Images

Landing of English troops in Holland on 27 August 1799 to partake in the ill-fated Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland during the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802). Watercolor painting by Dirk Langendijk, 1799. Royal Museums...

A series of silhouettes by Otto Böhler showing various conducting gestures made by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Taken from: Böhler, Otto (1914) Dr. Otto Böhler's Schattenbilder, Vienna, Austria: Wilhelm Lechner, pp. 20, III

A photograph by Josef Löwy of the Vienna State Opera House, taken around 1898 when the composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was its director.

A 1907 photograph by Moritz Nähr of the composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Taken in Vienna.

Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800, oil on canvas by Louis-François Lejeune (who was actually present at the battle itself), c. 1802. Palace of Versailles.

General André Masséna (centered and on horseback) at the Second Battle of Zurich, 25 September 1799, during the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802), oil on canvas by François Bouchot, 1835. Museum of the History of France, Palace...

General Jean-Victor Moreau and his victorious French army after the Battle of Hohenlinden (3 December 1800) during the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802), oil on canvas by Henri Frédéric Schopin, 1836. Palace of Versailles.

Battle of the Pyramids (21 July 1798), oil on canvas by François-Louis-Joseph Watteau, 1798/99. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes.

A Russian army under General Alexander Suvorov (1730-1800) crosses over the Alps in September 1799, during the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802). Oil on canvas by Vasily Surikov, 1899. Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg.

The meeting between Alexander of Macedon and King Aturpat (Atropates, in Greek) of Aturpatakan (Atropatena), painting by Job Mammadov. Azerbaijan National Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan.