Abstract

An early example of photographic reportage, this image contrasts starkly with Anton von Werner’s oil painting A Billet outside Paris. Here, we see an honorary delegation of German troops at Versailles. The proclamation of Prussian King Wilhelm I as German Emperor [Kaiser] took place the same day.

Honorary Delegation of German Regiments at Versailles (January 18, 1871)

Source

Source: The Proclamation of the German Empire on January 18, 1871 – Honorary delegation of the German regiments in the Hall of Mirrors. Photograph by H. Schnaebeli (1871).
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Recommended Citation

Honorary Delegation of German Regiments at Versailles (January 18, 1871), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/ghdi:image-1404> [April 26, 2024].

Troops Parade through the Brandenburg Gate (June 16, 1871)

Anton von Werner, Chief of the Prussian General Staff Helmuth von Moltke in his Office at Versailles (1870)

Anton von Werner, The Proclamation of the German Empire on January 18, 1871, Friedrichsruh Version (1885)

Troops Parade down the Champs Élysée in Paris (March 1, 1871)