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Social Events and Gatherings

Illustrations of grand social events, including balls and formal dinners, with detailed settings and attire reflecting historical customs and gatherings.

The Great Zoological Gallery on Easter Monday is a popular attraction : in 1881 the natural history exhibits will be moved to South Kensington. Date: 1845
The Great Zoological Gallery on Easter Monday is a popular attraction : in 1881 the natural history exhibits will be moved to South Kensington. Date: 1845
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Personal Guard by anonymous artist, watercolor on paper, 1820s, Russia, St. Petersburg , A. Pushkin Memorial Museum,
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Cartoon on the sad state of France under the reign of Louis XIV, 1692, 1692 print Cartoon on the sad state of France under the reign of King Louis XIV, 1692. Louis XIV sits sadly on his throne in the throne room. On the left the crying Jacobus II and the Grand Dauphin, behind the king his wife Madame De Maintenon is standing. On the right two Jesuits including Father Peters, Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg and others. On a table in the middle a rug with phaëthon in the solar car, crown and a print from the Battle of Cape La Hogue. On the ground a fascinated Protestant prisoner. A bullet is fired on the table from a mortar. Through the door a view of war violence in the Dauphiné. On the leaf under the plate, the numbers and letters in the show are explained in one verse of two columns, this copy without the legend in Latin. Northern Netherlands paper etching / letterpress printing political caricatures and satires
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RENE D' ANJOU PRESIDE EL CAPITULO DE LA ORDEN DE LA MEDIA LUNA EN 1448 EN ANGERS. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.
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Engraving depicting the foyer of the Paris Opera lit by Maxim, Edison and Soleil lamps
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France French Revolution 1789 - 1799 opening of the Estates-General Versailles 5.5.1789 copper engraving by Helman late 18th century,
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William Johnstone White, active 1804-died c.1870, British, Representation of the Festival for the Return of Peace, 1815. Colored aquatint on medium, slightly textured, beige, wove paper.
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The solemn reception offered at the Capitol by the mayor of Rome to the French ministers Leon Bourgeois (1851-1925) and Aristide Briand (1862-1932), Italo-French Conference of February 1916, Rome, Italy, drawing by Gennaro d'Amato (1857- 1947) from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 8, February 20, 1916.
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VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES TO GLASGOW, ENGRAVING 1876, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european
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The Prince of Wales in Canada. His Royal Highness laying the corner-stone of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa. A sketch by the artist G.H. Andrews.
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History of Spain. Madrid. Banquet at the "Teatro Alhambra" (Alhambra Theatre), on the evening of 14 January 1884, under the auspices of the "Círculo de la Unión Mercantil" (Circle of the Mercantile Union). Toast time. Drawing from life by Juan Comba. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), January 22, 1884. Author: Juan Comba García (1852-1924). Spanish painter and illustrator. Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish engraver.
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Mr. Bullock's Exhibition of Laplanders, hand-colored etching and aquatint, Thomas Rowlandson (artist) British, 1756 - 1827
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Painting depicting a debate in the 18th-century House of Commons.