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The taking of Saint-Privat-la-Montagne at the Battle of Gravelotte, 1871. Private Collection

The Westward Expansion, 1869. Private Collection

Two figures with masks, 1787. Found in the Collection of Museu Bocage Lisboa

Portrait of the Prince Roman Sanguszko (1537-1571), 1850. Found in the Collection of Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa

The unveiling of the Pushkin monument in Moscow on June 6, 1880, 1880. Found in the Collection of State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow

Dance at the mission of Sao Jose. Illustration from Voyage pittoresque et historique au Bresil
Dance at the mission of Sao Jose. Illustration from Voyage pittoresque et historique au Bre sil, 1834. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Sainte-Genevie ve, Paris

A man from Nuku Hiva Island with tattoos on his body. From Atlas of Krusensterns Circumnavigation, 1813. Found in the Collection of Muse e du Quai Branly, Paris

Illustration for poem Hunting with hounds by Nikolay Nekrasov, Early 20th cen. Found in the Collection of Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House), St Petersburg

Nikolai Rostov at the hunt. Illustration for the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 1911. Found in the Collection of State Museum of Leo Tolstoy, Moscow

Illustration for the story Two Landowners (from A Sportsmans Sketches) by Ivan Turgenev, 1880s. Found in the Collection of State Central Literary Museum, Moscow

The Bear Hunt of Tsar Alexander II, 1858-1860. Found in the Collection of Regional Art Museum, Bryansk

The Church of Archangel Michaels miracle at Chonae in the Chudov Monastery at the Moscow Kremlin, 1847-1852. Found in the Collection of State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow

Hrotsvit as the canoness of the Gandersheim Abbey, 19th century. Private Collection

Illustration for the story Lgov (from A Sportsmans Sketches) by Ivan Turgenev, 1870s. Found in the Collection of State Museum Abramtsevo Estate, near Moscow

Illustration for the story The Office (from A Sportsmans Sketches) by Ivan Turgenev, 1880s. Found in the Collection of State Central Literary Museum, Moscow

Title page for the story The Queen of spades by A. Pushkin, 1834. Found in the Collection of State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow

Interior view of the Gambling House at Wiesbaden in October 7, 1871, 1871. Private Collection

Indian, c. 1815. Private Collection

Illustration for the poem The Dead Souls by N. Gogol, Second Half of the 19th cen.. Found in the Collection of State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow

Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), . Private Collection

The second Machine of Marly, 1870-1875. Private Collection

The Chambers of Prince Yusupov in Moscow, 1847-1852. Found in the Collection of State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow

Regula Engel-Egli (1761-1853), Mid of the 19th cen.. Found in the Collection of Universita tsbibliothek Basel

Portrait of the author Maxim Gorky (1868-1939), 1916. Private Collection

Portrait of Portrait of Jean le Rond D Alembert (1717-1783), . Private Collection

Portrait of Barthelemy Thimonnier (1793-1857), 1907
Portrait of Barthe lemy Thimonnier (1793-1857), 1907. Private Collection

Nikolay Alexandrovich Speshnev (1821-1882), 1930. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Kraken Attacking a Sailing Vessel During a Storm, 1870. Private Collection

Johannes Gutenberg in his workshop, . Private Collection

Alexander Griboyedov. Frontispiece to the comedy Woe from Wit by Alexander Griboyedov, 1913. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Fire in Saint Petersburg, May 1862, 1862. Private Collection

Emperor Pedro II of Brazil with his two sons-in-law, August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Gaston of Orle ans, in Alegrete, 1865. Private Collection

Portrait of the composer Luigi Gordigiani (1806-1860), . Private Collection

Aviation pioneers of France, 1910. Found in the Collection of Cha teau de Ble rancourt

Illustration to the comedy Woe from Wit by Alexander Griboyedov, 1913. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Saint Wenceslas and his Blanik knights set off from the mountain. Illustration from Stare povesti ceske by Alois Jirasek, 1898. Found in the collection of University Library, Prague

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Alliette (1738-1791), known as Etteilla. From: Livre du Destin or Book of Fate, 1890. Private Collection

The Siege of Lisbon, 1147, 1917. Private Collection

Opera Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi. Paris, Theatre-Lyrique, 21. 04. 1865, 1865
Opera Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi. Paris, Theatre-Lyrique, 21.04.1865, 1865. Found in the collection of Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Portrait of the operatic soprano Eugenia Tadolini, nee Savorani (1809-1872), 1848. Private Collection

Portrait of Ludmilla Biehler (1834-1890), 1850. Found in the Collection of Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem

Valdemar Atterdag. (After wall painting in the St. Peters Church in Naestved). Found in the collection of National Library of Sweden

The Assassination of Alexander II on 13 March 1881, 1881. Private Collection

Harriet Beecher Stowe. Frontispiece of Uncle Toms Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly by Voltaire, 1852. Private Collection

Abd al-Rahman III, Caliph of Cordoba, 19th century. Found in the Collection of Russian Academy of Sciences

Avicenna, 19th century. Found in the Collection of Russian Academy of Sciences

The Death of Yaropolk Svyatoslavich. 980 (From Histoire de Russie by Blin de Sainmore), 1797. Private Collection

Paolo and Francesca (The Whirlwind of Lovers), 1826-1827. Private Collection

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