Jean-Henri Marlet depicts the 19th game in a chess match between Howard Staunton and Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant which took place on 16 December 1843. Howard Staunton (1810 – 1874) was a British acto More
Public domain photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 19th-century artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description William Henry Fox Talbot was a British scientist More
Deutsch: Bayard, Hippolyte: Rue Tholozé mit den drei Windmühlen von Montmartre Public domain photograph by Hippolyte Bayard, 19th-century French early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image More
This 1843 plan of pre-Haussmann Paris illustrates the city's layout by arrondissement. In 1860, Haussmann proposed the annexation of a number of Paris communes, increasing the number of arrondissements from 12 to 20.
An old map of Paris, France. Date estimated. Bauerkeller embossed this map to give a 3D effect for the buildings and some elevated features (city walls, etc.). This feature seems to be unique to Bauerkeller's More
An old map of Paris, France. Date estimated. Bauerkeller embossed this map to give a 3D effect for the buildings and some elevated features (city walls, etc.). This feature seems to be unique to Bauerkeller's More