Train of boats for military bridges going to the frontier: Franco-Prussian War, July 1870

Soldiers in foreground talking, wagons containing pontoons on railroad wagons in background by buildings. Soldiers in foreground talking, wagons containing pontoons on railroad wagons in background by buildings. Formerly in the collection of Perpetua Ingram; sold at Sotheby's May 22, 1997. Reproduced in the Illustrated London News, August 20, 1870, page 184. New York, Swann Auction Galleries, 2015

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Original record: Train of boats for military bridges going to the frontier: Franco-Prussian War, July 1870
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1870
1870 – 1871
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Simpson, William, 1823-1899 (artist)
Subject(s): Franco-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
Illustrated London News
Watercolors (Paintings)
Type: still image

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