File:Fall of Sevastopol.jpg

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English: French zouaves and Russian soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat at the Malakoff tower. Image caption: "The Fall of Sebastopol. Capture of the Malakoff Tower." Engraving after Gustave Doré, The Illustrated London News double page from 22 September 1855.
Français : La chute de Sébastopol : des zouaves français et des soldats russes dans un combat au corps à corps à la tour Malakoff.
Source Library of Congress, (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/mdbquery.html)
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Gustave Doré  (1832–1883)  wikidata:Q6682 s:en:Author:Paul Gustave Doré q:en:Gustave Doré
 
Gustave Doré
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Paul Gustave Doré, Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré
Description French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, comics artist, lithographer and graphic artist
Date of birth/death 6 January 1832 Edit this at Wikidata 23 January 1883 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Strasbourg Paris
Work period 1844 Edit this at Wikidata–1883 Edit this at Wikidata
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Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q6682

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current23:05, 26 March 2015Thumbnail for version as of 23:05, 26 March 2015619 × 414 (130 KB)ArchPope Sextus VI (talk | contribs)Cropped 3 % horizontally and 12 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
14:48, 11 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 14:48, 11 June 2006640 × 472 (176 KB)Lefrancq (talk | contribs)
21:56, 9 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 21:56, 9 July 2005640 × 472 (40 KB)Irpen (talk | contribs)French zouaves and Russian soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat at the Malakoff tower. {{PD}} Status: Public Domain / Source: Library of Congress / Site: [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/mdbquery.html Library of Congress]

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