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Capitulation at Ulm, 20 October 1805
French Emperor Napoleon I (r.1804-1815) accepts the surrender of an Austrian army under General Mack on 20 October 1805, after the Ulm Campaign. Oil on canvas painting by René Théodore Berthon, c. 1805-1810. Palace...
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Battle of Ushant, 1778
Battle of Ushant between British and French fleets on 27 July 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. Oil on canvas painting by Théodore Gudin, 1839.
Museum of the History of France, Versailles.
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Thaddeus Stevens at Johnson's Impeachment
A version of an illustration published in Harper's Weekly depecting Thaddeus Stevens speaking at the impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson. By Theodore Russel Davis, 21 March 1868.
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Sir Gordon Drummond
Sir Gordon Drummond, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada during the War of 1812, and the Governor General of Canada from 1815 to 1816, portrait by George Theodore Berthon, c. 1882.
Archives of Ontario.
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Sir Isaac Brock
Posthumous portrait of Major General Sir Isaac Brock (1769-1812), oil on canvas by George Theodore Berthon, 1883.
Provincial Archives of Ontario.
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Tehran Conference Dinner, 1943
A photograph of the President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), British prime minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), and leader of the USSR Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), having dinner at the Tehran...
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The New Deal 1933-1939
A gouache on paper painting titled The New Deal 1933-1939 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. President Franklin Roosevelt holds a "We do our part" National Recovery...
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Yalta 1945
A gouache on paper painting titled Yalta 1945 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. The Yalta conference, February 1945. The big three: Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt, posing...
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Pieces of Eight from the Whydah
A quantity of silver pieces of eight taken from the Whydah shipwreck. The ship was captained by the pirate Samuel Bellamy, aka ‘Black Sam’ Bellamy, who died in the wreck off Cape Cod in 1717. The wreck was re-discovered...
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George Washington - Father of His Country
George Washington (1732-1799) was an American military officer and statesman who led the Continental Army to victory during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) and served as the first president of the...