1791 Gallery

Avignon, France - Monument commemorating the centennial of the annexation of Avignon

Avignon, France - Monument commemorating the centennial of the annexation of Avignon and Comtat Venaissin to France. The Comtat Venaissin was a part of the Papal States (1274‒1791) in what is now the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region of France. Date: circa 1907

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

1791, 1900s, Annex, Annexation, Centennial, Commemorating, Comtat, Comte, France, Lion, Monument, Papal, States, Venaissin

Magic Flute Liebig 2

(The Magic Flute) Act 1, Scene 6 : Tamino is presented to the Queen of the Night by his three rescuers ; he vows to rescue her daughter Pamina, kidnapped by Sarastro

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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London Trade Card - Thomas Sandby, artist

London Trade Card - Thomas Paul Sandby (1753-1832), artist (son of Thomas Sandby), St George's Row, Oxford Street, offering drawing lessons. The painting reproduced shows a Corinthian maiden sketching the silhouette of her departing lover.
1791

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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