Title

The Surrender at Sedan Castle, 2 September 1870

Caption

The Surrender at Sedan Castle, 2 September 1870, (1936). 'Die Kapitulation Der Festung Sedan, 2 September 1870'. During the Franco-Prussian War, the Château de Sedan in north-eastern France was surrounded by the Prussian army on 1 September. Napoleon III surrendered the following day in the small neighbouring city of Donchery. Here Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Prussian Generalfeldmarschall Helmuth von Moltke, and the French General Emmanuel Félix de Wimpffen discuss terms. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]

Date

1936

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F23_373

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,0Mb (2,0Mb) / 17,2in x 14,3in / 5148 x 4278 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany building people male interior man men historical meeting German arts politics country French France book guy castle color lighting fortifications fortification political war lamp location Armed Forces century inside officer officers general soldiers thirties literature concept battle defeat victor defeated Army Ardennes politician warfare surrender album sedan Colour 19th century surrendering Indoors 1930s Prussian politicians 20th century nineteenth century statesman history historic The Print Collector 1870-1871 Battle of Sedan capitulation cigarette card Field Marshal Franco-Prussian War Prussia Otto von Bismarck paraffin lamp Unknown Bismarck Otto von Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Count Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck Duke of Lauenburg Prince Otto von Bismarck-Schonhausen Duke of Lau cigarette card Prince Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen Bilder Deutscher Geschichte O.H.W. Hadank Hadank O.H.W. Oskar Hermann Werner Hadank Oskar Hermann Werner O H W Hadank O H W Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Altona-Bahrenfeld Altona-Bahrenfeld Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Cigaretten Bi Chateau de Sedan Château de Sedan C Schulz C. Schulz Schulz C Schulz C. cigarette card