Images

A detail of an 1892 photograph by E. Bieber of the Bohemian-Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911).

An 1836 watercolour and ink portrait by Maria Wodzińska of the Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin (1810-49). Maria was, for a while in the mid-1830s, engaged to Chopin.(National Museum, Warsaw)

An 1887 oil painting by Henryk Siemiradzki, Chopin Concert. The scene shows the composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin (1810-49) giving a performance to the Polish family Radziwiłłs in 1829.

An 1838 portrait by Auguste Charpentier of the novelist George Sand (the pen name of Aurore Dudevant (1804-76). (Musée de la Vie romantique, Paris)

An illustration of the complexity and dynamics of the Ancient Roman society and social order. Ancient Roman society was structured along the lines of wealth, political privilege, ancestry, citizenship, and freedom (it was also unquestionably...

An 1847 photograph by Louis-Auguste Bisson of the Polish pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin (1810-49).

An 1838 portrait by Eugène Delacroix of the Polish pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin (1810-49). The portrait is a detail of a painting also featuring Aurore Dudevant (1804-76), better known by her pseudonym George Sand. (Louvre Museum...

After a nine-month siege, Austrian Field Marshal Dagobert von Wurmser surrenders the fortress of Mantua to French General Jean Sérurier on 2 February 1797, marking the completion of the French conquest of northern Italy during Napoleon's...

French General Barthélemy Joubert leads his division at the Battle of Rivoli (14-15 January 1797). Image by an unknown artist.

Scene depicting the Battle of Rivoli, 14 January 1797. By Scan d'Arnaud Gaillard from A. Hugo, France Militaire Histoire des armées françaises de terre et de mer de 1792 à 1833 Tome 1, Delloye, Paris, 1835.