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XEE4164539: Portrait of Sir William Siemens (Carl Wilhelm) (1823-1883), English engineer and inventor, creator of processes for the manufacture of steel. Engraving In “” Nature. Revue des sciences et de ses applications aux arts et à l'industrie.” 1884, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4164605: Napoleonic War: “The Surrender of Huningue” on August 26, 1815. The French army accepted its defeat against Austria and left the city of Huningue (Haut Rhine, 68). Head of the cortege was the French general Joseph Barbanegre (1772-1830). Archduke Jean, commander of the Austrian army, came forward to testify his admiration, which Barbanegre refused. Reproduction of the eponym painting by Edouard Detaille (1848-1912). Illustration in “” Le Pelerin”” of May 31, 1931., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4164636: Chantier naval : le belier cuirasse le ""Sphinx"", construit pour le gouvernement francais par les ""Chantiers et ateliers de l'Ocean"", une societe bordelaise. Gironde (33), 1864. Gravure in ""Le Monde Illustre"" n°388 du 17 septembre 1864., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4164730: Corsican custom, 1865: wedding ceremony in the village of Asco. The cure places a bucket of wood on the spouses' head and gives a sermon to each on husband and wife's duties. Engraving in “” Histoire de la Corsica illustree””” by the abbe Jean Ange Galeti published in “Le Monde Illustré”” n°424 of 27 May 1865., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images