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Soudan, Fashoda conflict. Magazine Punch, 1898

How Some People Invade the Soudan. Satirical cartoon by T. Reed in the magazine Punch'. September 24, 1898. Reference to the conflict between France and Britain for colonial territories in Sudan, known as Fashoda Incident of 1898. Contrast between the expeditions of the majors Horatio Kitchener and Jean-Baptiste Marchand. Drawing. FRANCE. ΌE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Biblioth豵e des Arts D飯ratifs (Decorative Arts Library)

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Three heralds with trumpets adorned with fleur-de-lis

Three heralds with trumpets adorned with fleur-de-lis standards, 15th century. They wear small caps, short capes over short tunics, one with slashed sleeves, hose and long pointed shoes. From a manuscript copy of the Chronicles of Jean Froissart in the Bibliotheque du Roi, Paris, late 15th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Thomas Anthony Day and J.H. Dines Illustrations of Mediaeval Costume in England collected from manuscripts in the British Museum, Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris, Bosworth, London, 1853. Date:

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BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Ritual friendship dance

BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Ritual friendship dance in the indian Village Secota or Secoton. Illustration in fida tamen narratio Admiranda of commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae'. Chronicle of the expedition to Virginia of Walter Raleigh in 1585. Theodore de Bry engraving included in the series Grand Voyages or America after watercolor by John White. Frankfurt, 1590. Early Modern Era. Engraving. FRANCE. ΌE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Biblioth豵e du service historique de la Marine

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