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Portrait of George I of Greece.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, George I of Greece, Greece, Kings, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

George I of Greece departures from Copenhagen, 1863.

Tags: Boats and ships, Children, Copenhague, Costume - Hats and headwear, Danemark, George I of Greece, Human types, Kings, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Travel, Women

Tenedos island, 1863.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bozcaada / Tenedos, Castle of Tenedos (Bozcaada kalesi), Castles and fortresses, Houses, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey

Greek residents of London vote for the National Elections at the Greek consulate, 1862.

Tags: Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Elections, Embassies, Human types, London, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom

Portrait of Dimitrios Voulgaris, who was prime minister of Greece eight times.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dimitrios Voulgaris, Greece, Jewellery, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Kings Otto and Amalia visit Alfred Prince of Wales at the British Embassy, Athens. November 1859.

Tags: Amalia of Oldenburg (Queen of Greece), Animals, Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, History, Human types, Kings, Modes of transport, Otto of Greece, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Departure of Empress Elizabeth of Austria from Corfu, 1858.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Corfu, Elisabeth Empress of Austria, Greece, History, Human types, Ionian islands, Kings, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Travel

The English and French camps in the Piraeus, during the British-French occupation of Athens and Piraeus in 1854-57.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Crimean war, Greece, History, Piraeus, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents

Otto and Amalia of Greece exiting the Royal Palace, 1854.

Tags: Amalia of Oldenburg (Queen of Greece), Animals, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), Human types, Kings, Military officers, Officials, Otto of Greece, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

William Parler, Admiral of the British Navy, and head of the Piraeus blockade operation following the Don Pacifico affair, leaves Corfu for Cephalonia.

Tags: Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Don Pacifico Affair (1847), Greece, History, Ionian islands, Military officers, Palaio Frourio - Old Fortress (Corfu), Ports, Sir William Parker, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The house of Don Pacifico, Portuguese consul in Athens, which was sacked by antisemitic groups in 1847. The Greek government's refusal to compensate Don Pacifico eventually led to a British intervention (as Don Pacifico was a British national) and the temporary blockade of the port of Piraeus.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, David Pacifico (Don Pacifico), Diplomats, Don Pacifico Affair (1847), Greece, History, Houses, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

State sword presented to Dimitrios Kallergis, prime mover of the revolution of 3rd September 1843.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Constitution, Dimitrios Kallergis, Greece, History, Otto of Greece, Revolution of 3 September 1843, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Celebration in the honour of Dimitrios Kallergis at a tavern in London.

Tags: Constitution, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dimitrios Kallergis, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Festivities / Celebrations, History, Human types, London, Otto of Greece, Portraits, Revolution of 3 September 1843, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom

Potrait of Dimitrios Kallergis.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Constitution, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dimitrios Kallergis, Greece, Otto of Greece, Portraits, Revolution of 3 September 1843, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The uprising of 3rd September 1843. A multitude of insurgent Greeks gather before the Royal Palace (today the Greek Parliament), to demand a Constitution.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), History, Human types, Otto of Greece, Revolution of 3 September 1843, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Theodoros Kolokotronis lying in stay at Athens, 17th February 1843.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fighters of the Greek Revolution, Greece, Greek War of Independence, History, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Theodoros Kolokotronis

Page of King Otto.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Kings, Officials, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Suites

Portrait of Amalia, Queen of Greece.

Tags: Amalia of Oldenburg (Queen of Greece), Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Jewellery, Kings, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Otto of Greece.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Kings, Otto of Greece, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The Alexander Mosaic, showing a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius II, from the House of the Faun in Pompey (today kept at Naples Archaeological Museum).

Tags: Alexander the Great, Art and antiquities, Italy, Mosaics, Pompeii, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Alexander the Great drawn according to the bust discovered on Delos island and kept at Louvre Museum.

Tags: Alexander the Great, Art and antiquities, France, Louvre Museum, Sculptures, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Drawing of relief showing the triumphal entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, by Bertel Thorvaldsen.

Tags: Alexander the Great, Art and antiquities, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Reliefs, Sculptures, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Statue of Aeschines, Museo Nazionale, Naples.

Tags: Aeschines, Art and antiquities, Italy, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Orators, Sculptures, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Statue of Demosthenes, Vatican Museums.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Demosthenes, Italy, Orators, Rome, Sculptures, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vatican

Bust of Alcibiades, Vatican Museums.

Tags: Alcibiades, Art and antiquities, Busts, Sculptures, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vatican Museum

Drawing of Roman copy of Kresilas's bust of Pericles, Vatican Museum.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Greece, Pericles, Sculptures, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vatican Museum

Busts of Miltiades and Themistocles.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Busts, Central Greece, Greece, Miltiades, Sculptures, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Themistocles

Greek hoplites.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Military uniforms, Shoes and footwear, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

The battle of Plaka, 1821.

Tags: Battle of Plaka (1821), Battles, Costume - Hats and headwear, Epirus, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greek War of Independence, Greeks, History, Human types, Ottoman army, Souli, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Weapons, Women

Ottoman weapons.

Tags: Greece, Ottoman army, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey, Weapons

Ottoman officials.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Janissaries, Ottoman officials, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey

The battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE (imaginary representation).

Tags: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BCE), Battles, Boeotia, Central Greece, Chaeronea, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, History, Military uniforms, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Pericles surrounded by Athenian women lamenting the death of Themistocles (imaginary representation).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Pericles, Reliefs, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Athenian ships sail out to Salamis (imaginary representation).

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Battle of Salamis (479 BCE), Boats and ships, Central Greece, Children, Greece, History, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Parthenon, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Relief and inscription on a building of the Venetian era at the town of Chania. At the time of the author's visit, it had been converted into a milirary hospital by Ottoman commander Mehmet Ali.

Tags: Chania, Crete, Greece, History, Inscriptions, Lion of Venice, Reliefs, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian monuments

Outline of the wall erected by Lacedaemonians and Boeotians around Plataeae during the siege of the city in the Peloponnesian war. The drawing shows how hte construction of the wall permitted the allies to fight both the Athenians and the Plataeans.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battle plans, Boeotia, Central Greece, Greece, Peloponnesian war, Plans and drawings, Plataea / Plataies, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Walls

Pericles.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Inscriptions, Pericles, Sculptures, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Greek members of the military.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Shoes and footwear, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Map of Malta with reference to the island's siege by the Ottomans in 1565.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Coats of arms – Emblems, History, Malta, Ottoman army, Siege of Malta (1565), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Towers

24. Buildings at Bruges, Belgium. 25. Plan of Bruges Town Hall. 26. View of the port of Bruges. 27. The building in which Charles V was born in Ghent, Belgium.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Belgium, Bruges, Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor), Ghent, Houses, Ports, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Town Hall of Bruges

46. Ottoman aqueduct in Belgrade forest, Istanbul. 50, 51 and 52. Architectural features of the aqueduct. 48. Monastery on Chios island. 54. The Sultan.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Chios, Houses, Irrigation systems, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Istanbul, Monasteries, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

51. The prince heir to the Ottoman throne. On his right, the window through which the Sultan spied on the meetings of the Divan (assembly of Ottoman officials). 52. Plan of the Tower of Leander (bottom right). Plan of mosque (bottom centre). Drawing of minaret (bottom left) and other architectural and decorative features of a mosque (top) 57. Detail from wall decoration of the imperial mosques of Istanbul. 63. Wooden floor of Ottoman house in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Divan (Divan-ı Hümayun), Houses, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman princes (Şehzade), Plans and drawings, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey

9. Map of Gibraltar. 10. The constellation of Scorpio. 11. The cap worn by the Doge of Genoa. 12. Drawing of the interior stairway of the Arsenale building, Genoa. 13, 14. Author's study on the light spectre of different types of lanterns. 15,16, 17. Instrument for the distillation of mercury which the author saw in Italy. Instruments of the type were widely used in 17th century alchemist circles.

Tags: Alchemy, Architecture and built environment, Chemistry, Constellations, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doge of Genoa, Doges, Genoa, Gibraltar, Italy, Maps, Science, Scientific instruments, Shipyards, Shipyards of Genoa, Social sphere and everyday life, Spain, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

1. The mausoleum of Manuel I of Portugal at the Convent of the Order of Christ, Tomar, Portugal. 2. The sarcophagus of Manuel I of Portugal. 3. Water-douching tool used for the cleaning of cannons. 4. Banana tree.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Banana trees, Cannons, Convent of the Order of Christ / Convento de Cristo (Tomar), Kings, Manuel I of Portugal, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, Natural environment, Plants, Portugal, Religious practices, Sarcophagi, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tomar, Weapons

Sorting process for the election of the Doge of Venice.

Tags: Doge of Venice, Human types, Italy, Senate of Venice, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Veneto, Venice

The Senate of Venice.

Tags: Doge of Venice, Doge's Palace / Palazzo Ducale (Venice), Doges, Human types, Italy, Senate of Venice, Senators of Venice, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Veneto, Venice

Map of the possessions of Venice in the Italian peninsula.

Tags: Croatia, Istria, Italy, Maps, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Veneto, Venice

Ruy Freire de Andrade, 17th-century Portuguese naval commander and colonist, throws into a boiling cauldron the new-born baby of a family native to the Persian gulf islands.

Tags: Boats and ships, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Officials, Persia / Iran, Persian gulf, Portuguese, Ruy Freire de Andrade, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Torture, Women

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