Unification Collection (#7)

Giuseppe Mazzini, 1805 A

Giuseppe Garibaldi 1807 To 1882. Italian Soldier Who Played Central Role In Unification Of Italy. From A 19Th Century Photograph

Victor Emmanuel II knocking on the door of Naples, 1861. Artist: John Tenniel
Victor Emmanuel II knocking on the door of Naples, 1861. Victor Emmanuel became the first king of Italy from February 1861

Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872). Italian politician, activist for the unification of Italy. Engraving by Klose. Nuestro Siglo, 1883. Colored

Austro-Prussian War. 1866
Austro-Prussian War. Parade of troops in the Market Square in Nuremberg during the occupation of the city by the Prussians in 1866. Painting by Louis Braun (1836-1916)

Italian Unification (1859). Meeteng between Francis Joseph I and Napoleon III before the Conference of Villafranca. Litography

Italian Unification
Right leg in the boot at last. Garibaldi struggling to fit Vittorio Emanuele II with the boot of Italy: If it won t go on, Sire, try a little more powder

Banner with the image of Germania, symbol of a united Germany, c1918. The banner carries the four crucial dates of German Unification

Italy, Veneto, Vicenza, Western Europe; Monument to one of the great symbolic figures of Italian unification, Giuseppe Garibaldi in the historic centre

Italy, Veneto, Verona, Western Europe; The symbol of Rome, on a wall named after statesman Giuseppe Mazzini

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian soldier and politician, 1860s (1936). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. II, 1840-1854, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

Don Fernando de Aragon, c1910. Ferdinand II (1452-1516), called the Catholic, was King of Sicily from 1468 and King of Aragon from 1479

Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), 1875. Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, Count of Bismarck-Schonhausen, was a Prussian and German statesman of the 19th century

Heinrich von Gagern, (1799-1880) statesman who argued for the unification of Germany, 1900
Heinrich von Gagern (1799-1880), German statesman, 1900

The King of Prussia Addressing the Berliners, 1848, (1900). Artist: William Barnes Wollen
The King of Prussia Addressing the Berliners, 1848, (1900). In the streets of his capital, His Majesty Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia, announces the unity of the German nation

Dates of admission to the Union of the States, and the alignment for the civil war, 1933. Published in The American Presidents, (London, 1933)

Guiseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot, 19th century. Artist: W Holl
Guiseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot, 19th century. Leading his 1, 000 Red Shirts, Garibaldi (1807-1882) conquered Sicily and Naples

Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, 19th century German historian and politician, (1900). Dahlmann (1785-1860) was a proponent of the unification of Germany as aconstitutional monarchy

Volunteer your Assistance!, 1920. Artist: Vladimir Mayakovsky
Volunteer your Assistance!, 1920

Ferdinand I of Aragon and his Queen at prayer, 1417 (mid 19th century). The King and Queen are pictured at prayer at the time of the Council of Constance, 1417

Ferdinand II of Aragon, King of Spain. Ferdinand (1452-1516) married Isabella of Castille in 1469, uniting the kingdom of Spain

Giuseppe Garibaldi trying to persuade Pope Pius IX, 1860. Artist: John Tenniel
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-82) trying to persuade Pope Pius IX that the Cap of Liberty would be far more comfortable than the Papal crown, 1860

Discussion over the future ruler of unified Italy, 1860
Discussion over the future ruler of unified Italy, 1960. Garibaldi asking Victor Emmanuel II if he will carry on the game for Italy

Giuseppe Garibaldi turning the British idea of the Roman Catholic church out of Naples, 1860. Cartoon from Punch, London, 22 September 1860. Wood engraving

Giuseppe Garibaldi, conquering Sicily and Naples for the new kingdom of Italy, 1860. Artist: John Tenniel
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-82), Italian Patriot, conquering Sicily and Naples on behalf of the new kingdom of Italy. John Tenniel cartoon from Punch, London, 16 June 1860. Wood engraving

Victor Emmanuel II (1st King of Italy) shaking Leopold II (Duke of Tuscany) out of Italy, 1861
Victor Emmanuel II (1st King of Italy) shaking Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (Duke of Tuscany) out of Italy, from Punch, London, 2 March 1861. The unification of Italy. Wood engraving

A Good Offer, 1860. Garibaldi remarks to the pope Take to this cap, Papa Pius. You will find it more comfortable than your own

The Last Act of the Italian Drama, 1861. The final act of the ongoing problems surrounding the unification of Italy. King Victor Emmanuel II on the left and Napoleon on the right

A Hint to Louis Napoleon, 1859. The Pope has threatened to Excommunicate the Emperor Napoleon - French Paper. Napoleons reponse to the threat of excommunication as he jams the popes crown down over

The First Lesson!, 1859. Not so Bad for a Beginner! In this cartoon, Liberty in the role of a schoolmistress helps a childish Napoleon III to write the word Amnesty on the blackboard

The Armistice, 1859. Napoleon remarks Well, Brother, haven t they had almost Enough of This? Napoleon III and Francis Joseph are seen setting their eagles in the manner of those setting their

The Giant and the Dwarf, 1859. Bravo, My little fellow! You shall do all the Fighting, and we ll divide the Glory! Napoleon III, dressed casually in an embroidered gown

The Bersaglieri take Porta Pia - Rome - Risorgimento
The crack Piedmontese infantry corps of Bersaglieri taking Porta Pia - the capture of Rome in 1870, the final event of Italian Unification (the Risorgimento ). Date: 1870

Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878). King of Sardinia (1849-1861) and Italy (1861-1878). Equestrian Statue. Venice. Italy

Eduard Lasker (1829-1884). German politician and jurist. En
Eduard Lasker (1829-1884). German politician and jurist. Lasker was a German nationalist who promoted the unification of Germany during the mid-19th century. Engraving. Colored

Italy. Rome. Nocturnal view of the Via dei Fori Imperiali an
Italy. Rome. Nocturnal view of the Via dei Fori Imperiali. In the background, the Altar of the Fatherland, known as National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II

The Northern army under Jean-Baptiste Billot (1828-1907). Fr
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). The Northern army under the leadership of French General Jean-Baptiste Billot (1828-1907). Colored engraving

Cavour, Camillo Benso, Count of (Turin, 1810-1861) Italian statesman. Founder of Il Risorgimento (1847). Engraving by Rim. Coloured

Italy. Rome. Gianicolense Mausoleum, erected in honor of fallen patriots during the Italian Unification. 20th century

Monument of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Rome. Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi.1807-1882. Italian military and political. Monument by Emilio Gallori (1846-1924), 1895. Rome. Italy

Italy. Rome. Mausoleum Gianicolense, erected in honor of fallen patriots during the Italian Unification

Italian Unification (1859-1924). Vote for annexation of the
Italian Unification (1859-1924). Francis II, king of the Two Sicilies (1859-1860) was forced to abdicate, while a plebiscite (21-22 October 1860)

National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II. Rome. Italy
Italy. Rome. National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878). King of Italy. Designed by Giuseppe Falconi at 1885. Venice Square. Partial view

German Customs Union. 1834. Dresden
Unification of Germany (1815-1871). German Customs Union. 1834. First major railway bridge in Dresden. Steel engraving, 1850

Italy. Rome. National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II. Night view. Built between 1885 and 1911 to celebrate the advent of Italian unification in 1870

Russia / 1478 / Ivan / Kazan
Ivan III (the Great) enters Kazan, part of the gradual unification of the Russian lands. Date: circa 1478

Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 4. 7. 1807 - 2. 6. 1882, Italian
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 4.7.1807 - 2.6.1882, Italian freedomfighter, portrait, after engraving by Metzmacher, 19th century. Date: circa 1870s

BOSSOLI, Carlo (1815-1884). Italian Unification. The cavaliere Luigi Carlo Farini presented to His Majesty the King Victor Emmanuel II the act of annexation of the Emilia on March 18, 1860. Tempera

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