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“L’aigle déplumé! . . .” (The Bald Eagle!)
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This caricature of Napoleon III (1808–1873), the last monarch of France, was made after the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), when Napoleon was being held in captivity in…

Contributor:

Alphonse Lévy

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1870–1871

Subjects:

Print, Art, Government, Humor, Politics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Print & Book Culture
Print depicting a man's head wearing helmet on an eagle's body chained to a perch and French caption.
H. M. King Leopold I Stamp
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This postage stamp with an image of King Leopold I of Belgium was the first stamp issued on the European continent.

Contributor:

Jacques Wiener

Places:

Brussels, Belgium

Date:

1849

Subjects:

Crafts, Art, Portrait, Government, Ashkenazi

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Engraved stamp depicting portrait of man in epaulets and the number 10.
Medal in Honor of the Grand Sanhedrin of Napoleon
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Engravers Alexis Joseph Depaulis and Augustin Dupré collaborated on this remarkable Napoleonic-era medal that honored the Grand Sanhedrin, a representative body of seventy-one rabbis and Jewish…

Contributor:

Alexis Joseph Depaulis, Augustin Dupré

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1806

Subjects:

Government, Art, Portrait, Enlightenment, Emancipation

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Coins
Bronze medal featuring profile of man in epaulets and laurel above head and Latin text.