Scanned by:
New York Public Library
Notes:
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 2, 2008.
Depicted content:
- The Emperor of Austria visits Venice
- Emperor of Austria responds to French Emperor as relations worsen over Italy
- Piedmont-Sardinia rejects Austria's call to disarm
- The Austrian Empire declares war on Sardinia-Piedmont
- France tells Austria war on Piedmont-Sardinia would mean war with France
- French troops are starting to depart Paris for Italy to confront the Austrians
- Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Emperor Napoleon III of France sign an armistice at Villafranca in Italy
Image type:
engraving
Courtesy of:
Humanities and Social Science Library, New York Public Library
Original caption:
Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria
Source citation:
Historical and Public Figures, NYPL Digital Gallery
Source note:
Original image at NYPLDigitalGallery