Jean Bouin, French soldier and athlete Size:M: 75 x 50cm Plate 6 from Vol II

Plate 6 from Vol II

in some quarters

The Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV doing penance at the Italian town of Canossa in 1077 in order to have Pope Gregory VII reverse his excommunication

Turkish foot soldiers in the Ottoman army

A 1903 Mercedes 60hp

Jean Bouin, French soldier and athlete Size:M: 75 x 50cm Plate 6 from Vol IIJean Bouin, French soldier and athlete, 1912. Bouin (1888 1914) competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Games in Stockholm, where he won a silver medal in the 5000 metres. A sergeant in the French Army in World War I, he was killed near Saint Michel, Marne. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855 1915, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1855 1915.