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Engravings and illustrations capturing political events and gatherings from the 19th century, showcasing public engagements and military associations.

Print marked upper right: Second part fol: 43., Asan Aga addressing westerners in the presence of a large crowd of people in a square Peaceful treaty with those of Algiers and the Lords of the States made , print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, Amsterdam, 1684, paper, etching, h 174 mm × w 284 mm

Franco-Prussian War

The oak populous August 28, 1870 (registered title) | The third invasion. War of 1870-1871. (title of all)

Departure of the troops for the army of Italy: boarding the infantry, in Paris, in the railway station of Lyon, April 29th. (IT)

Einzug der deutschen Truppen in Paris am Arc de Triomphe, am 1. März 1871, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg, Frankreich, Historisch, digital restaurierte R...

Northern Netherlands, New Government Regulations in Utrecht Avowed, March 20, 1786, Civic Guard takes the oath in Utrecht, verso - stamped, The members of the Utrecht civic guard take the oath to the new government regulations, on the Neude in Utrecht, 1786. Plate belonging to the letter N from an ABC book., print, prent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 97 mm, width 121 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1786 - 1790, paper, papier, etching

Paris. Execution of Hardt, Prussian spy sentenced to death by judgment of the war. (IT)

THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH DISTRIBUTING THE PRIZES OF THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT ORLEANS, 1868

Noble sacrifice, The chief fireworks Johann Pollet refused to shoot the people on March , Karl Carl Lanzedelli Lancedelli Lanzedelly -, Lithographer, Jakob Loder, Printer

Middleton M.D. near South Mountain, 1862 ca. September 14, drawing on tan paper pencil and Chinese white, 8.8 x 12.4 cm. (sheet), 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Cadets Lined up in front of the Het Zeerecht Building in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Jonas Zeuner, 1796

Municipality of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Desguerrois & Co., Departure of two detachments of the Amsterdam Civic Guard, to Nijmegen, under the command of Messrs. Cordes and Van der Wissel. -30 November 1830-, Departure of the volunteer Amsterdam civic guard, 1830, verso - stamped, Departure of two detachments of the volunteer Amsterdam civic guard under the command of Cordes and Van der Wissel to Nijmegen, 30 November 1830. The soldiers march out of the city through the Muiderpoort, waved off by family and friends. See also the pendant., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 373 mm, width 552 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1830 - 1831, chine collé, lithography (technique), Dutch, printer, granter of privilege

BAZAINE TRADE - THE CALL TO WITNESS. (IT)

The illustrated universe / Travel of S.A. The Imperial Prince in Cherbourg. (IT)

VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES TO IRELAND

Presentation of New Colours to the South Lincoln Militia, at Grantham, 1854. 'After the minister had read the usual form of prayer for the consecrating of regimental colours, and the Lord's Prayer...Lady Marian Alford presented the Colours to Lieutenants Banks and Adams..."Gentlemen of the South Lincoln Militia, your gallant Colonel has intrusted to my hand the honour ot presenting to you the new Colours for your regiment. May their now spotless folds never be stained but by summer showers, nor faded but by sunshine, and may they long float like the rainbow - a guarantee ot peace in the l

Great Battle of Homestead, Pinkerton's captives on their way to prison. Arrested strike leaders were charged with conspiracy, riot and murder by the charges were later dropped. July 18, 1892.

The obligation of laying the memorial stone by ZM den Koning on the Zuiderzeesluizen in Schellingwoude, April 29, 1870. The ceremony of the first-testing for the Zuiderzeesluizen (OrangeLuizen) in Schellingwoude, by King Willem III on April 29, 1870. This closed the IJ from the Zuiderzee. Central De Koning in military uniform at the memorial stone. With many invited guests, on the right the seat for the king at an increase.

Paris. Military carousel at the Palace of Industry, April 11th.

Spain history. Liberal Triennium. National Militia Uprising in the city of Valencia, 1822. They want to defend the Spanish Constitution of absolutism of King Ferdinand VII. Lithograph by J. Serra and Vidal. 19th century.

Daughters Case at Chateau des Tuileries - The National Guard Desarme The Nobility Jean-Louis Prieur the young (1759-1795). "Dagger case at the Ch�teau des Tuileries - The National Guard disarms the nobility, February 28, 1791". Drawing.

Engraving of Troops departing for war at a train station. Dated 1870

The meeting of Kaiser Wilhelm II and King Umberto of Savoy at the station in Rome 1888. Italy, 19th century.

Evacuation Day Parade of First Division, New York State Militia, newspaper illustration 1866 Alfred Rudolf Waud American, born England. Evacuation Day Parade of First Division, New York State Militia, newspaper illustration 503856

Shooting festival, a traditional festival or a mass with target shooting, here the distribution of prizes and awards in Vienna, Austria/shooting festival, marksmen's festival, a traditional festival or fair featuring a target shooting, here the distribution of awards and prizes at Vienna, Austria, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored

The repeal, or the funeral of Miss Ame- stamp , Politics & government, Taxes, Funeral processions, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Stamp Act Congress 1765 : New York, N.Y., Great Britain. Stamp Act 1765

Journey of Their Majesties the Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress to Rouen, 1868, France, Distribution of Awards at the agriculture Contest, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA: EMBARKATION OF CAVALRY AT THE ALBERT DOCKS, WOOLWICH, UK, 1881

The execution of Emile Henry.

Date:

REVIEW OF FEDERAL TROOPS ON THE 4TH OF JULY BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND GENERAL SCOTT

HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA. S. XIX. ATENTADO CONTRA EL REY ALFONSO XII (1857-1885). "EL CRIMINAL OLIVA DISPARA UN TIRO DE PISTOLA AL REY EN LA CALLE MAYOR" (1878). Grabado coloreado de "La Ilustración Española y Americana", por Comba.

THE OXFORDSHIRE MILITIA IN THE GARDEN OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD

Paris, France - Boulevards - "Le Regiment qui Passe". Date: circa 1890

News. / 164. / Using their hobbies. (Registered title)

Italy - 19th century, Second War of Independence - Perugia. Piedmontese Soldiers taken at Porta Santa Margherita, September 1860.

New Willem port. / Commission of ZM Willem II, in Amsterdam den 28 November: 1840. Introduced from King Willem Gate by the newly completed Willemspoort in Amsterdam on November 27, 1840. The king rides on horseback in the procession with his consequence, at the back of the carriage with the queen . On the right a large group of spectators. See also the pendant.

Southern Guatemala Railway. Official inauguration of the railway from Guatemala City to Amatitlán on 19 July 1884. On that date the first locomotive entered Guatemala City's Central Station, with a great celebration by the population and the Guatemalan government. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana). September 22, 1884. Author: Arturo Carretero (ca. 1852-1903). Spanish engraver.

Princess Louise (1848-1939) releasing the dog-shore for the launch of the screw-corvette ship, 'Druid' at Deptford Dockyard, London in 1869. Date: 20th March 1869

An honorable scene at the farm in Vienna the chief fireworks Johann Pollet refused to shoot the people on March , Unknown

Southern Guatemala Railway. Official inauguration of the railway from Guatemala City to Amatitlan on 19 July 1884. On that date the first locomotive entered Guatemala City's Central Station, with a great celebration by the population and the Guatemalan government. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). September 22, 1884.

Fete de la Liberte on the Place de la Revolution, now Place de la Concorde, 1st arrondissement, 28 September, in honour of the victory of the French in Savoy, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

The car of Emperor Ferdinand I was pulled through the city by a cheering crowd on March , Franz Barth -, publisher

During their stay at Dunrobin Castle, Scotland, the Prince and Princess of Wales review the Sutherland volunteers in the castle grounds Date: 28 September 1866

USA. Ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana, on September 8, 1889. Driving the last spike on the Northern Pacific Railways. Engraving by Schell and Hogan. Harper's Weekly. Author: Francis H. Schell. Thomas Hogan.

The Funeral Procession leaving Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London, 1850. Death of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge. '...some few hundred persons had assembled on the brow of the hill opposite Cambridge House...Shortly after five o'clock, the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Coldstream Guards (the late Duke's regiment) marched through Piccadilly, en route from St. George's Barracks to Kew, where it had been arranged they should form a guard of honour to receive the Royal remains upon their arrival. One hundred men of the regiment filed off at Cambridge House...and formed in the courtyard in f

Police shutting down a house of prostitution, French copper engraving, early 18th century

Parade in front of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russian troops departing for the Far East, Russia, Russo-Japanese war, drawing by Riccardo Salvadori, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXI, No 12, March 20, 1904.

Triumphal procession of the Bavarian troops in Munich on 17 July 1871, historic scene after the end of the Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, 1870-1871, between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia

CALLING THE ROLL ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN SHORTLY BEFORE HER DEPARTURE FROM THE MERSEY WITH TROOPS FOR CANADA

Opening of the States-General at Versailles in 1789, engraving by Helmann. French Revolution, France, 18th century.

Congregation of German troops at the Brandenburg Gate during the military coup attempt, Putsch of Kapp, Berlin, Germany, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, XVLII Year, No 12-13, March 21-28, 1920.

DEPARTURE OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT FROM SYDNEY FOR THE SOUDAN (SUDAN): 1. Lord Augustus Loftus, Governor of New South Wales, and the Guard of Honour. 2. The Troopship 'Iberia ' Leaving Sydney. 3. Troops Passing Down Gresham Street, Sydney. 4. N.S.W. Troopship 'Australasian.' 5. The Naval Brigade. 6. The Last Glimpse of the Troopships.

Reception of the crown prince of Prussia on the Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof train station in Leipzig on 26 July 1870, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

The Communards make their headquarters in the Hotel de Ville, which they will later destroy by fire.

The execution of Robespierre. The beheaded man is not Robespierre, but Couthon; the body of La Bas is shown lying on the ground; Robespierre is shown sitting on the cart closest to the scaffold, holding a handkerchief to his mouth. July 28, 1794

DAY OF 16 OCTOBER 1793 - EXECUTION DEMARY-ANTOINETTE Helman and Charles Monnet. Day of October 16, 1793: Execution of Marie-Antoinette.

Napoleon reviewing the Kingdom of Italy's Navy in Venice, November 29, 1807, print. Napoleonic era, Italy, 19th century.

Sultan Abdülhamid II on the way to the selamlik ceremony. unknown, graphic artist

Entrance of the American Army into New York, Nov. 25th 1783 / Chapin ; P. Greatbach. | Library of Congress

General Thomas Swearing in the Volunteers Called into the Service of the United States at Washington D.C., Harper's Weekly, Wood engraving in black ink on paper, A large group of soldiers stand at right with their right hands raised. The general stands before them, at left. A man leans against a tree in the foreground., USA, April 27, 1861, figures, Print, Print

The Funeral of President Lincoln, New York, April 25th, 1865, Passing Union Square 1865 Currier & Ives Soldiers on foot, and horses draped in black cloth, pull an ornately decorated funeral car bearing the coffin of Abraham Lincoln through Union Square watched by crowds of pedestrians. Lincoln's body lay in state in New York's City Hall on April 24th and 25th, 1865. After the president's assassination on April 15th, three weeks of mourning ceremonies took place in a series of fourteen cities, the coffin carried by train between them, before burial in Springfield, Illinois on May 4th. In New York, public viewing took place on April 24th and 25th, with the coffin then taken taken on to Albany.The New York firm of Currier & Ives grew from a printing business established by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) in 1835. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with brother-in-law James Merritt Ives (1824-1895). The firm operated until 1907, lithographing over 4,000 subjects for distribution across

Artillery and cavalry camp near the German siege of Paris in 1871, Avenue des Champs-Élysées with the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, historical scene from the Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, 1870-1871, between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, Europe

The entry of the Allies intp Paris, 1815 (c1857). Artist: DJ Pound

THE ASSASSINATION OF LORD F.C. CAVENDISH AND MR. T.H. BURKE

Mules are used by the French army to carry equipment and supplies in mountainous or other difficult terrain. Date: circa 1900

France (1901). Departure from Paris of French soldiers posted to Algiers. Picture by Achille Beltrame for 'La Domenica del Corriere'. Etching.

Spain. Reign of Alphonse XII. Conflict of the Caroline Islands, by the German contesting on the spanish sovereignty in the islands. Patriotic Protest in the Seville Street, Madrid. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1885. Colored.

General McGowen addressing the Thirty Fifth Abbeville (SC) Volunteers in front of the Charleston Hotel USA Civil War, circa 1861

The Spanish embassy in Morocco, official reception of His Majesty Jerifiana to general of the Spanish army Arsenio Martinez Campos, Morocco. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

The Inaugural Procession at Washington Passing the Gate of the Capitol Grounds, from Harper's Weekly, March 16, 1861, p. 161., Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper, Vertical view showing an open carriage moving toward the left with Lincoln and Buchanan seated in it. Crowds are visible in the foreground as well as mounted soldiers, and men are seated on the gateposts in the background, with a portion of the Capitol building visible in the extreme background., November 16, 1861, graphic design, Print, Print

Farmworkers' strike in Italy, published in the newspaper La Domenica del Corriere, May 1901

Hydrogen hot-air balloon for military use made by Charles Coutelle. Hot-air balloons were used by Napoleon's army to keep an eye on the enemy and lead the battle. The ballons were attached to the floor using wires and they communicate using messages inside sand sacks which slided through the wires. Engraving.

Place de l'Etoile at the time of arrival of S.M. Nasser-Ed-Din. (IT)

The process against Marshal Bazaine, a meeting of the war court in the Trianon castle from unknown German -speaking newspaper, Smeeton , Tilly, Realization, After, August Deroy, Artist

Inauguration of the Western main line, Gothenburg November 4, 1862.

THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FROM EGYPT

France: Early Flight - 'Sebastien Lenormand fait la premiere experience du parachute, Montpellier, 1783' (Sebastien Lenormand undertakes the first parachuting attempt in Montpellier, 1783) , Paris, Romanet, c. 1895

Meeting of the States General 1651 in the large hall of the Binnenhof in the Hague, The Hague, Netherlands, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown

THE PRINCE OF WALES UNVEILING COUNT GLEICHEN'S STATUE OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL IN THE GROUNDS OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY AT WOOLWICH, UK, 1883

1898 inauguration of the President of the United States at Washington.

Ovation for Prince Bismarck on the occasion of the presentation of the silver jug of honour in Kissingen, Germany, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

CADOUDAL, Georges (1771-1804). French counterrevolutionary guerrilla. Hearing of the process against Cadoudal. Auguste-Jules-Armand-Marie de Polignac. Watercolour. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus_e Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum).

'Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Life-Guards Pavlovsky Regiment'. Hungary-Russia, 1890. Dimensions: 34,7x54 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: MIHALY VON ZICHY.

ALFONSO XII. REY DE ESPAÑA. MADRID 1857 - 1885. " MUERTE DE ALFONSO XII. LEGADA DE SUS RESTOS MORTALES A LA LONJA DEL MONASTERIO DE SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Spiessrutenlaufen, eine militaerische Leibesstrafe, in der oesterreichischen Armee zur Zeit Maria Theresias, Oesterreich, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Running the gauntlet, a military corporal punishment, in the Austrian army at the time of Maria Theresa, Austria, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

In the triumphal gate of the emperor Franz I on June , Inv,-No,

Four scenes from the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. Top left: Parisians on one of the Boulevards. Bottom left: a butcher's shop selling dog and cat meat. Top right: view from the terrace of St Germain. Bottom right: people strolling on the Boulevards before the capitulation. Reproduced in the early days of the First World War, in the hope that these scenes will not be repeated as the German army invades France again. Date: 1871

Japan/Ryukyu Islands: 'Commodore Perry's Visit to Shui, Lew Chew Islands', (Shuri, Okinawa), Perry Expedition, 1853

Translation of the ashes of Napoleon to the invalids. (IT)

GENERAL STRIKE

Union prisoners at Salisbury, N.C. , Baseball

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