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  2. 18th-century French art - Wikipedia

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    Hubert Robert's images of ruins, inspired by Italian capriccio paintings, are typical in this respect. So too the change from the rational and geometrical French garden (of André Le Nôtre ) to the English garden , which emphasized (artificially) wild and irrational nature.

  3. Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French ...

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    Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, 27 April 1848 is an 1849 painting by French artist François-Auguste Biard which is kept in the Palace of Versailles, France. [1] It was exhibited at the Salon of 1849 at the Tuileries Palace in Paris .

  4. The Emancipation Proclamation in practice: A timeline - AOL

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    The Conkling letter addressed this directly and bluntly, defending the Emancipation Proclamation in no uncertain terms. In it, Lincoln wrote, "You say you will not fight to free negroes.

  5. Webster–Ashburton Treaty - Wikipedia

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    In November 1841, a slave revolt on the American merchantman brig Creole, part of the coastwise slave trade, had forced the ship to call at the port of Nassau in the Bahamas. British / Bahamian colonial officials eventually emancipated all 128 slaves who chose to stay in Nassau, as Britain had already abolished slavery in its colonies ...

  6. File:Admiralty Chart No 1375 Galapagos Islands, Published ...

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    25 January 1841: Source: jpg version of File:Admiralty Chart No 1375 Pacific Ocean - Galapagos Islands surveyed by Captn. Robt. Fitz Roy R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. Beagle 1836. RMG F0279, Published 1841.tiff: Author

  7. Proclamation of the German Empire (paintings) - Wikipedia

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    It is the most reproduced picture of the Imperial Proclamation. Since the three paintings show strong differences, the images are of great documentary and historical dichotomy. Von Werner obviously adapted them to the wishes of his respective clients. The clothes worn by Bismarck in the first painting do not match with the other two paintings.

  8. First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President ...

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    First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln is an 1864 oil-on-canvas painting by Francis Bicknell Carpenter.In the painting, Carpenter depicts Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and his Cabinet members reading over the Emancipation Proclamation, which proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states in rebellion against the Union in the American ...

  9. Category:Proclamations - Wikipedia

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    Proclamation of Rebellion; Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy; Proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Proclamation of the People's Republic of China; Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil) Proclamation of Timișoara; Proclamation to the inhabitants of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Proclamation to the People of South Carolina