Images Dated 4th May 2007 (page 3)

Decoration of a mechanic, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Decoration of a mechanic, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd April 1894

Parisians returning from the countryside by boat, 1894. Artist: Weber
Parisians returning from the countryside by boat, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd April 1894

The defeat of the Tuaregs, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
The defeat of the Tuaregs, 1894. The Tuareg came into conflict with the French as the French sought to bring their Saharan territory under colonial control in the 19th century

Napoleon at Tilsit, 1807 (1894). In July 1807 Napoleon met Tsar Alexander I of Russia on a raft in the River Niemen at Tilsit to negotiate a peace treaty between the empires of France and Russia

Service commemorating Joan of Arc, Notre Dame, Paris, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Service commemorating Joan of Arc, Notre Dame, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 7th May 1894

The Dragoons, Battle of Gravelotte, 18th August 1870, (1894). Scene from the battle, the largest engagement in the Franco-Prussian War. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 7th May 1894

New auxiliary post offices, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th May 1894

Underground search for anarchists, Barcelona, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th January 1894

Fire at the Opera, Paris, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Fire at the Opera, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd January 1894

Riots in Sicily, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Riots in Sicily, 1894. Troops firing on an angry mob. Labour unrest boke out in Sicily in 1894 leading to the imposition of martial law. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd January 1894

Vaccination against smallpox, Paris, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Vaccination against smallpox, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29th January 1894

New Years Day at the Russian church in Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29th January 1894

Christophe Thivrier expelled from the Chamber of Deputies, Paris, 1894. Artist: Jose Belon
Christophe Thivrier expelled from the Chamber of Deputies, Paris, 1894. A socialist deputy, Thivrier attended a session of the French National Assembly dressed in a traditional blue workers tunic

Charity of the students; the soup kitchen at Butte-aux-Cailles, Paris, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Charity of the students; the soup kitchen at Butte-aux-Cailles, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th February 1894

Children receiving New Years gifts, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Children receiving New Years gifts, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1st January 1894

The raising of the French flag at Timbuktu, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
The raising of the French flag at Timbuktu, 1894. The French began military incursions into the area in 1880. The French occupied the city of Timbuktu in 1894 in an attempt to stop the Tuareg

Our Hope for the New Year: Peace, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1st January 1894

Christmas in Russia, 1893 (1894). Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Christmas in Russia, 1893 (1894). An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8th January 1894

Jeanne Hachette, French heroine, 1894. Artist: Paul Merwart
Jeanne Hachette, French heroine, 1894. Jeanne Hachette is remembered for her act of heroism on 27th June 1472, when she saved the town of Beauvais when it was on the point of being taken by

The laying of wreaths by students at the statue of Joan of Arc, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 19th February 1894

Proclamation of the new King of Dahomey, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Proclamation of the new King of Dahomey, 1894. Between 1892 and 1894 the previously independent kingdom of Dahomey was conquered by French troops from Senegal

Death of Sergeant Bauchat, Rue de Reuilly, Paris, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Death of Sergeant Bauchat, Rue de Reuilly, Paris, 1894. Gaston Bauchat was a Sergeant in the Paris fire brigade who was killed in an explosion on 11th February 1894

Arrest of the Cafe Terminus bomber, Paris, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Arrest of the Cafe Terminus bomber, Paris, 1894. Police apprehending Emile Henry, an anarchist who expoded a bomb at the Cafe Terminus near the Gare St Lazare on 12th February 1894

La Belle Otero, Spanish born dancer, actress and courtesan, 1894. Carolina Otero, la Belle Otero born Agustina Otero Iglesias (1868-1965)

People stranded on ice floes, Finland, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th March 1894

Defeat for the British in Africa, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Defeat for the British in Africa, 1894. Fighting between Africans and British sailors. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 12th March 1894

Joaquin Chapapietra and Torregrosa (1871-1951), Spanish politician, reproduction of a photo

Alfred Dreyfus in Prison, 1895. Dreyfus (c1859-1935) was a French army officer of Jewish extraction wrongly accused of handing secret documents to a German agent

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

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