Soldiers (156 Subjects)
Carriages with livestock and other provisions leave Hanoi. They are destined to feed the soldiers and other followers of the funeral procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Funerary procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Carriage at the streets of Moscow.
Observatory from which the Tatars of Kuban watched the movements of their Kirkassian neighbours. According to the author, in summer a fire was lit in these nests to keep the mosquitoes away.
Russian guard at Crimea.
View of Vienna from the southeast.
Soldiers and guilds parade during the festivities which customarily took place when an Ottoman prince was born. The author had occasion to watch such a parade during his stay in Aleppo.
Costume of grenadier, specialized infantry soldier, inspired from Greek vases and architectural features of ancient temples.
Festivities on the eve of the Olympic games at ancient Elis (imaginary representation).The author praises the peaceful character of the inhabitants of Elis compared to the other Peloponnesians.
Athenian ships sail out to Salamis (imaginary representation).
The battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE (imaginary representation).
Theramenes is arrested on the orders of Critias.
Greek hoplites.
The grave stele of Aristion, discovered in Velanideza, Attica and kept at the Archaelogical Museum of Athens.
1. The Gate of Xira at the castle of Methoni. The granite column known as column of Morosini at the castle of Methoni.
The uprising of 3rd September 1843. A multitude of insurgent Greeks gather before the Royal Palace (today Greek Parliament), to demand a Constitution.
Fête to officers of the English and French forces, and the Greek army and Navy, in the Acropolis during the British-French occupation of Athens and Piraeus in 1854-57.
George I of Greece reviews the National Guard, 1863.
The National Guard at Athens taking the oath of allegiance to George I, 1863.
Members of the brigand band of Arvanitakis, perpetrators of the Dilessi murders, are taken to Athens to be brought to trial.
George I of Greece visits Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII of England) on board HMS “Serapis” at the port of Piraeus, 1875.
Cretan Revolt (1866-69): Skirmishing in the Cretan mountains.
Janissary of the Greek consulate in Thessaloniki.
Easter Monday. The crew of H. M. S. “Research” celebrates the day in the presence of George I of Greece.
Greek troops at drill.
Greek troops at drill.
Sports at the military barracks, Athens.
The British National Aid Society's Hospital at Thessaloniki.
View of the town of Corfu. On the left, part of the Old Fortress. On the background, on the right, the New Fortress.
Title page. British soldiers in the trenches.