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  • An episode in the revolutionary war in China, 1911: the revolutionary army, on a hill (left), ambushes part of the imperial army (right) as the latter approaches a city flying the republican flag. Chromolithograph by T. Miyano.

    • Miyano, T.
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    [between 1900 and 1999]
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  • Carlist War, Spain: three scenes showing the collection of wounded from San Sebastian, rebuilding of bridges, and the Royal train under fire. Wood engraving.

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