Arc de Triomphe and Place de l'Etoile, Paris, France Size:Standard: 6 x 4in One of Punch's little capital

One of Punch's little capital letter illustrations

German prisoners on a duckboard track at the Yser Canal

eventually visiting London in the 1820s

and a 13 hp 569cc engine

Plate 27 from the book A philosophical account of the works of nature

Arc de Triomphe and Place de l'Etoile, Paris, France Size:Standard: 6 x 4in One of Punch's little capitalArc de Triomphe and Place de l'Etoile, Paris, France, early 20th century. Designed by Jean Chalgrin in Neoclassical style to recall the monumental architecture of Ancient Rome, the Arc de Triomphe was commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz. It was finally completed in the 1830s.