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The Third Estate, the clergy and the nobility shouldering the national debt. French Revolution. Engraving; 1789.
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The Third Estate, the clergy and the nobility shouldering the national debt. Fre...

France (symbolized by a globe) is carried by the Third Estate with nobility and clergy on either side. The beehive represents the three united orders. French Revolution. Engraving; 1789.
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France (symbolized by a globe) is carried by the Third Estate with nobility and...

"The Zenith of French Glory - the Pinnacle of Liberty.(Louis XVI) Religion, Justice, Loyalty and all the Bugbears of Unenlightend Minds, Farewell!" by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey on February 12, 1793. Etching; 354 x 250 mm.
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"The Zenith of French Glory - the Pinnacle of Liberty.(Louis XVI) Religion, Just...

Audience of Christopher Columbus before King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the "Catholic" rulers, in Santa Fe near Granada.
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Audience of Christopher Columbus before King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the "...

Setting for Niccolò Paganini's ballet "Il Noce di Benevento". - "The Witches' Tree". Etching; 1780.
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Setting for Niccolò Paganini's ballet "Il Noce di Benevento". - "The Witches' Tr...

View of the Royal Court Opera (Unter den Linden), Berlin, 1778. Designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff in the Prussian classical style and erected between 1741 and 1743 as a Court Opera House for Frederick the Great, it was the first building to be constructed on the square that came to be known as the Forum Fridericianum. Engraving; 1778.
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View of the Royal Court Opera (Unter den Linden), Berlin, 1778. Designed by Geor...

Interior of Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Engraving, 18th century.
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Interior of Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Engraving, 18th century.

Fortress with crenellated walls and defenders. Engraving on a bronze quiver with bow and arrows, influenced by Assyrian art, from Luristan, Iran.
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Fortress with crenellated walls and defenders. Engraving on a bronze qu...

Fortress with crenellated walls and a defender. Engraving on a bronze quiver with bow and arrows, influenced by Assyrian art, from Luristan, Iran. Detail of 08-02-03/50
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Fortress with crenellated walls and a defender. Engraving on a bronze qu...

Helena and Menelaos. Etruscan mirror (4th BCE), reverse side. Townley Collection Cat. 712
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Helena and Menelaos. Etruscan mirror (4th BCE), reverse side....

Prince Anton Esterhazy (1738-1794), patron of composer Joseph Haydn. Painted by Louis Tocque 1758. Engraving by Georg Friedrich Schmidt 1759. Inv.81.784.
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Prince Anton Esterhazy (1738-1794), patron of composer Joseph Haydn. Painted by...

Prince Nikolaus II Esterhazy (1765-1833), patron of Joseph Haydn. NB 503.435
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Prince Nikolaus II Esterhazy (1765-1833), patron of Joseph Haydn. NB 503.435