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Franco-Prussian War: the wounded entering Paris after the Battle at Châtillon. Wood engraving by C.J.Staniland.
Staniland, Charles Joseph, 1838-1916.Date: Oct. 22 1870Reference: 21779i- Pictures
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Franco-Prussian War: the wounded being taken to Strasbourg Cathedral. Wood engraving.
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Franco-Prussian War: showing a waiting room at Chemin de Fer l'Ouest used as a hospital. Wood engraving by P. de Kartow.
De Kartow, Paul, 1834-1897.Reference: 21817i- Pictures
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A man kneeling in front of a judge at a Chinese court of justice. Wood engraving after E. Vaumort.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 579717i- Pictures
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Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.
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A horse-drawn carriage is carrying passengers from the country to celebrate the birthday of Napoleon I in Paris. Wood engraving, 1852.
Date: [1852]Reference: 36725i- Pictures
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Sallot (?) holding up a tooth and leaning on a grossly oversized set of dentures through which a fleur-de-lis is growing, in the background is a oversized skull wearing a helmet. Coloured wood engraving (?) by Marchandeux after A. Gill, 1867.
Gill, André, 1840-1885.Date: 4 Août 1867Reference: 16745i- Books
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The travels of Father William Orleans, a Jesuit, who being banished from France, amongst the rest of that society, travelled through Asia, Africa, and America, and at last became a good protestant. = Les voyages de Pére Guillaume D'Orleans, un Jesuite, Qui etant banni de la France, entre les autres de cette Societé, voyagoit par Asié, Afríque, & Amerique, & enfin devenoit un bon Protestant.
Orléans, Guillaume d', 1703-Date: [1770?]- Books
Pictures of the French: a series of literary and graphic delineations of French character / by Jules Janin, Balzac, Cormenin, and other celebrated French authors. With upwards of two hundred and thirty engravings, drawn on the wood by Gavarni, H. Monnier, and Meissonier. And engraved by Lavieille, etc.
Date: 1840- Pictures
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Franco-Prussian War: wounded French prisoners from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving, 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 21777i- Books
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A sketch of the life and projects of John Law of Lauriston, comptroller general of the finances in France.
Wood, John Philip, -1838.Date: 1791- Pictures
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Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf. Wood engraving.
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A physician diagnoses war veterans. Wood engraving, c. 1870.
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A Chinese woman carrying a baby on her back is feeding her husband who is imprisoned in a circular pillory. Wood engraving, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 579741i- Books
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The new prose Bath guide, for the year 1778. Dedicated to Lord N----. With a frontispiece characteristic of the times. By the author of a year's journey through France and Spain.
Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792.Date: [1780?]- Pictures
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Franco-Prussian War: Crown Prince Frederick touring wounded soldiers at Versailles. Wood engraving.
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Jacques de Molay, the last grand master of the Knights Templars, burnt alive as a lapsed heretic in Paris. Wood engraving by J. David.
David, J.Reference: 43441i- Pictures
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A French supporter of the Paris Commune prefers to throw an incendiary bomb to advance equality, while a British workman prefers to smoke his pipe in the interests of liberty. Wood engraving by J. Swain, ca. 1871, after Sir J. Tenniel.
Tenniel, John, 1820-1914.Date: 1871Reference: 24867i- Pictures
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Great Exhibition, London, 1851: the exhibition stand of Matifat showing gilt bronze lamps, vases, clocks and other ornaments. Wood engraving after H. Anelay, 1851.
Anelay, Henry, 1817-1883.Date: 1851Reference: 32497i- Books
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Les avantures de Telemaque, fils D'Ulysse. Par feu Messire Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon. Precepteur des Enfans de France, et depuis Archeveque de Cambrai, &c.
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Pictures
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A black man is shaking hands with Napoleon III, thanking him ironically for supporting the freedom of slaves. Wood engraving, 1861.
Date: 1861Reference: 33007i- Pictures
A "midsummer night's dream" involving William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I and Falstaff. Wood engraving and letterpress, 1859.
Date: [1859?]Reference: 2491287iPart of: Theá̂tre contemporain illustré- Books
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An historical account of the discovery and education of a savage man, or, Of the first developments, physical and moral, of the young savage caught in the woods near Aveyron in the year 1798 / By E.M. Itard.
Itard, Jean Marc Gaspard, 1775-1838.Date: 1802- Pictures
Marie-François-Xavier Bichat: unveiling of a statue to him in Paris. Wood engraving by Jayer after E. Riou and Beranger [?], ca. 1857.
Beranger.Reference: 1100i- Pictures
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A pharmacist and his friend discuss the new tax on medicine; with four other scenes. Photomechanical reproduction of a wood engraving by H. Maigrot.
Henriot, 1857-1933.Reference: 17270i