German Historical Museum, Berlin - 19thC collection Photos

The German Historical Museum hosts artifacts from the Napoleonic 19thC era when Prussia had to fight France followed by efforts to build a nation and industry.

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Modern glass addition (1999-2003) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. Architect: I.M. Pei.	Equality holding Declaration of Rights of Man engraving (1793) by Jean-François Janinet & Jean Guillaume Moitte of France at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	French revolutionary infantry flag (1789-93) from time before king was executed with lilies at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	French revolutionary infantry flag (1792-1804) from time after king was executed with Jacobine symbols & cap at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Rosettes with slogans from the French Revolution (c1792) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Paper assignat bonds (1792-5) issued by the French Revolutionary government at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	French Revolutionary Jacobine cap (c1795) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	French Revolutionary ceramic plate (c1793) painted with symbols from time before king was executed at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

French Revolutionary ceramic plate painted with symbols from post king Jacobine era at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	French Revolutionary ceramic plate painted with symbols from post king Jacobine era at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Porcelain bust of Queen Marie Antoinette of France (after 1783) by Sèvres at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Portrait of King Louis XVI (c1791-3) wearing sash of French Revolution at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Oath of the Tennis Court graphic (after 1823) by Jacques Louis David at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Portrait of British Prime Minister William Pitt Jr. who led fight against Napoleon (after 1805) by John Hoppner at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Austrian troops surrender to Napoleon at Ulm on Oct. 20, 1805 drawing at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Napoleon defeats Austria & Russia near Austerlitz on Dec. 1-2, 1805 painting at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Napoleon entering Berlin through Brandenburg Gate on Oct. 27, 1806 painting at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Battle of Dresden on Aug. 26-27, 1813 where outnumbered French defeated Germanic forces who went on to reverse loss three days later painting (after 1813) by Julius Ferdinand Wilhelm Sattler at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Declaration of Victory by allied troops after battle of Leipzig Oct. 16-19, 1813 where Napoleon's loss would lead to his abdication at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Allegory of German Victory over Napoleon painting (1815) by Gerhard von Kügelgen at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Allegory of German Mourning for Victims of Napoleon painting (1815) by Gerhard von Kügelgen at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Tourists Visiting Battlefield of Waterloo painting (1825-35) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Encounter of Marshal Blücher & Duke of Wellington at Battle of Waterloo painting (c1850) by Thomas Jones Barker of London at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Prussian Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher portrait (after 1814) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Chalice with scenes of rescue of Berlin from Napoleon by General Friedrich Wilhelm Graf Bülow von Dennewitz porcelain cup (after 1813) made by KPM of Berlin at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Bust of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (c1810) by François Joseph von Bosio at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte (c1810-20) by Antoine-Denis Chaudet at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte with laurel wreath (c1811) by Alexandre Brachard at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Napoleon's bicorne hat (before 1815) from Battle of Waterloo at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Napoleon's sword (before 1815) from Battle of Waterloo at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Portrait of woman of Austria or Italy (1820-30) by Leopold Kupelwieser at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Wedding portrait of Emilie & Johann Philipp Petersen of Hamburg (1806) by Friedrich Carl Gröger at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Biedermeier-style cradle (1820-30) from southern Germany at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Collection of 19thC German furniture, chairs & art at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Armchair with Gothic arches back (c1805) probably from Karlsruhe at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Neo-Gothic throne (c1835) from Hohenschwangau Castle in Bavaria at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Silver coffee service (c1800) by Johann Georg Christoph Neuss of Augsburg at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Humanist & scientist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) portrait c1858 by Julius Friedrich Anton Schrader at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Iron Industry bronze relief sculpture (1861) by Friedrich Drake of Berlin at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Travel bag embroidered with steam locomotive (1840-50) from Germany at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Columbia printing press (1827) by George E. Clymer of USA made in Germany under license at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Pawnshop painting (1866) by Friedrich Friedländer of Vienna probably shows widow of Austro-Prussian War selling sword of fallen husband at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Letter from America painting (1880) by Berthold Woltze of Germany at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Officers helmet (1848-51) from Schleswig-Holstein from Danish war of annexation at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Industrialist Alfred Krupp portrait (before 1887) by Julius Grün at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Opening of London World's Fair by Queen Victoria in 1851 etching (c1856) by Samuel Bellin of London at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Souvenir box of Crystal Palace of London World's Fair (1851) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Steam engine model shown at London World's Fair (1851) by Henry Perry at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Inkstand made for Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (c1850) in Berlin (shown at 1851 London World's Fair) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Bronze Madonna of the Apocalypse (c1848) in Berlin (shown at 1851 London World's Fair) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Bronze medal for participants awarded at 1851 London World's Fair made by William Wyon of London at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Interior view of Palace of Industry at Paris World Expo of 1855 graphic (1855) by Alfred Guesdon of Paris at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Prize medal for Paris World Expo of 1855 showing Napoleon III by Albert Barre of Paris at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Medal for Berlin Armory Trade Fair of 1844 at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Leather case of quill pens owned by King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (c1840) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Kaiser Frederick William I (1797-1888) marble bust (1869) by Karl Philipp Franz Keil at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Kaiser Frederick William I (1797-1888) portrait (1879) by Paul Bülow of Berlin at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Otto von Bismarck (1815-98) marble bust (1867) by Elisabeth Ney at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Otto von Bismarck (1815-98) painting (1879) by Franz von Lenbach at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Wooden nutcracker in shape of Bismarck's head (c1880) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81) British PM, who gave support to German unification during Franco-Prussian war, marble bust (c1880) by Samuel James Bouverie Haydon at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	The Strike painting (1886) by Robert Koehler which became an icon to German worker at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Das Kapital (1867) by Karl Marx at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Embroidered Marxist household blessing wall hanging (1898) which survived Nazis in hiding at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Beer rnug (c1890) with portrait of August Bebel cofounder of Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Germany at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Beer rnug marking International Workers' Congress in Paris (1889) during 100th anniversary of French Revolution at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Mauer Union of Nuremburg "Doktorwagen" automobile with facing seats (1899) designed to serve medical doctors at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Adler model 7 typewriter (after 1901) by Adlerwerke of Frankfurt/Main at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.

X-ray mechanism parts (1895) at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.