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Honorary Delegation of German Regiments at Versailles (January 18, 1871)
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. Photograph by H. Schnaebeli (1871).