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XEE4148917: Statue of Verdun (work of Henri Varenne, 1860-1933) on the pediment of the new Gare de l'Est; it is August 7 that the Ossuary of Douaumont is inaugurated, where thousands of tombs rest in front of Verdun - cover of “” Le-Pelerin””, August 7, 1932, French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675726: The peddler (the travelling seller). Accompanied by his dog and heavily loaded, the travelling merchant advances on his way, when he is intercepted by Death, who forcibly pulls him back in his footsteps. Another Death plays the marine trumpet. Hand-coloured engraving by Christian Von Mechel (or Chretien de Mechel, 1737-1817) in “The Triumph of Death”” based on original drawings by Hans Holbein the Young (1497-1543), 1860. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4708459: Knight of the Order of Alcantara. Spanish military order established in 1176, originally called the Knights of Saint Julian of the Poirier, after the name of a hermit of the Salamanca region, the order was recognized by Pope Celestin III (ne Giacinto di Pietro di Bobone, 1106-1198, elected pope in 1191) in 1197. they obey the rules and the Cistercian dress, wearing a white coat, with a cross Scarlate. The Knights of Alcantara acquire many castles and possessions, mostly at the expense of Muslims. They amassed a great fortune in war and in pious donations. Hand-coloured copper engraving, in “Images historiques des costumes des principaux peuples de l'Antiquite et du Middle Ages” by Robert Von Spalart, published in 1796. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686539: Spanish bullfighter or Toreador, 18th century, after Rodriguez. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes” (Foreign Fashions and Costumes Ancient and Modern), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
LSE4328591: The scars, Muslims in procession during the commemorative feast of the martyrdom of Hossein, hit their head with a sword, each of them covered with a white sheet, to collect the blood flowing from their wounds. Engraving to illustrate the voyage in the provinces of the Caucasus, by Basile Vereschaguine, in 1864-1865, published in “” le tour du monde””, under the direction of D'Edouard Charton, Hachette, Paris 1869.Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images