#russo-turkish war
J.A. MacGahan & F.D. Millet / photograph of an engraving by P. Aitken of a photograph by J. Pascal Sébah (1823-1886), Constantinople 1892 /
–Januarius Aloysius MacGahan (1844-1878) & Francis Davis Millet (1846-1912) were News Correspondents of the ‘Daily News’ in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78. “Mr. MacGahan had previously served as a correspondent in the Franco-Prussian and Carlist wars and had investigated the 'Bulgarian Atrocities’. ”
More on them here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Davis_Millet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Januarius_MacGahan
http://gary.saretzky.com/photohistory/sebah/index.html
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A painting of the Battle of Bayazet during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 by Lev Lagorio (painted 1891)
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Happy #Feathursday
For today’s Bird’s Eye View, we present the Black Sea in 1877 called the Bird’s Eye View of the Seat of War. The map was published as part of the “Special war number of The Illustrated London News” on May 23, 1877. The map was published during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878.
Call number: 716 A-1877
[Image description: A bird’s eye view map of the Black Sea in a pale blue with the land around it in brown. The brown ranges from light to dark depending on the topography. The country names are in black.]
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