Fine Arts Gallery

On the evening of the Battle of Waterloo

On the evening of the Battle of Waterloo - from painting by Ernest Crofts. Battle between French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon and armies of the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, supported by Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blcher. 18 June 1815. During Waterloo Campaign of findal Hundred Days (Neopolitan War) of Napoleonic Wars, between Napoleon s return from exile and defeat at Waterloo. Present- day Belgium

© Lebrecht

Iris ,poster for opera by Pietro Mascagni, 1898 (lithograph)

FGL5482210 Iris ,poster for opera by Pietro Mascagni, 1898 (lithograph) by Metlicovitz, Leopoldo (1868-1944); (add.info.: Art nouveau : affiche de Leopoldo Metlicovitz (1868-1944) realisee pour la premiere representation de l'Opera "Iris" de Pietro Mascagni 1898 d'apres un livret de L. Illica DR.
Whole artwork view. Advertising poster for the version with music by P. Mascagni, libretto by L. Illica, printed by Officine G. Ricordi & C., Milan, a woman surrounded by flowers of iris.
CREATOR: Leopoldo Metlicovitz); Italian, out of copyright

© Bridgeman Images

Vicente Santamaria de Paredes, (Madrid, 1853-1924), Spanish lawyer and politician

Vicente Santamaria de Paredes, (Madrid, 1853-1924), Spanish lawyer and politician, Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts during the reign of Alphonse XIII, Professor of Political and Administrative Law at the Universities of Valencia and Madrid. He also was professor of Alphonse XIII , a member of the Liberal Party he began his political career as a deputy for Cuenca in the legislature of 1886