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ELD4850458: The Gallic leader Vercingetorix (80-46 BC) going to Jules Cesar (100-44 BC) to Alesia in 52 BC - Vercingetorix (72-46 BC) gallic leader, surrendering to Caesar in Alesia (France), 52 BC Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “” Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4851253: Representation of the opera-comique "Maitre Pathelin" by the French composer Francois Bazin (1816-1878). End of the 19th century (chromolithograph) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4851356: Illustration of the comic opera "Le chalet" by french composer Adolphe Adam (1803-1856). End of the 19th century (chromolithograph) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4851459: Illustration for the opera “Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond” (Martha, or Le Marche a Richmond) by Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883) German composer, created in 1844 (Illustration of the romantic opera “Martha, or The Market at Richmond” by german composer Friedrich von Flotow) (Chromolithography of the end of the 19th century Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4851778: Banqueroute (financial crisis) caused by the system of John Law, Scottish economist, set up between 1716 and 1720 in Paris (View of the Bankruptcy (financial crisis) of the rue Quincampoix caused by the system of John Law, Scottish economist, developed between 1716 and 1720 in Paris) Illustration by Raymond Delamarre (1890-1986) tiree about “” La-Petite-Histre-de-la-France”” by Brunhes, 1951 Private Collection, Delamarre, Raymond (1890-1986) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4852163: Portrait of Lothaire I (795-855), Emperor of the West (Portrait of Lothair I or Lothar I Emperor of the Romans (817-855) Engraving from “History-Populaire-de-France”” by Lahure, 1866 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4852647: Portrait of Alfred Krupp Industrial German (portrait of Alfred Krupp (1812-1887), a German industrialist and inventor, now ThyssenKrupp AG) 19th (engraving) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4852821: Roman antiquite: representation of Consul Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus defeating a Gallic in 361 BC - (Titus Manlius Torquatus fighting a gallic warrior who challenged the roman army and kills him, 361 BC) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia” by Paolo Giulia Udici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4852915: Roman antiquite: Appius Claudius Caecus the blind (4th century BC) great orator and Latin writer dissuades the Romans from accepting in 280 BC the peace proposals of Pirrhus (Pyrrhus) I”” (Appius Claudius Caecus the blind roman politician gave a famous speech against Cineas, an envoy of Pyrrhus of Epirus declaring Rome would never surrender, 280 BC) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “” Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4852976: Les rois faineants (do-nothing or lazy kings) referring to the later kings of the Merovingian dynasty, portrayed traveling lying in chariots pulled by oxens llustration by Raymond Delamarre (1890-1986) “La-Petite” History of France”” by Brunhes, 1951 Private Collection, Delamarre, Raymond (1890-1986) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4853156: Representation of a Moorish militia, Muslim Spain (Medieval Muslim spain, moorish knight). Late 19th century (chromolithograph) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4853248: Roman Antiquite: The Marriage of the Queen of Numidia Sophosnibe (235-203 BC) and Massinissa after the Capture of Cirta and the Defeat of Syphax in 203 BC” (Wedding of queen Sophonisba and Masinissa (Massinissa or Massena) after the defeat of Syphax, 203 BC) Illustration of Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) tiree about “” Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy ) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4853495: French national anthem, the Marseillaise Chromolithography of the end of the 19th century Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4853625: Franco-English War (1202-1214): Philippe Auguste at the Battle of Bouvines on 27/07/1214 between the French army and the Flemish and Welfs of Othon IV - Angevin-Flanders War: The battle of Bouvines, Philip Augustus of France defeated an army consisting of Imperial German, English and Flemish soldiers, led by Otto IV of Germany in 1214 Artwork by Raymond Delamarre (1890-1986) from “La-Petite-Histre-de-la-France” by Brunhes, 1951 Private Collection, Delamarre, Raymond (1890-1986) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4853678: Equestrian portrait of King Charles V dit le sage (1338-1380) (King Charles V of France) from “La Petite Histoire de France” by Brunhes, 1951, Delamarre, Raymond (1890-1986) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4853683: Daily life in the Middle Ages; a feast at the court of dukes of Burgundy under the reign of Philip the good (15th century) Illustration by Raymond Delamarre (1890-1986) from “La-Petite-Histre-de-la-France” by Brunhes, 1951 Collection ee, Delamarre, Raymond (1890-1986) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4853729: Posing by the King of France Francois I of the first stone of the Hotel de Ville de paris drawn by the Italian architect Boccador, 15/07/1533 (King Francis I of France laying of the foundation stone of the city hall of Paris designed by italian architect Boccador, July 1533) Illustration by Louis Charles Bombled (1862-1927) from “” Les grandes journees de the City Hall”” by Mercier - Private Collection, Bombled, Louis Charles (1862-1927) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4853806: French Revolution: King of France Louis XVI summoned to come at the city hall of Paris crosses the “” steel vault” of the guards, 17th July 1789 Illustration by Louis Charles Bombled (1862-1927) taken from “” Les grandes days of the City Hall”” by Mercier - Private collection, Bombled, Louis Charles (1862-1927) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4854005: Roman antiquite: “” The Roman general Germanicus swearing fidelite at the time of the death of his adoptive father the Emperor Augustus against the legions in the midst of mutiny in Germania, 14 AD” (Roman soldier Germanicus, son of Augustus, Germanicus put down the rebellion after the death of the emperor, 14 AD) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “” Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4854161: Roman Antiquite: Emperor Septimius Severus (145-211) returns to Rome with his wife Julia Domna (170-217) in 193 AD” (Roman emperor Septimius Severus and his wife Julia Domna entering Rome, 193 AD) Illustration of Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “” Storia d'Italia”” by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4854193: Roman Antiquite: The Imperator of Palmyra Septimia Bathzabbai Zenobie captured by Roman Emperor Aurelien, 272”” (The queen of the Palmyrene empire Zenobia prisoner of the Roman emperor Aurelian, 272 AD) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) taken from “” Storia d'Italia” (History) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4854762: In 1438, during the war between Venice and Milan, Niccolo Piccinino, fighting for the duchy of Milan Filippo Maria Visconti, tried to take the city of Brescia, in Lombardy, but Scaramuccia da Forli, fighting for Venice, intervened successfully to raise the siege) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia”” by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4854812: Proclamation of the Ambrosian Republic (Repubblica Ambrosiana), a Republican government created in Milan in 1447 by a group of nobles and jurists of the University of Pavia, Gibelins and Viscontians, following the emptiness left by the death of the Duke of Milan, Philippe Marie Visconti - (The Golden Ambrosian Republic (Aurea Repubblica Ambrosiana, 144brosiana) 7-1450) was a short-lived government founded in Milan by members of the University of Pavia with popular support) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia” by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4854818: The Doge of Venice Francesco Foscari (1373-1457) facing his son Jacopo accuses of corruption is sentenced to exile in 1445 (Doge of Venice Francesco Foscari and his son Jacopo tried by the Council of Ten on charges of bribery and corruption and exiled from the city, 1445) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) taken from “” d'Italia”” (History-D Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4840423: The Beautiful Narcissus. By Honore Daumier de Salvandy (1795-1856), who was a writer, politician and historian, as well as member of the Academie Française 19th century (lithograph), Daumier, Honore (1808-79) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4840550: Portrait of the Greek philosopher Plato (428-348 BC) - Greek philosopher Plato - Engraving - Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4840614: The public letter writer Caricature representing an illiterate young woman using the services of a public writer to write to her lover, she lies saying she wrote the letter itself) Lithography by Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) Private collection, Gavarni, Paul (1804-66) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4840818: A fisherman and his family in the port of Le Treport en Seine - Maritime (76) - Annees 1930 - (A fisherman and his family in the of le Treport, 1930s, Normandy) Photography Private collection, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4840870: Tourism: a mother, wearing a bell hat, and her two daughters, probably twins, from the Parisian bourgeoisie, on vacation, in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy - circa 1930 (A mother, wearing a bell hat, and her two little girls, probably twins, on vacation in Venice, 1930 ca) Photography Private collection, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4840958: View of the Fortress of Bastille, built in the 14th century, in Paris - (The fortress of Bastille, Paris) Engraving from “Les francaises illustres” by Gustave Demoulin, 1889 - Engraving from “Famous french women” by Gustave Demoulin, 1889 - Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4841049: View of the cathedrale Saint-Pierre (Saint Pierre) de Beauvais, Oise Engraving from “” Les francaises illustres”” by Gustave Demoulin, 1889 - Engraving from “” Famous french women”” by Gustave Demoulin, 1889 - Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4841294: French Expedition to Rome, 30/04/1849: three heroic members of the French clergy (Monseigneur Luquet, Monsignor of Merode and Count Villiers de l'Isle-Adam) save the lives of French soldiers made prisoners. 19th century (engraving from "Clases, morals, usages, costumes, inventions, 1893” by John Grand-Carteret) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4841511: Un raja (rajah or radjah) receiving European travellers (settlers), India (Reception of european travellers by an indian raja) Engraving from “The peoples of the earth” by Charles Delon, 1905 Collection privee / Bridgeman Images
ELD4841751: A pardon, traditional demonstration of popular Catholicism in Brittany (A pardon, traditional demonstration of popular Catholicism in Brittany) Engraving from “Les peuples de la terre”” by ch Delon, 1905 Collection privee / Bridgeman Images
ELD4841808: Traditional representation of the Mystere de la Passion in Oberammergau, Haute Baviere, Germany (The Oberammergau Passion Play, performed every ten years, germany) Engraving from “The Peoples of the Earth” by Charles Delon, 1905 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4842020: La serenade dans une rue d'un village spanish (the spanish serenade) Engraving from “Les peuples de la terre” by Charles Delon, 1905 Collection privee / Bridgeman Images