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XEE4166169: First World War: portraits of two German soldiers. On the left, a 1914 soldier describes as “” fat and fat, air decides...””. On the right, a military man of 1917 describes as “” chetive and unsightly, the air fearful...”” One of “Le petit journal”” of November 18, 1917., Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
XEE4166275: Princess Ena de Battenberg (Victory Eugenie of Battenberg) (1887-1969) abjure Protestantism in the chapel of Miramar Castle, Spain, 1906. She converted to Catholicism before becoming Queen of Spain by her marriage to Alfonso XIII (1886-1941). Kneeling before the altar, her right hand on the book of the Gospels opened before her, she reads a profession of faith that she signed. Her future bride is present (on the left), with Queen Marie Christine de Teschen (1858-1929), Infante Marie Therese (1882-1912) and Infante Don Fernando (1884-1958). One of “La-Croix-Illustree”, April 1, 1906., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4166398: The Alabama Arbitration (or Geneva Arbitration), 1872: an arbitral tribunal met in Geneva to end the diplomatic dispute between the United States of America and Great Britain. The United States claims damages from the British government as a result of the damage caused to the Nordic trade during the Secession War, notably by the English ship “Alabama”. The members of the court are represented from left to right: the Italian Federico Sclopis di Salerano (1798-1878), the Swiss Jakob Stampfli (1820-1879), the American Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886), the English Sir Alexander Cockburn (1802-1880) and the Brazilian Marcos Antonio d'Araujo, Baron Itajuba (18442 1897). Engraving in “” Le Monde Illustré”” n°794 of 29 June 1872., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images