XEE4143756: Pottery: raw bricks in ancient Greece. The army of Pausanias (5th century BC) detours the course of a river to destroy the walls of raw brick protecting the city of Mantinee. Engraving from 1885 in “” Les arts et metiers illustres”” by Adolphe BITARD., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4143778: Flemish Joutes, Brussels (Belgium), 1859: the player, holding a spear and riding on a tank drilled by dogs, must pass his weapon through the hole of a board attached to a bucket filled with water. In case of failure, the player is covered with water. Engraving in “” Le Monde Illustré”” n°130 of October 8, 1859., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4144031: Persian Anglo (Anglo-Persian) War (1856-1857): the charge of the 3rd British Indo cavalry commanded by Captain Forbes during the Battle of Koosh-Ab (Koosh Ab, Kooshab) on February 8, 1857. Engraving In “” The Illustrated London News”” of 25 April 1857., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4144912: President of the republic Sadi Carnot (1837-1894) on his deathbed, in a context of trade union and anarchist agitation, he was assassinated on 24 June at the Lyon exhibition, by Sante Caserio (1873-1894) and later on. Engraving in “Le monde illustrious”” from 1894., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4144697: Portrait of Jacques van Maerlant (Jacob van Maerlant) (1240-1300) Flemish writer. Engraving from 1868 in “Histoire de Belgique from primitive times to the end of the regne of Leopold I”” by Theodore Juste (1818-1888). Private collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images