http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library Print Store > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library - All Rights Reserved 2009-11-23T05:19:23Z en-gb 86400 Digital Media Commerce Server from Media Storehouse Ltd Queen Alexandra of Denmark - portrait - queen consort of King Edward VII 1 December 1844 - 20 November 1925 > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_937854/queen-alexandra-of-denmark http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_937854/queen-alexandra-of-denmark.jpg 2008-04-18T15:59:39Z dmcs-937854 Peter The Great, Tsar Peter I of Russia, Tsar Peter I of Russia, 1672-1725. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_938141/peter-the-great-tsar http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_938141/peter-the-great-tsar.jpg 2008-04-18T16:12:28Z dmcs-938141 Kaiser Franz Josef / Franz Joseph, Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. early 20th century postcard 18 August 1830 - 21 November 1916. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_938924/kaiser-franz-josef- http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_938924/kaiser-franz-josef-.jpg 2008-04-19T11:55:28Z dmcs-938924 Inside a chancellery during Muscovite period (c. 14th-17th centuries). Illustration on postcard by S. V. Ivanov. Pre-Bolshevik revolution. Early 20th century Russia. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_939034/inside-a-chancellery-during http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_939034/inside-a-chancellery-during.jpg 2008-04-19T12:36:15Z dmcs-939034 Bismarck and Napoleon III meet at Donchery, France Origins of the Franco-Prussian War. Horses, cavalry-men, military guards of the two rulers, army. History. Painting by A. von Werner. Postcard. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_939042/bismarck-and-napoleon-iii http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_939042/bismarck-and-napoleon-iii.jpg 2008-04-19T12:41:51Z dmcs-939042 L' affaire Dreyfus. On cover of Le Petit Journal, supplnt illustr16 July 1899. Illustration by Damblans entitled 'Dreyfus et ses dnseurs' (Dreyfus and his defendants). Dreyfusards. Polemic. Zola. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940055/l-affaire-dreyfus-on http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940055/l-affaire-dreyfus-on.jpg 2008-04-21T12:07:40Z dmcs-940055 Fighting at the Vienna Reichsrat - Illustration in Le Petit Journal, supplnt illustr12 December 1897 (Scandaleuse sce au Reichsrath de Vienne). Viennese parliament. Austrian politics. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940058/fighting-at-the-vienna http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940058/fighting-at-the-vienna.jpg 2008-04-21T12:07:54Z dmcs-940058 Allied Leaders: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and General Sir Bernard Montgomery. (T:1890-1967) (E:1890-1969) (M:1887-1976) > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940114/allied-leaders-air-chief http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940114/allied-leaders-air-chief.jpg 2008-04-21T12:13:19Z dmcs-940114 Valery Chkalov, Russian pilot, relates the story of his flight to Joseph Stalin. Idealised painting showing Stalin, paternal leader with Soviet children. Chkalov's aeroplane in background. Hero of World War II talking to leader of Soviet Union. Dictator, dictatorship. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940121/valery-chkalov-russian-pilot http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940121/valery-chkalov-russian-pilot.jpg 2008-04-21T12:14:14Z dmcs-940121 Admiral of the Fleet Prince Louis of Battenberg, portrait. 24 May 1854-11 September 1921. A minor German prince who married into the British Royal Family and pursued a distinguished career in the Royal Navy. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940243/admiral-of-the-fleet http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940243/admiral-of-the-fleet.jpg 2008-04-21T12:30:03Z dmcs-940243 Catherine of / de Medici, daughter of Lorenzo Medici, married Henry II of France in 1533. Italian noblewoman / queen 13 April 1515 - 5 January 1589, Patron of arts - including Ronsard > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940278/catherine-of-de http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940278/catherine-of-de.jpg 2008-04-21T12:34:24Z dmcs-940278 Paper making in the 15th century - illustration from 'Stunde und Handwerker' by Jobst Amman. Early book production. Craft. Workshop. Craftsman > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940329/paper-making-in-the http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940329/paper-making-in-the.jpg 2008-04-21T12:41:26Z dmcs-940329 Bookbinding in the 15th century - illustration from 'Stunde und Handwerker' by Jobst Amman. Book production. Craft. Workshop. Craftsman > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940330/bookbinding-in-the-15th http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940330/bookbinding-in-the-15th.jpg 2008-04-21T12:41:34Z dmcs-940330 Nationalism in Italy- postcard depicting female personification of nation. Patriotic cause during World War I. Army in background. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940336/nationalism-in-italy-postcard http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940336/nationalism-in-italy-postcard.jpg 2008-04-21T12:42:39Z dmcs-940336 Gottfried Baron van Swieten -director of Imperial Hofbibliothek, Vienna. Profile 1734-1803. Friend of young Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940378/gottfried-baron-van-swieten http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940378/gottfried-baron-van-swieten.jpg 2008-04-21T12:50:38Z dmcs-940378 Olga Nikolayevna - portrait - Queen of Wurttemberg - 1822 - 1892 Nikolajewna > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940385/olga-nikolayevna-portrait http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940385/olga-nikolayevna-portrait.jpg 2008-04-21T12:52:17Z dmcs-940385 Russo-Japanese War - Russian patrol discovers Japanese soldiers frozen to death in 1905. News article from Le Petit Journal 12 February 1905. Caption reads 'L'hiver en Mandchourie; une patrouille russe decouvre des soldat japonais morts de froid.' Rifles. Manchuria. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940581/russo-japanese-war-russian http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940581/russo-japanese-war-russian.jpg 2008-04-21T13:26:51Z dmcs-940581 Declaration of peace in war between England and the Declaration of peace with Boers in South Africa - ecstatic crowds celebrate in Trafalgar Square - news story in Le Petit Journal 22 June 1902. Caption reads: La Paix avec Les Boers: Londres en delire. Union jack. Policemen on horses. Mounted. Flag. Flags. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940582/declaration-of-peace-in http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940582/declaration-of-peace-in.jpg 2008-04-21T13:27:06Z dmcs-940582 'The Races for those who don't go' - illustration of people in a cafatching the results of a horse race being printed on a telegraph machine. Communication developments in early 1900s. From 'L'Illustration', 15 June 1901. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940611/the-races-for-those http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940611/the-races-for-those.jpg 2008-04-21T13:31:39Z dmcs-940611 Emporer Franz Josef / Joseph I of Austria - commemoration card with a portrait and two views of Vienna. Commemorating 60 years, 1848-1908. Emperor of Austro-Hungarian Empire. 18 August 1830 - 21 November 1916. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940614/emporer-franz-josef- http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940614/emporer-franz-josef-.jpg 2008-04-21T13:32:19Z dmcs-940614 Russo-Japanese War - 1905. Convoy of wounded Russian soldiers with red cross flag being attacked by Khongouses. Le Petitt Journal of 12th March 1905 . Caption reads 'Apres la bataille'. Describes them as 1000 times crueller than the Japanese,- thought to be from Manchuria.revolvers. Spears, rifles. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940635/russo-japanese-war-1905 http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940635/russo-japanese-war-1905.jpg 2008-04-21T13:35:46Z dmcs-940635 Viennese romance - early 19th century couple drinking red wine, raising a toast in the 'Red Deer'. Schubert style. Viennese romance - early 19th century couple drinking red wine, raising a toast in the 'Red Deer'. Schubert style.Published by Wiener-Boh Verlag, Wien 1921. roses, carriage, wine glasses, dress, woman wearing long gloves. Romantic. Taken from score cover. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940686/viennese-romance-early http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940686/viennese-romance-early.jpg 2008-04-21T13:45:48Z dmcs-940686 Bull fight in Madrid, Spain with fatally injured bullfighter Espartero. Captions reads: Espartero tue par un taureau a Madrid'. From front cover of 'Le Petit Journal', Monday 11 June 1894. Bizet / Carmen connection. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940743/bull-fight-in-madrid http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_940743/bull-fight-in-madrid.jpg 2008-04-21T13:55:31Z dmcs-940743 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini shaking hands May 1938 - From travel brochure published by the Third Reich Committee for Tourist Travel, Berlin,1938. Cap reads: Two nations, personified by their Leaders, join hands. Adolf Hitler: 20 April 1889 - 30 April 1945, Benito Mussolini 29 Juli 1883 - 28 April 1945, Nazi. Nazis. Fascist. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_941008/adolf-hitler-and-benito http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_941008/adolf-hitler-and-benito.jpg 2008-04-21T14:28:04Z dmcs-941008 The Steel hand of Carslogie 'said to have been made by order of the Bruce for De Clephanes, who lost his hand in one of Bruce's battles'. Robert I, King of Scots/ Robert the Bruce: King of Scotland from 1306 until his death in 1329. > European History Copyright Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library 2008 - All Rights Reserved http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_941469/the-steel-hand-of-carslogie http://lebrecht.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_941469/the-steel-hand-of-carslogie.jpg 2008-04-21T15:41:56Z dmcs-941469