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Images - Politics I: Forging an Empire
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31.   Troops Parade Down the Champs Élysée in Paris (March 1, 1871)
This chalk lithograph depicts the scene on March 1, 1871, when Kaiser Wilhelm I and his victorious troops entered Paris. In the background is the Arc de Triomphe, located at the top of the Champs....
Troops Parade Down the Champs Élysée in Paris (March 1, 1871)
32.   Troops Parade through the Brandenburg Gate (June 16, 1871)
This early photograph by F. Jamrath & Sohn, Berlin, shows the ceremonial reception by Kaiser Wilhelm I of victorious Prussian troops. The troops and their horses appear blurred because their movement....
Troops Parade through the Brandenburg Gate (June 16, 1871)
33.   "His Holiness, Wilhelm the Butcher" (1870)
This Parisian caricature of Prussian King Wilhelm I – “S.S. Guillaume-le-Boucher” – is by A. Belloguet and dates from 1870. Among other references, it associates Wilhelm with “the law of the sword”....
34.   "Prussia’s New Coat of Arms" (August 30, 1871)
This French caricature, “Le Nouveau Blason Prussien,” is directed against Prussia’s hegemonic claims in the new German Empire. The eagle’s right talon holds the French war indemnity, while his left....
35.   "Germany’s Future" (1870)
Published in the Austrian journal Kikeriki, this caricature (“Deutschlands Zukunft”) captured fears shared by the French and the non-Prussian German states. The caption reads: “Will it fit....
36.   Paul Bürde, Homage to Kaiser Wilhelm I [Die Huldigung Kaiser Wilhelm I] (1871)
The straight-line version of history propagated by scholars like Heinrich von Treitschke in the....
Paul Bürde, <i>Homage to Kaiser Wilhelm I</i> [<i>Die Huldigung Kaiser Wilhelm I</i>] (1871)
37.   The Constitution of the German Empire (April 16, 1871)
Here we see a facsimile of the first page of the Reichstag law of April 16, 1871, which proclaimed a new constitution....
The Constitution of the German Empire (April 16, 1871)
38.   Bismarck Leads Alsace and Lorraine into the Empire (1871)
This Kladderadatsch cartoon by Wilhelm Scholz is entitled “Good Advice is Costly” [“Guter Rath is theuer”]. The caption reads: “Bismarck (leading Alsace and Lorraine): Dear Reichstag, we have....
Bismarck Leads Alsace and Lorraine into the Empire (1871)
39.   Alsace-Lorraine’s Provincial Assembly in Strasbourg (c. 1874)
This obviously retouched photographic montage shows the provincial assembly [Landesausschuss] of Alsace-Lorraine in Strasbourg. Seated at the government benches at the right are (from front....
Alsace-Lorraine’s Provincial Assembly in Strasbourg (c. 1874)
40.   Bismarck with Diplomatic Envoys of Germany’s Federal States (1889)
The federal states’ diplomatic envoys [Gesandten] to Prussia were also their states’ accredited representatives to the Federal Council [Bundesrat]. The envoys’ proximity to Bismarck....
Bismarck with Diplomatic Envoys of Germany’s Federal States (1889)
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