering, September 1870. Franco-Prussian War, France, 19th century.

Paris. - the discount to the President of the Republic of the Russian Order of Saint-André. (IT)

REINFORCEMENTS FOR CANADA

Frederick of the Great Last Day , The last day of Frederick the Great on August , Johann Hieronymus Deleteenkohl -, publishing house

The Kurfurst von Sachsen and the Swedish general Johan Baner : after defeat at Nordlingen, the German princes defect from the Swedish alliance Date: end 1634

The opening of the new session in the Foreign Office, April 7, 1856, during the Paris Congress. Crimean War, France, 19th century.

THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES, WITH THE NORTHERN FLEET

The ordnance armory, Charleston, South Carolina - the volunteer troops trying the arms / from a sketch by our special artist now in Charleston, South Carolina. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 16, p. 205. Arms & armament, Confederate, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies, Confederate.

SERBIA, - The account against King Milan Ier, in the cathedral of Belgrade, October , Das attacks Vom , Auf König Milan I, von Serbien in der Kathedral von Belgrad aus illustration , Unknown

The Swedish peace meal on the occasion of the signing of the interim recess on Nuremberg Execution Day Peace Execution Congress after completing the Thirty Years War in Nuremberg on September , Unknown

The Intelligence and Valour of Britain, 1830-92. Charles James Lewis

Men in the wardroom of the steamship Vega. Arctic, Russia. The Voyage of La Vega through Asia and Europe by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold 1879-1880, Le Tour du Monde 1882

Great Britain, 1861-88 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

THE MASSACRES AT BATAK, TRIAL OF THE BASHI-BAZOUKS AT PHILIPPOPOLIS; THE TRIAL OF THE BASHI-BAZOUKS, THE COURT ON THE FIRST DAY, 1877 engraving

Marshals of France swearing an oath of loyalty to to Napoleon I. Engraving.

NAPOLEON I/SCENES While invading Prussia, he pays a respectful visit to the tomb of king Friedrich II (der Grosse) Date: circa 1808

THE AFGHAN WAR

REINADO DE AMADEO I. Rey de España (1871-1873). "ENTRADA EN PALACIO DE S. M. LA REINA DOÑA MARIA VICTORIA DEL BRAZO DE AMADEO I" (19 de marzo de 1871) ". Madrid. Grabado coloreado. La Ilustración Española y Americana.

Wilhelm I in German, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl, 27 September 1781, 25 June 1864, was King of Wuerttemberg and Vincent, Count Benedetti, 29 April 1817, 28 March 1900, was a French diplomat, both in Ems on 13 July 1870, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

A sketch showing Mr Bradlaugh being arrested by Captain Gosset, Sergent-at-Arms upon the speakers warrant. In 1881 Mr Gladstone introduced a bill that allowed non-believers to affirm their allegiance to the Crown. Mr Bradlaugh was an announced atheist and had been removed from the House of Commons on several previous occasions. Date: 1880

Polish peasants offering bread and salt to the Russian tsar on April 7, 1864 (in: Pamjatnaja Kniażka); Unknown, Charlemagne, Adolf Jossifovič (1826-1901), Voennaâ tipography (Petersburg; Drukarnia; Fl. Ca 1860-1870), F.A. Brockhaus (Amsterdam, Leipzig, Wiesbaden; Publisher; 1808-1953); 1864 (1864-00-00-1864-00-00);

Engraving showing the official installation of Sir Richard Dacres, G.C.B. (centre), as Constable of the Tower of London, 1881. Date: 6 August 1881

Major General Staff-And-Line Officer by Henry Alexander Ogden, (1856-1936)

Capture of Napoleon III by king Wilhelm in castle Bellevue near Sedan, 2nd September, 1870, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Capture of Napoleon III by king Wilhelm in castle Bellevue near Sedan, 2nd September, 1870, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO THE 14TH REGIMENT BY THE COUNTESS OF EGLINTON

Napoleon I Bonaparte (1769-1821). Consul for Life (1802) and Emperor of the French (1804-1815). Napoleon indicating the construction site of the Canal de Saint-Quentin in 1802, according to the original plans of the military engineer Devicq. Drawing by Eugene Charpentier. Engraving by Johannes de Mare. ""Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire"" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume II. Published in Paris, 1847.

Informing the guards of the Emperor's death

Sigurd Ranesson submits to King Sigurd Jorsalfarer and convinces him of his innocence. He had been accused embezzling the Finn tax.

Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

The meeting in Erfurt from 27 September to 14 October 1808, Napoleon receives the extraordinary ambassador of the Emperor of Austria, Baron de Vincent...

Interview at Sealkote, on the 9th of March 1860, between the Maharajah Runjeet Singh of Cashmere and his excellency Lord Canning. From The London Illustrated News, published 1860.

THE DUTCH WAR IN SUMATRA: MALAY SOLDIERS UNDER THE DUTCH AT SUMATRA, 1873

Meeting of Queen Luise with the Emperor Alexander I on 10.11.1802, historical engraving, 1883

G, Struve, Gustav von Struve from the Portrait = , and , costume gallery , from the , Badisch = Palatinate Revolution , from , Second Delivery, Gustav von Struve during interrogation by Lorenz Bentano in March , Franz Nöldeke, publisher

Netherlands, 1890-96. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

The first capture of Chusan by British forces in China occurred on 5-6 July 1840 during the First Opium War. The British captured Chusan, the largest island of an archipelago of that name. The First Anglo-Chinese War (1839-42), known popularly as the First Opium War or simply the Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty of China over their conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, and the administration of justice. Chinese officials wished to stop what was perceived as an outflow of silver and to control the spread of opium, and confiscated supplies of opium from British traders. The British government, although not officially denying China's right to control imports, objected to this seizure and used its newly developed military power to enforce violent redress. In 1842, the Treaty of Nankingthe first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treatiesgranted an indemnity to Britain, the opening of five treaty ports, and the cession of Hon

New York City health officers vaccinating Russian and Polish immigrants against smallpox at the quarantine station. Some are objecting. After an illustration in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper,

Lord Raglan; Omar Pasha and General Pelissier Joint commanders and allies of the Crimean War 1854

THE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR: THE CZAR ALEXANDER II. MARKING RECRUITS WITH THEIR REGIMENTAL NUMBERS

Netherlands, 1896 part 3. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

Kolonel e Overte? Trein. 1862 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Military officers , Spanish

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

Process Bazaine, Interrogation of marshal from over country and sea, General illustrated newspaper, Castelli, Artist

United States of America- 20th century - The electric chair execution of Czolgosz, murderer of the President of the United States McKinley, October 29 1901 (artwork from a magazine cover)

King Wilhelm and Napoleon III, After the surrender of Sedan on Bellevue Castle, Zeitung , Otto Wisnieski, Artist, Alexander Worms, Xylographer

Field Marshal Radetzkys negotiations with Victor Emanuel after the , Battle of Novara March , Joseph Albrecht, Lithograph

Jeff Davis imprisoned in a casement cell in Fortress Monroe on May 19, 1865. Initially, he was held for complicity in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. When this was not confirmed, he was indicted for treason, but never tried. Eventually, after 2 years in prison, he was transferred to civilian custody on May 13, 1867 and then released on bail (BSLOC_2019_5_120)

On the Christmas Eve of 1803, Frederick William III presented the Crown Prince in the uniform of the Garde du Corps, Prince Wilhelm in the uniform as a hussar, and Prince Friedrich Louis as a dragoon in the uniforms given for Christmas, reproduction of a woodcut publication from the year 1888, Germany, Europe

Photomontage presenting Napoleon IV, Eugène, Louis, Jean, Joseph Bonaparte (1856-1879) at a ceremony celebrating his majority. Majorite du Prince Imperial - Chislehurst - March 16, 1874 Appert, Eugene. Photomontage presenting Napoleon IV, Eugène, Louis, Jean, Joseph Bonaparte (1856-1879) at a ceremony celebrating his majority. "Majorite du Prince Imperial - Chislehurst - March 16, 1874". Draw on albuminum paper. In 1874-1874.

Gen Butler, Adgt Gen Thomas, Adgt Gen Schoutsic& staff watching the action from the of the Johnson house -Thursday. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Darbytown Road, Battle of, Va, 1864, Butler, Benjamin F, (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1983, Military service, Thomas, George Henry, 1824-1881, Military service, Schoepf, Albin Francisco, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, Dwellings, 1860-1870, United States, Virginia, Dutch Gap

The opening of the general stands

50 / Abolition of slavery. (IT)

Egyptian financial and political crisis. The Khedive of Egypt, Tewfik Pasha (1852-1892) and the main leaders of the nationalist party (opposed to the intervention of foreign powers in Egyptian politics). From left to right: Tewfik Pasha (Mohammad Tewfik), Mustafa Pasha, Ali Fahmi (Bey), Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Ahmed Orabi (Bey), Abdallah Helmi Pasha and Fakhri Pasha. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FROM EGYPT

Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Waldstein or Wallenstein (1583-1634) and Johann t'Serclaes von Tilly (1559-1632) holding council, historical illustration, circa 1886

GUERRA DE CUBA (1868-1898). GUERRA HISPANO-NORTEAMERICANA (1898). Tras la rendición de Santiago de Cuba el 16 de julio de 1898 a las fuerzas de EE. UU., el 12 de agosto se firmó el alto el fuego, previo a la Paz de París. "EL PRESIDENTE MAC KINLEY Y EL GOBIERNO NORTEAMERICANO OCUPANDOSE EN LOS PRELIMINARES DE LA PAZ". La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898.

General-Maior Passek, General-Maior Slieptsov, kniaz Bariatinskii Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. still image. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian

Conference of the powers at Warsaw to consider the fate of Poland.

The troops in Paris. Closure of the Labor Exchange. (IT)

The yield of Adrianople - Sciukri Pasha delivered his sword to General Ivanoff, who refuses. 1913

Labosse, French consul, presenting the silver crown from the French citizens of Cairo to the commander of the Bayard, Admiral Amedee Courbet's death, Ismailia, Egypt, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, Volume 2218, Volume LXXXVI, August 29, 1885.

Mill worker bringing an urgent message to the mill owner. Engraving, 1877.

Memorial plaque in the November parties in 1863. Memorial plaque at the national celebration of fifty years of Dutch independence 1813-1863, in November 1863. Central to the arrival of King Willem I in Amsterdam for the inauguration in 1813. At the bottom of the bivouac of the Cossacks at the Muiderpoort Amsterdam, left the meeting of the driving junction, the landing of Willem I in Scheveningen. Furthermore, some smaller scenes, garlands, weapons and portraits.

König Sigismund III von Polen als Goldschmied, Sigismund III. Wasa, 20. Juni 1566, 30. April 1632, war ab 1587 als König von Polen und Großfürst von L...

Engraving depicting the 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph. The men are searching the cable for a fault after its recovery from the bottom of the Atlantic. Dated 19th Century

Image of a ball, given by the Portuguese ambassador, the count of Tarouca, on 27 February 1713 during the negotiations on the Peace of Utrecht, on the occasion of the conclusion of the peace and the birth of the crown prince of Portugal (on October 19, 1712 ).

DINNER GIVEN BY THE INNS OF COURT VOLUNTEERS TO THE UNIVERSITIES CORPS, 1868

The inauguration of George Washington, April 30, 1789 as first President of the United States at Federal Hall, New York City. George Washington, 1732 -1799. First President of the United States (1789

Fourth of July festivities at Faneuil Hall, Boston. Prints. 1853. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Fourth of July celebrations, banquets , Massachusetts , Boston, Festive decorations , Massachusetts , Boston

Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865. Artist: Unknown

Memorial plaque in the November parties in 1863. Memorial plaque at the national celebration of fifty years of Dutch independence 1813-1863, in November 1863. Central to the arrival of King Willem I in Amsterdam for the inauguration in 1813. At the bottom of the bivouac of the Cossacks at the Muiderpoort Amsterdam, left the meeting of the driving junction, the landing of Willem I in Scheveningen. Furthermore, some smaller scenes, garlands, weapons and portraits.

Currier & Ives Illustration 19th Century. Champions of the Union.

League of the Three Emperors. Alliance formed from 1873 to 1887 by the emperors of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires. They created a common front to oppose liberal forms of government in Western Europe. Three Emperors Meeting in Skierniewicz (Poland) (15-17 September, 1884). On the evening of 16 September, Emperors Alexander III (Russia), Franz Joseph (Austria), Wilhelm I (Germany), and their respective ministers, Otto von Bismarck (German), Nikolay Girs (Russian) and Gustave Kalnoky (Austrian), met in the Tsar's palace. They discussed mutual relations and policies related to Polish independence. The three emperors in conversation. Drawing by Juan Comba. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), October 8, 1884.

Napoleon III (1808-1873). President of the French Second Republic (1848-1852) and later Emperor of the French (1852-1870). Napoleon III at Wilhelmshohe 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.

The Hungarian Reichstag on July , August Xaver Karl Pettenkofen Knight of -, Lithographer, after, Jósef Boros, Draft, Johann Höfelich -, printer

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in visit to France, is received in Dunkerque. 'Le Petit Journal'. On September 29, 1901. Engraving.

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). King William I of Prussia (1797-1888) visiting the wounded in hospitals. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.

Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847-1923). French military officer from 1870 to 1898. Spy for the German Empire, he was the author of the acts of treason for which Alfred Dreyfus was condemned. On 10 January 1898, he was tried before a military court. A court martial session. The court unanimously acquitted him. Engraving by Matute. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898.

Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 - 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat

OFFICERS OF THE 1ST PUNJAUB VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS

James Bruce; 8th Earl of Elgin leads a British delegation to japan in 1858

President Cleveland and his Cabinet, L-R: W.C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, Daniel Manning, Secretary of the Treasury, A.H. Garland, Attorney-General, T.F. Bayard, Secretary of State, W.C. Endicott, Secretary of War, W.F. Vilas, Postmaster-General and

Colonel Jean-Baptiste Marchand in St Petersburg, Russia, 1902. Artist: Unknown

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Duke of Terranova and Santangelo, also known simply as Gonzalo de Córdoba (Italian: Consalvo di Cordova, September 1, 1453December 2, 1515), was a Spanish general who made Spain the preeminent world military power for almost a century and half. He was called El Gran Capitán (The Great Captain) by contemporaries and the Father of Trench Warfare by historians. The Accounts of the Great Captain are a Spanish cultural topic that is based on an anecdote attributed to Gonzalo Fernández of Cordoba, the Great Captain, that ridiculed Fernando the Catholic when this asked accounts of the expenses in which had incurred during the campaign of Naples, to ends of the year 1506

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