Images Dated 4th May 2007 (page 2)

Anti-German allegory, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Anti-German allegory, 1895. A vision of Napoleon appears to a shocked gathering of German army officers. Political tension between France and Germany led to fears of war in the mid 1890s

Explosion of a letter bomb sent to Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
Explosion of a letter bomb sent to Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, 1895. In August 1895 the chief clerk of Rothschild Freres bank was seriously injured when he opened a latter bomb intended to

Prohibition of bullfighting in the south of France, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Prohibition of bullfighting in the south of France, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th September 1895

The Lord Mayor of London visiting Bordeaux, France, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
The Lord Mayor of London visiting Bordeaux, France, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th September 1895

Heatwave in Paris, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
Heatwave in Paris, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd September 1895

Lion attack, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Lion attack, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29th September 1895

Balloon explosion in Hal, Belgium, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Balloon explosion in Hal, Belgium, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29th September 1895

King Leopold II of Belgium and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, 1895. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
King Leopold II of Belgium and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th October 1895

Gendarme and Poacher, Beziers, France, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Gendarme and Poacher, Beziers, France, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th March 1895

In the Barracks, Preparation for Manoeuvres in the Snow, 1895. Artist: Frederic Lix
In the Barracks, Preparation for Manoeuvres in the Snow, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 17th March 1895

The departure of French troops to Madagascar, Paris, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
The departure of French troops to Madagascar, Paris, 1895. France invaded Madagascar in 1883 in what became known as the first Franco-Hova War (Hova being the name of the islands Merina aristocrats)

The new wildcat house at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 1895. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
The new wildcat house at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 1895. People queuing to look at captive tigers. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st March 1895

The Race of the Wooden Legs, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Race of the Wooden Legs, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th March 1895

Each Age has its Pleasures, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 17th November 1895

The opera Panurge, at the Theatre de la Gaite, Paris, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
The opera Panurge, at the Theatre de la Gaite, Paris, 1895. A performance of the opera by Jules Massanet. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 28th December 1895

Le Mont-de-Piete, (1895). An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th December 1895

General Davout, Grand Chancellor of the Legion d Honneur, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
General Davout, Grand Chancellor of the Legion d Honneur, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd December 1895

At the Barber s, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
At the Barber s, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 26th May 1895

The gate of Shanghai, China, Sino-Japanese War, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
The gate of Shanghai, China, Sino-Japanese War, 1895. The First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) was a war fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan over the control of Korea

Arrival of General Tchertkoff (Chertkov), Russian ambassador to France, Paris, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th January 1895

Fight on a barge, 1902. Two French gendarmes and three men fighting on board a boat. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th January 1895

French Ambassador Gerard before the Guangxu Emperor of China, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
French Ambassador Gerard before the Guangxu Emperor of China, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 20th January 1895

The French Minister for War giving a military decoration, 1894. Artist: Jose Belon
The French Minister for War giving a military decoration, 1894. General Auguste Mercier pinning a medal on a wounded soldier swathed in bandages in a hospital bed

The rescue of two French soldiers after an avalanche, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th May 1894

Death of General Ferron, 1894. Ferron was French Minister of War from May to December 1887. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21th May 1894

The Triple Alliance, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, 1894. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Triple Alliance, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, 1894. Since 1887 the Germans, Austrians and Italians had been engaged in an alliance hostile to France

Ball celebrating a century of the polytechnic school, Trocadero, Paris, 1894. The first of the officer training schools in France was the Ecole Polytechnique (Polytechnic School)

Six anarchists executed in Barcelona, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th June 1894

Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, on a visit to France, 1894. Artist: Jose Belon
Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, on a visit to France, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 19th March 1894

Paris at six o clock in the morning, 1895. Parisians at a coffee stall. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th July 1895

Assasination of Stefan Stambulov, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Assasination of Stefan Stambulov, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1895. A revolutionary and politician, Stambulov (1854-1895) was a popular figure regarded as one of the principal founders of the modern nation of

A French captive, Tonkin, Vietnam, 1895. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
A French captive, Tonkin, Vietnam, 1895. France assumed control of Vietnam after the Franco-Chinese War of 1884-1885 and divided the territiory into three sections, Tonkin bein gthe northernmost

French General Saussier and Russian General Dragomirov, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
French General Saussier and Russian General Dragomirov, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8th September 1895

General de Negrier, inspector-general of the French army, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
General de Negrier, inspector-general of the French army, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th March 1895

A Tragic Duel: The Death of Monsieur Harry Alis, 1895. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
A Tragic Duel: The Death of Monsieur Harry Alis, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 17th March 1895

Admiral Gervais in front of the investigation board, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
Admiral Gervais in front of the investigation board, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th December 1895

General Zede, military governor of Lyon, France, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
General Zede, military governor of Lyon, France, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29th December 1895

The Patriot, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
The Patriot, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 13th January 1895

Felicite and Theophile de Fernig, French heroines, 1792, (1894). Artist: Frederic Lix
Felicite and Theophile de Fernig, French heroines, 1792, (1894). The daughters of General Louis Joseph de Fernig, Felicite and Theophile were enrolled in the National Guard in 1792

Illustration for Louis Henri Boussenard and Henri Makins book Orphelin, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Illustration for Louis Henri Boussenard and Henri Makins book Orphelin, 1894. From Le Petit Journal, 14th May 1894

Sibyl Sanderson and Delmas in Jules Massenets opera Thais, Paris, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Sibyl Sanderson and Delmas in Jules Massenets opera Thais, Paris, 1894. Born in Sacramento, California, Sybil Sanderson (1865-1903) was a famous operatic soprano in Paris during the Belle Epoque

Death of the anarchist Jean Pauwels in the Church of la Madeleine, Paris, 1894. Pauwels was killed when the bomb he was carrying in his pocket detonated

Centenary of the Polytechnic School, Paris, 1894. The first of the officer training schools in France was the Ecole Polytechnique (Polytechnic School) founded in Paris in 1794

Caricatures from the legend of Faust, 1894. Faust or Faustus is the protagonist of a popular German legend in which a mediaeval scholar makes a pact with the Devil

Mehariste corps, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Mehariste corps, 1894. Mehariste is a French word that roughly translates as camel cavalry. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 2nd April 1894

Funeral of Lajos Kossuth, Budapest, 21st March 1894. Artist: Paul Merwart
Funeral of Lajos Kossuth, Budapest, 21st March 1894. Lajos Louis Kossuth (1802-1894) was a Hungarian lawyer, politician who became Regent-President of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1849 as it sought to

Easter in Russia, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 9th April 1894

First communicant, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
First communicant, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th April 1894

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