Meeting Gallery

Congress of Vienna, ending the Napoleonic Wars, 1814-1815

European statesmen meeting at the Congress of Vienna to close the Napoleonic Wars, 1815.
Hand-colored engraving reproduction of a 19th-century painting

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Boston colonists greeted by Native Americans, 1635

Native Americans welcome Puritans with a gift of fish on the Charles River, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1635.
Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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Columbus greeted by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella upon his return to Spain from the New World.
Color lithograph of a 19th-century painting by Ricardo Balaca

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