Modern History Of Nations Collection

Portrait of a young japanese woman in traditional clothes. The young woman is playing the koto kneeling on the ground; on her right a stove, on which a kettle, a tea pot and a cup are placed

Portrait of a young japanese woman putting on her make-up Japan. Date of Photograph:1865-1870

Chinese Pagoda
3567225 Chinese Pagoda by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: China 1900-1905 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": French colonial building
3562534 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": French colonial building by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Cochinchine (today region of Mekong Delta and South-East)

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": huts and piles along the Mekong River
3562518 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": huts and piles along the Mekong River by Unknown photographer

English group posing
3561817 English group posing by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: China 1890-1900 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": French colonial building
3562537 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": French colonial building by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Cochinchine (today region of Mekong Delta and South-East)

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": boats, huts and homes along the Mekong River
3562522 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": boats, huts and homes along the Mekong River by Unknown photographer

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": huts among the palm trees
3562517 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": huts among the palm trees by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Cochinchine (today region of Mekong Delta and South-East)

Album "Visit to Hong Kong of his royal highness the Duke of Edinburgh - 1869": home of the British government
3570732 Album "Visit to Hong Kong of his royal highness the Duke of Edinburgh - 1869": home of the British government; (add.info.: Hong Kong, China 1869 Photographer: Thomson)

Album "Visit to Hong Kong of his royal highness the Duke of Edinburgh - 1869"
3570730 Album "Visit to Hong Kong of his royal highness the Duke of Edinburgh - 1869": lanterns for lighting in the Queen's Road in Hong Kong; (add.info.: Hong Kong)

Monument at Camillo Benso, count of Cavour, in Turin
3558288 Monument at Camillo Benso, count of Cavour, in Turin by Fratelli Alinari (fl.1854-1920); (add.info.: Artist: Dupre, Giovanni Date of Artwork: 1872 Location: Turin Photographer: Alinari)

Monumento to Amedeo VI of Savoia, called the green count, by Pelagio Palagi in Turin
3558286 Monumento to Amedeo VI of Savoia, called the green count, by Pelagio Palagi in Turin by Fratelli Alinari (fl.1854-1920); (add.info.: Artist: Palagi)

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": a Vietnamese family near their home
3562529 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": a Vietnamese family near their home, 1890 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info)

A soldier in uniform portrayed opposite to a decorated entrance door of a munumental building in am Indian city
3568655 A soldier in uniform portrayed opposite to a decorated entrance door of a munumental building in am Indian city, 1960 (print on double-weight paper) by Unknown photographer

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": the Mekong River
3562542 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": the Mekong River by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Cochinchine (today region of Mekong Delta and South-East)

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": French colonial building
3562533 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": French colonial building by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Cochinchine (today region of Mekong Delta and South-East)

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": boats, huts and piles along the Mekong River
3562519 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": boats, huts and piles along the Mekong River by Unknown photographer

Half-length portrait of an actor in the role of Henry VIII
3562443 Half-length portrait of an actor in the role of Henry VIII by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: 1880-1890 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Portrait of a woman with a child on a rocking horse
3561812 Portrait of a woman with a child on a rocking horse by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: China 1890-1900 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Outside of an English manor house in colonial style in China
3561818 Outside of an English manor house in colonial style in China by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: China 1890-1900 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives

Portrait of a Chinese family
3561814 Portrait of a Chinese family by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: China 1890-1900 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte sculpted by Luigi and Francesco Righetti, from Antonio Canova's model
3559846 Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte sculpted by Luigi and Francesco Righetti, from Antonio Canova's model. The work is found in the courtyard of the Brera Palace in Milan.; (add.info.: Artist)

Basseterre, Saint Cristopher, Island of the Lesser Antilles, territory of the Great Britain until 1983
3563207 Basseterre, Saint Cristopher, Island of the Lesser Antilles, territory of the Great Britain until 1983 by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Saint Cristopher, Basseterre)

Album "Visit to Hong Kong of his royal highness the Duke of Edinburgh - 1869"
3570731 Album "Visit to Hong Kong of his royal highness the Duke of Edinburgh - 1869": lanterns for lighting in the Chinese Street in Hong Kong; (add.info.: Hong Kong)

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": French colonial building
3562538 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": French colonial building by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Cochinchine (today region of Mekong Delta and South-East)

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": buildings and boats along the Mekong River
3562527 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": buildings and boats along the Mekong River by Unknown photographer

English group photographed in front of the entrance to his villa in China
3561816 English group photographed in front of the entrance to his villa in China by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: China 1890-1900 Photographer)

Album "Nederlandsch Indische Houtaankap Maatschappij - Legno Teak di Giava presentato dalla Ditta A. Rapetti & C
3562936 Album "Nederlandsch Indische Houtaankap Maatschappij - Legno Teak di Giava presentato dalla Ditta A. Rapetti & C

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": Vietnamese hut
3562546 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": Vietnamese hut by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Cochinchine (today region of Mekong Delta and South-East)

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": woods near the Mekong River
3562543 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": woods near the Mekong River by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info)

Album "J. D.": Cine-Cochin (Cochin), home societal French merchant named "Messageries Imperiales"
3563074 Album "J. D.": Cine-Cochin (Cochin), home societal French merchant named "Messageries Imperiales" in Saigon by Unknown photographer

Album "Visit to Hong Kong of his royal highness the Duke of Edinburgh - 1869": view of the port of Hong Kong
3570733 Album "Visit to Hong Kong of his royal highness the Duke of Edinburgh - 1869": view of the port of Hong Kong; (add.info.: Hong Kong, China 1869 Photographer: Thomson)

Portrait of Emilio Castelar, Spanish historian and politician, 1875 (print on double-weight paper)
3575949 Portrait of Emilio Castelar, Spanish historian and politician, 1875 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Spain 1875 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Basseterre, Saint Cristopher, Island of the Lesser Antilles, territory of the Great Britain until 1983
3563206 Basseterre, Saint Cristopher, Island of the Lesser Antilles, territory of the Great Britain until 1983 by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Saint Cristopher, Basseterre)

Basseterre, Saint Cristopher, Island of the Lesser Antilles, territory of the Great Britain until 1983
3563205 Basseterre, Saint Cristopher, Island of the Lesser Antilles, territory of the Great Britain until 1983 by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Saint Cristopher, Basseterre)

Charlestown, Nevis, Island of the Lesser Antilles, territory of the Great Britain until 1983
3563204 Charlestown, Nevis, Island of the Lesser Antilles, territory of the Great Britain until 1983 by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Nevis, Charlestown)

Native American chief, 1890 (print on double-weight paper)
3562706 Native American chief, 1890 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: United States 1890 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Monument to Emanuele Filiberto, work by Carlo Marocchetti, in Turin
3558285 Monument to Emanuele Filiberto, work by Carlo Marocchetti, in Turin by Fratelli Alinari (fl.1854-1920); (add.info.: Artist: Marocchetti)

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": Vietnamese cart in a forest, 1890 (print on double-weight paper)
3562541 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": Vietnamese cart in a forest, 1890 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Cochinchine (today region of Mekong Delta and South-East)

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": huts along a canal
3562544 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": huts along a canal by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Cochinchine (today region of Mekong Delta and South-East)

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": buildings and the French colonial army
3562526 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": buildings and the French colonial army and soldiers along the Mekong River by Unknown photographer

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": boats and homes along the Mekong River
3562525 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": boats and homes along the Mekong River by Unknown photographer

Crowd attends a horse race in China
3561815 Crowd attends a horse race in China by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: China 1890-1900 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Portrait of a British family in the garden of his villa in China
3561813 Portrait of a British family in the garden of his villa in China by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: China 1890-1900 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives

Album "Nederlandsch Indische Houtaankap Maatschappij - Legno Teak di Giava presentato dalla Ditta A. Rapetti & C
3562935 Album "Nederlandsch Indische Houtaankap Maatschappij - Legno Teak di Giava presentato dalla Ditta A. Rapetti & C

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": Vietnamese hut surrounded by palm trees
3562547 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": Vietnamese hut surrounded by palm trees by Unknown photographer

Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": huts of a Vietnamese village
3562540 Album "Cochinchine - Vues de l Interieur": huts of a Vietnamese village by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info)

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The modern history of nations is a fascinating tapestry woven with the threads of governance, culture, and identity. Through the lens of historical engravings and portraits, we catch glimpses of the intricate landscapes that shaped these nations. In one engraving by G. Zuliani from Antonio Zatta's "Newest Atlas, " we are transported to Lorraine, Barr, and Alsace. These regions bear witness to centuries of shifting borders and political dynamics. Another captivating portrait captures Ercole d'Este on a medal's recto side. This depiction offers us a glimpse into the lives and legacies of influential figures who left their mark on history. Paolina Borghese graces us with her presence in another exquisite detail from an artwork. Her shoulders delicately frame her hand as it grazes her hair at the back of her neck—a moment frozen in time that speaks volumes about elegance and beauty. An ivory medallion presents Violante di Baviera's countenance—an intimate portrayal that immortalizes an individual whose story may have otherwise been forgotten. Moving across geographical boundaries, we encounter Dauphin, Provence, County Venaissin, and Principate Orange through yet another engraving by G. Zuliani. These divisions within France reveal layers upon layers of regional identities coexisting within a larger nation-state framework. Venturing further into Spain and Portugal divided into provinces—each region bearing its unique cultural heritage—we witness how diverse territories come together under one banner while retaining their distinct flavors. Catalonia beckons our attention next—the Kingdoms of Aragon and Alta Navarra standing proudly alongside it—reminding us that unity can be found amidst diversity when shared histories intertwine. Galicia, Asturies, Leon, Castilla Vieja with the Council Biscallia paint a picture rich in tradition as they stand united yet independent within Spain—a testament to resilience forged over generations. Lastly but not least, the Kingdom of Portugal emerges in all its glory.