Historic Political Assemblies

Depicts various historic political gatherings, including revolutions and parliamentary sessions. The scenes are filled with people, formal settings, and a serious atmosphere.

Austria's First Parliament - Delegates from all the Hapsburg Lands gather in Vienna in 1848

THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION IN NEW YORK

Austria's First Parliament - Delegates from all the Hapsburg Lands gather in Vienna in 1848

PENNSYLVANIA

N ° 161. Proclamation of representatives of the people elected in Paris. (IT)

French Revolution: Plate 3 of the Taferelelen van de Staatsomwemening in Frankrijk (1794-1807), the oath of the game of palm, present room of the game of Paume, 1 rue du Paume Paume, Versailles, with a view to the constitution of the National Assembly, June 20, 1789. (TF)

TRIAL OF THE FENIANS AT MANCHESTER

Reception of the Duke d'Aumale at the French Academy, Thursday, April 3, 1873.

The commune of Paris has a sword and a civic crown at C. J. Nesham, English. / January 15, 1790. (IT)

Great mass meeting endorsing the South Carolina legislature's formation of a state convention on secession from the Union. The crowd met in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday, Nov. 12, 1860, just days after Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election (BSLOC_2018_6_12)

Meeting of deputies, called the left center, in the workshops of M.Nadar. (IT)

SPEAKER MACKEY SWEARING IN THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS IN THE LEGISLATURE HOUSE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ENGRAVING 1876, US, USA, America, United States

Paris. A meeting of the Municipal Council. 1889

GREAT REPEAL MEETING, IN WASHINGTON HALL.

GOBIERNO PROVISIONAL. ESPAÑA 1869. " APERTURA DE LAS CORTES CONSTITUYENTES EL 11 DE FEBRERO " SE NOMBRO REGENTE AL GENERAL FRANCISCO SERRANO. GRABADO DE L ¿ILLUSTRATION.

Reading of Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

OPENING OF THE CAPE PARLIAMENT, IN THE STATE ROOM, CAPE TOWN, 1854, SOUTH AFRICA

Visit of the Children's Hospital found by King Louis XVI, Queen Marie-Antoinette and the Dolphin at the out of the Mass given to Notre-Dame, Current Place du Parvis-Notre-Dame, Ile-de-la-Cité, 4th arrondissement. Extract from the Paris Revolutions Journal. Anonymous. Event of February 10, 1790. "Visit of the Children's Hospital found by King Louis XVI, Queen Marie-Antoinette and the Dolphin at the out of the Mass given to Notre-Dame, Current Place du Parvis-Notre-Dame, Island -from the city". Paris (IVEM ARR.). Extract from the Paris Revolutions Journal. Forte, 1790.

The Reform Bill of 1832 being introduced by Lord John Russell, England.

. A deputation consisting of Kolonel Isaak van Goudoever, Pieter Wingsmond and Hendrik van Blomberg from the garnal goals to Mayor Hendrik Hooft Danielsz. With the request on behalf of the bourgeoisie of Amsterdam to the remotion of nine councilors, at night from 20 to April 21, 1787.

Print at the top right labeled: fol: 93.

Societe Geograpique de Londres, Geographical Society of London, Presentation of the Description of Doctor Livingstone's Journey through the Interior of Africa, 1865, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Spain (1869). Opening of the Constitutional Assembly (11st February of 1869) after the fall of Isabel II. Etching.

The provisional government of the French Republic from Illustrated Zeitung No, Leipzig, April , Unknown

''Voting at the London County Council; Lord Roseberry counting the show of hands--The "Ayes" have it', 1890.

Audiences flock to a bookstore to buy the latest novel by Adolphe Chenu, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 366, Volume XV, March 2, 1850.

Festbal in Gothenburg's stock market hall on November 4, 1862 in connection with the inauguration of the Western main line.

The return of the National Assembly. Session of November 13, 1872 (...) (TF)

CHARLES DICKENS Giving an address at the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution, in 1844 Date: 1812 - 1870

M. BERGER, PREFECT OF THE SEINE, PROCLAIMING THE VOTES FOR THE EMPIRE TO THE MAYORS OF THE ARRONDISSEMENTS

Alexandra Palace is opened to a fanfare of trumpets. 1873

THE NEW HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, 1883: INTERIOR

Democratic convention in session at Charleston, South Carolina, April 23-May 3, 1860. It adjourned without choosing candidates for President and Vice President, but scheduled a second convention in Baltimore, Maryland, for June 18-23, 1860 (BSLOC_2018_6_8)

The Division Lobby, House of Commons: Taking the Votes, 1857. '...the recording of the votes of members of the House decides every question of policy and administration...a two-minute glass is turned by one of the clerks in order to give time to members dispersed all over the purlieus of the House...to come in, and notice is given to them by the ringing of bells all over the building, which is effected simultaneously by means of electricity...The Speaker...then gives the direction, "The 'ayes' to the right, the 'noes' to the left," and the former file out of the door at the back of t

THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON The high court of impeachment in session at the Senate, Washington. Date: 23 March 1868

The Colored National Convention held at Nashville, April 5, 6, and 7.. Prints. 1876-05-06. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Politics and government, Nashville (Tenn.), Colored National Convention

Election to Parliament in London, Parliament of England, 1869, England, Parliament of England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century template, exact original date not known

The opening ceremony of the Birmingham Central Free Library Date: 1865

Feast offered at Mr. Le Mal. of Mac Mahon, Duke de Magenta, President of the Republic by Trade Paris, March 9, 1874, at the Tribunal Palace. (IT)

Portada del periódico The Graphic, editado en Londres, mayo de 1875.

Abandonment of privileges. National Assembly chaired by Mr. Chapelier and gathered at Versailles at night from August 4th to 5th, 1789, Planche # 4 of the main days of the Revolution. (TF)

THE EXTENSION OF THE NATAL RAILWAY TO CHARLESTOWN

Petition for the abollition of Death penalty (TS)

Solemn opening of the Constitutional court, February 11, 1869, Madrid, Spain, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1357, Volume LIII, February 27, 1869.

The handing over the ratification of the Munster Peace, 1648; Early zy God in the highest heavens, and the feather of the Aerden. Leaf with different performances of the events around Closing the Peace of Munster. Central to the exchange of ratification in the ferseal of the Munster town hall between the State and Spanish delegated Antoine Brun and the count of Peñaranda. On the left the state delegates sitting around a table. At the bottom right the names of the negotiators. For the central show there are six smaller scenes of earlier and later moments: the arrival of the delegates, the peace negotiations, the publication of peace and the salvoschites in Munster. Each performance is supervised by a verse of 4 lines. At the bottom of 4 verses of 8 rules in Dutch.

Announcing the election results at the Hotel-de-Ville, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1371, Volume LIII, June 3, 1869.

The election of the President of the French Republic in 1879, from L'Illustration, February 16, 1879.

Representation of the lottery to Paris in the Town Hall for the extinction of state notes. (IT)

Mitting catalanista. Grabado. Siglo XIX.

The Shah of Persia (Iran) at Liverpool UK in 1873

Adoption of the Constitution of 3 May 1791. Łęski, Józef Franciszek (1760-1825), graphic artist, Norblin de la Gourdaine, Jean Pierre (1745-1830), draughtsman, cartoonist

Societe Geograpique de Londres, Geographical Society of London, Presentation of the Description of Doctor Livingstone's Journey through the Interior o...

Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877). French statesman and historian. Second elected President of France, and the first President of the French Third Republic. Thiers in the Chamber of Deputies on June 6th, 1877 as a responsible for liberating French territory from the Germans.

The House of Deputies' Survey Board. - Appearance by Mr. Wilson. (IT)

Regular meeting of the States of Languedoc, 1704, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869.

World Exhibition. The distribution of rewards at the Palace of Industry on 29 September. The parade of foreign groups.

First Spanish Republic.1873 - 1874. Proclamation of the Republic by the National Assembly. 1873-02-11. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana.

. As a Governance of Prince William V, Princess Anna van Hanover takes session in the Meeting of the States General, December 21, 1752.

A meeting at Exeter Hall on the abolition of the slave trade. Engraving by H. Melville after T.H. Shepherd, ca. 1841.

MARIA CRISTINA DE HABSBURGO. REINA DE ESPAÑA . 1858 - 1929. SE CASO CON ALFONSO XII EN EL AÑO 1879. " LA REINA JURA FIDELIDAD A LAS LEYES DEL REINO ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA. 30 - 12 - 1886.

JUSTICE WILLIAMS, BARON GURNEY, JUSTICE MAULE

The Common Council chamber Date: 1844

The New Empire of Germany, The President of the North German Federal Assembly The Address to the King of Prussia at Versailles, The speech in Versailles from The Illustrated London News, Unknown

Travel of the King of Spain-Gala Representation given to the Opera - The Honor's Lodge (IT)

Illustration showing Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil (1830-1903), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, English Conservative Statesman, addressing a meeting in the Guildhall, Londonderry, 1893. On the death of Disraeli in 1881, Salisbury had become leader of the Conservative party and was British Prime Minister several times in the 1880's and 90's. Date: 1893

King Willem III in Rotterdam, 1874, 1874 Leaf with two performances of the King's visit to Rotterdam on May 21, 1874. Above the parade for the king, under a festive meal in the goals. Illustration in a copy of the memorial book of the Festivities in May 1874 on the occasion of the 25-year anniversary of King William III. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhem paper Rotterdam. Goals Leaf with two performances of the King's visit to Rotterdam on May 21, 1874. Above the parade for the king, under a festive meal in the goals. Illustration in a copy of the memorial book of the Festivities in May 1874 on the occasion of the 25-year anniversary of King William III. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhem paper Rotterdam. Goals

ESCENA DEL PROCESO DE RULL - 1908. Author: BORREL J.

PANAMA SCANDAL Trial of the accused

RHODE ISLAND

Barcelona. Revolución de 1868. Congreso de obreros celebrado el 20 de junio de 1870. Grabado de 1870.

HISTORIA DE FRANCIA. REVOLUCION FRANCESA. 1789 - 1799. PRIMERA SESION DEL INSTITUTO NACIONAL EL 4 DE ABRIL DE 1795. GRABADO. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

THE PROPOSED PURCHASE OF PARLIAMENT HILL, HAMPSTEAD, AND THE ADJACENT FIELDS BY THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS: INTERIOR OF THE MARQUEE, MR. SHAW-LEFEVRE SPEAKING. PARLIAMENT HILL AND THE GROUND WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO PURCHASE (TOP RIGHT IMAGE)

Opening of the States General in Versailles, 5 May 1789, Isidore Stanislas Henri Helman, After Charles Monnet, 1793 print print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Parispublisher: Paris paper etching symbols of the state (in general). meeting, assembly Versailles

THE MAAMTRASNA MASSACRE

Vote of confidence in the Government in the Parliament, Sofia, Bulgaria, drawing by Gennaro Amato (1857-1947) from a sketch by Eduardo Ximenes (1852-1932), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXV, No 43, October 25, 1908.

Madrid, Spain. Banquet of the political party 'Union Conservadora', held on January 28, 1898 at the theatre of the Buen Retiro Gardens. Drawing from life by Comba. Photoengraving by Laporta. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898.

New Years map of Stierböcks Caffehaus Kaffeehaus in Vienna in Leopoldstadt, Unknown

Scene of the riot. Astor Place Riot, May 10, 1849.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Astor Place Opera House, Riots , New York (State) , New York, Astor Place Riot, New York, N.Y., 1849

The handing over the ratification of the Munster Peace, 1648; Early zy God in the highest heavens, and the feather of the Aerden. Leaf with different performances of the events around Closing the Peace of Munster. Central to the exchange of ratification in the ferseal of the Munster town hall between the State and Spanish delegated Antoine Brun and the count of Peñaranda. On the left the state delegates sitting around a table. At the bottom right the names of the negotiators. For the central show there are six smaller scenes of earlier and later moments: the arrival of the delegates, the peace negotiations, the publication of peace and the salvoschites in Munster. Each performance is supervised by a verse of 4 lines. At the bottom of 4 verses of 8 rules in Dutch.

The Microcosm of London, Vol. I Various artists/makers 1808-11

'"Meeting of the State Council in 1884"'. Russia, 1885. Dimensions: 35,3x52,3 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: MIHALY VON ZICHY.

Nobles renounce their privileges Date: 4 August 1789

Provisional Government Meeting Fair at the Hotel-de-Ville. (IT)

THE LAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION: THE PRINCE OF WALES DECLARING THE EXHIBITION CLOSED, UK, 1883

Peace of Breda, 1667, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1667 print Peace of Breda, July 31, 1667, which ended the Second English War. Central representation of sworn in the peace treaty, around six smaller representations of the events prior to and after the ceremony. Above and below the arrival and departure of the English ambassadors. On the sides the proclamation and the celebration of peace. Under the central scene De Legenda A-I, there are also legends under the smaller scenes on the sides. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching signing of peace treaty, concluding the peace. festivities on events of national importance Breda

THE EASTERN QUESTION: A MINISTERIAL COUNCIL AT CONSTANTINOPLE, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, 1876

Theater of the war (page XXII), 1721, 1741 - 1769 print Leaf with nine performances of events from the year 1721. Inscriptions in the performance in Dutch and Latin. Plate 21 in the print work with the bundled series of 33 plates with performances (the most part divided into 9 smaller scenes) of events from the 1700-1727 of the Spanish Succession War and the years thereafter, cards and maps. print maker: Amsterdamafter design by: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdam paper etching deathbed. confinement, birth. coronation of a ruler. audition; ruler giving audience. signing of peace treaty, concluding the peace

The Rheinbund

Northern Netherlands, Meeting of the Patriots in the Burgerzaal in the Cloveniers Doelen in Amsterdam, in August 1748, Meeting of the Doelists in the Kloveniersdoelen, 1748, verso - stamped, Meeting of the patriots (Doelisten) during the public meetings in the Kloveniersdoelen in Amsterdam, 7 and 9 August 1748., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historical Plates, height 153 mm, width 244 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1748 - 1748, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Proclamation of the King of Prussia, Wilhelm I, or William I, 1797-1888, from the House of Hohenzollern, as German Emperor, German Empire, 18 January 1971, imperial proclamation in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, Paris, France, Europe

Treaty of Versailles is finalised by delegates to the peace conference June 1919

Nuremberg, Klaj, Johann, Heberlein, Leonhard, Germany, Kohl, Andreas, Abbildung der bey der völlig-geschlossenen Friedens-Unterschreibung contenten Session, in Nürnberg den 26. 16. June 1650, The conclusion of the final negotiations on the Westphalian Peace in Nuremberg, 1650, verso - stamped, The closing of the final negotiations on the Peace of Westphalia at Nuremberg, June 1650. The negotiators in the hall around a table. Below the print a text sheet with a verse in two columns and a list of the names of those present 1-44., print, prints, foreign history, height 578 mm, width 377 mm, German, 1624-12-31 - 1657-01-05, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1650, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1584-11-26 - 1656-01-27, after a design by, poet

Presenting the deeds & records of Fall River, Rhode Island, to the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, 1862 , Boundaries, Rites & ceremonies. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Event at the University of Madrid, Castelar, Fernando Castro and the other professors are ceremoniously reinstated to their chairs, 1869, Spain, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century print, exact original date unknown, Europe

Congress of Berlin Date: June 1878

Madrid, Spain. Banquet of the political party "Unión Conservadora", held on January 28, 1898 at the theatre of the Buen Retiro Gardens. Drawing from life by Comba. Photoengraving by Laporta. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898. Author: Juan Comba García (1852-1924). Spanish painter and illustrator.

ENTRADA DE LAS TROPAS EN EL SALON DE SESIONES DEL CONGRESO EL 3 DE ENERO DE 1874 - LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA. Author: GASTON MARICHAL (S. XIX). Location: SENADO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. GENERAL MANUEL PAVIA RODRIGUEZ (1827-1895).

The New York Young Men's Christian Association, 1869-12-11, New York City., 1869-12-11

AN EXACT DISCRIPTION of the CITY HOUSE / of Utrecht Where the TREATYof PEACE & COMMERCE is Signed

Trial of the anarchists for the events of May 1, 1891 in Rome, from Italian Illustration. Italy, 19th century.

Engraving showing a number of scenes associated with the Salters' Company, one of the London City Guilds, 1884. Date: 19 July 1884

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