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XEE4404379: Installation of the trasatlantic electric cable intended to connect Europe to America in 1865. Buoy system used to keep the electrical cable from breaking during installation. The vessel in charge of the operation was the Great Eastern. Engraving from 1865., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4147379: Charles III the Fat (839-88) pays off the Viking invaders in 886 - Charles III 3 le Gros (839-888) Emperor of West (881-887) and Regent of France (884-887) camped under the walls of Paris without daring to fight the Normans, preferring to buy their retirement at silver price - Engraving 1825 in “Histoire de France represented by synoee ptics dediee to the children of France and employee for their education”” - Steel engraving by Ambroise Tardieu, Tardieu, Ambroise (1788-1841) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4150869: Portrait of Catherine Monvoisin (La Voisin) (1640-1680) (engraving) - Affaire des poisons: Catherine Deshayes, wife Monvoisin and nicknamed La Voisin (1640-1680) - Engraving of 1863 in “Le Livre Rouge - Histoire De L'echafaud en France” by Dupray de La Maherie - Private collection, Anonymous / Bridgeman Images
XEE4148334: The auditorium of the Theatre des Funambules in Paris in the 19th Century - Theatre des Funambules, boulevard du Temple a Paris, in the 19th century - Engraving by Henri Valentin (1822-1886) in “Tableau-de-Paris” by Edmond Texier 1852, Valentin, Henry Augustin (1822-86) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4142462: Louis XIV King of France liked to hear Jean Racine read and brought him in when he was sick. Engraving by A. Duruy in “” Illustrations litteraires de la France; or, Galerie anecdotique de nos principaux auteurs ints par leurs actions et leurs inscriptions”” by J.B. Maigrot. 1865. Private collection., Duruy, A. (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4124001: Nikolacki Nitropolos, wearing the standard of the Cross at the Fortress of Salona taken from the Ottoman Empire, Easter Day 1821. in “” Journey to Athenes and Constantinople, or collection of Greek and Ottoman portraits, views and costumes, painted on the places of after nature, lithographs and colories by Louis Dupre (1789-1837), pupil of David.1825., Dupre, Louis (1789-1837) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4162381: Expedition to America (1799-1804) by Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and Aime Bonpland (1773-1858): Omaguas Indians (Amazonia, Peru) - illustration from “The Great Mariners of the 18th century”, 1879 - 1 of the 3 volumes of the “Histoire generale des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs” by Jules Verne, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4188257: Settling of accounts between Uncle Sam, the symbol of the United States, and Marianne, representing France over the money lent on the one hand during the First World War and the United States War of Independence (and the Lafayette expedition). Cover from “” Le petit journal”” of 09/05/1920 Collection privee - Settlement of accounts between Uncle Sam, symbol of the United States, and Marianne, Emblem of France, following the American War of Independence and World War I, Frontpage of French newspaper Le petit journal, May 9, 1920, Private Collection, Anonymous / Bridgeman Images