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Fete to Officers of the English and French Forces, and the Greek Army and Navy, in the..., 1854. Creator: Unknown.

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Fete to Officers of the English and French Forces, and the Greek Army and Navy, in the Acropolis at Athens, 1854. Scene during the Crimean War: a banquet for officers of the '...Army of Occupation, as well as to those of the men-of-war of the two Powers and of the Austrian vessels...The banquet was given in the interior of the Temple of Minerva, in the Acropolis, and thus borrowed from the locality a grandeur which forcibly struck all the foreigners present..The Fete was attended by General Magnan, and the officers (military and naval) of the French expeditionary force; Colonel Lockyer, K.H., and the officers of H.M. 97th Regiment; and also by the officers of H.M.S. Leander and Wasp, and the Austrian corvette in port: in all, about 350 guests sat down to dinner'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22B07_347

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Droits gérés

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27,9Mo (2,2Mo) / 33,0cm x 21,1cm / 3897 x 2498 (300dpi)

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