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Images - Military Affairs, Diplomacy, and War
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11.   Fireworks in Strasbourg Celebrating the Declaration of Peace after the War of the Austrian Succession on February 23, 1749 (1749)
After losing the imperial crown (temporarily) to Bavarian elector Charles Albrecht and seeing the.... 		Fireworks in Strasbourg Celebrating the Declaration of Peace after the War of the Austrian Succession on February 23, 1749 (1749)
12.   Commemorative Reproduction of the Battle of Leuthen on December 5, 1757 (1758)
After Prussia conquered Austrian Silesia in the wars of the 1740s, Maria Theresa and her chancellor,.... 		Commemorative Reproduction of the Battle of Leuthen on December 5, 1757 (1758)
13.   Commemorative Plan of the Battle of Roßbach (Saxony) on November 5, 1757 (c. 1760)
In the second year of the Seven Years War (1756-63), Frederick (“the Great”) of Prussia (r. 1740-86).... 		Commemorative Plan of the Battle of Roßbach (Saxony) on November 5, 1757 (c. 1760)
14.   Hussars Force Monks from a Marienfelde Cloister to Drink to Frederick II ("the Great") in the Year 1758 (c. 1800)
After Frederick II scored a stunning victory at Roßbach.... 		Hussars Force Monks from a Marienfelde Cloister to Drink to Frederick II ("the Great") in the Year 1758 (c. 1800)
15.   Prussian Occupation of Bamberg during the Seven Years War (c. 1760)
During the Seven Years War (1756-63), Frederick II (“the Great”) of Prussia (r. 1740-86) faced an.... 		Prussian Occupation of Bamberg during the Seven Years War (c. 1760)
16.   Allegorical Depiction of the Peace of Hubertusburg between Prussia, Austria, and Saxony (Poland) (1763)
The Seven Years War (1756-63) ended with the Peace of Hubertusburg (1763). This allegorical depiction features (from left to right) Frederick.... 		Allegorical Depiction of the Peace of Hubertusburg between Prussia, Austria, and Saxony (Poland) (1763)
17.   A Soldier’s Wife Begging (1764)
As the great Danzig-born artist Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801) shows in this etching, the casualties of the long mid-century wars extended beyond the fighting troops, whose rank-and-file were recruited.... 		A Soldier’s Wife Begging (1764)
18.   First Military Punishment: How an Honorable Man Receives a Beating (1776)
Frederick II of Prussia (r. 1740-86) felt that guidelines for punishment were necessary in shaping.... 		First Military Punishment: How an Honorable Man Receives a Beating (1776)
19.   Second Military Punishment: How a Scoundrel Receives a Beating (1776)
An officer canes a drunken soldier. The scene resembles a brawl. The point of such pictures was to distinguish “civilizing”.... 		Second Military Punishment: How a Scoundrel Receives a Beating (1776)
20.   Prussian Uniforms c. 1779: Hussars from Various Regiments (Late 18th Century)
The development and assertion of absolutist rule in the German principalities entailed the formation of differentiated, state-controlled military forces. The drawing below shows three different regiments.... 		Prussian Uniforms c. 1779: Hussars from Various Regiments (Late 18th Century)
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