Academie Collection (page 2)

Jean-Baptiste Descamps
JEAN-BAPTISTE DESCAMPS French artist, director of the Academie des Arts du Dessin at Rouen, no less. Date: 1636 - 1699

Jacques Delille - 4
Abbe JACQUES DELILLE French writer, One of the Forty of the Academie Francaise - judging by the ornaments in this engraving, he wrote of rustic matters. Date: 1738 - 1813

Anne Dacier - 3
ANNE DACIER, nee Lefevre French classical scholar, wife of Andre Dacier of the Academie Francaise (to which of course she could not be elected, being only a woman) Date: 1654 - 1720

Anne Dacier - 4
ANNE DACIER, nee Lefevre French classical scholar, wife of Andre Dacier of the Academie Francaise (to which of course she could not be elected, being only a woman) Date: 1654 - 1720

Chas. Pierre Colardeau
CHARLES PIERRE COLARDEAU French writer, member of the Academie Francaise. Date: 1742 - 1776

Jean-Louis De Balzac
JEAN LOUIS DE BALZAC French writer, a founding member of the Academie Francaise, considered a master of the classic French prose style. Date: 1594 - 1654

Auguste Guillaume Bosc
L AUGUSTE GUILLAUME BOSC French botanist, zoologist and agronomist, member of the Academie des Sciences, professeur de Culture au Jardin du Roi. Date: 1759 - 1828

Joseph Bertrand
JOSEPH BERTRAND French mathematician, perpetual secretary of the mathematical sciences department of the Academie des Sciences. Date: 1822 - 1900

Louis Xiii / Crispin D Pas
LOUIS XIII, LE JUSTE (JUST) Eldest son of Henri IV, he ruled from 1610-1643 and made France a great power, founding the Academie Francaise. Here age 16 going riding. Date: 1601 - 1643

Institut De France / Ils
A public meeting of the Institut in Paris. The Institut encompases five academies including L Academie Francaise. Date: 1843

Institut De France / Tinke
A public meeting of the Institut in Paris, with Joseph Bertrand presiding. The Institut encompases 5 academies including L Academie Francaise

Institut De France / Mapit
The annual meeting of the Institut of France which encompases five academies, including the Academie Francaise. Date: 1884

Advert for Veronine Vestoff Academie de Danse (1926)
Advert for Veronine Vestoff Academie de Danse, New York (1926) Date: 1926

Mlle Fanny Cerrito in Maziliers Orfa at the
Mlle. Fanny Cerrito in Maziliers Orfa at the Academie Imperiale de Musique.. Cerrito (1817-1909) was born in Naples and became one of the most famous ballerinas of the 19th century

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Merri, rue Saint Martin. Date: 1829

Vaccination session at the Academie de Medicine, Paris. Babies and chlidren are brought in for inoculation with a vaccine taken from a live calf. Date: 1898

Antoine Pierre Berryer - French Advocate
Antoine Pierre Berryer (17901868) - French advocate and parliamentary orator. Elected to the Academie Francaise in 1852. Date: 1863

Montgolfier balloon, built in the garden of Jean-Baptiste Reveillon, Rue de Montreuil, Faubourg St Antoine, Paris, funded by the Academie Royale des Sciences. Depicted here being filled by gas

Anne Vallayer-Coster
ANNE VALLAYER-COSTER French artist, received into the Academie Francaise in 1770. Date: CIRCA 1770

Pierre Seguier
PIERRE SEGUIER French statesman and president de l Academie. Date: 1588 - 1672

LACORDAIRE
JEAN-BAPTISTE HENRI LACORDAIRE French churchman noted for his preaching : also member of the Academie Francaise, and politically active. Date: 1802 - 1861

Charles J F Henault
CHARLES JEAN FRANCOIS HENAULT French historian and orator, member of the Parlement de Paris and of the Academie Francaise. Date: 1685 - 1770

Acad Francaise 1900
A crowded meeting, of mostly men, but with two women in the audience Date: 1900

Etienne Condillac - 2
ETIENNE BONNOT DE CONDILLAC French churchman and philosopher, member of the Academie Francaise. Date: 1715 - 1780

Jean-Jacques Ampere
JEAN-JACQUES AMPERE (son of the noted scientist) French writer, member of the Academie Francaise. Date: 1800 - 1864

Claude Gros De Boze
CLAUDE GROS de BOZE French antiquary, member of the Academie de Belles Lettres et Inscriptions, keeper of medals in the Royal Cabinet. Date: 1680 - 1753

Acad Francaise 1896
Visited by Russian royals. The Academy is the most celebrated of the five academies which makes up the Institut. Date: 7 October 1896

Business Academy - Breclav, Czech Republic
Breclav - a town in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, on the border with Lower Austria on Dyje River (pictured). This card shows the The Business Academy of Breclav

E Rostand / Pjournal 1903
EDMOND ROSTAND French playwright received at the Academie Francaise

Charles Perrault / Forteba
CHARLES PERRAULT French writer and member of the Academie Francaise; best known for his fairytales; also in charge of royal buildings

Massys / Quentin / Academie
QUENTIN MASSYS or MATSYS, MESSYS or METSYS Flemish painter

L B Picard / Figaro Album
LOUIS-BENOIT PICARD French playwright and member of the Academie-Francaise

Louis Xiii / Le Juste
LOUIS XIII, LE JUSTE (JUST) Eldest son of Henri IV, he ruled from 1610-1643 and made France a great power, founding the Academie Francaise

Acad Francaise / Moloch
Caricature of the Academie Francaise, personified as a worrisome old woman compiling a dictionary

Academie Francaise
Allegorical depiction of the academy showing toga clad men of learning surrounded by scientific instruments participating in all branches of the arts & sciences

Louvre, 18th Century
Perspective view of the Academie Royale of painting and sculpture in the Louvre - even with the ladder provided, visitors would have difficulty inspecting the highest items

First Montgolfiere 1783
THE FIRST PRACTICAL BALLOON Montgolfiers first air balloon, unmanned, was launched at Annonay, rose to 2000 metres; the Academie Royale des Sciences paid for the venture

Academie Francaise 1867
The reception of M. Cuvillier Fleury at the French Academy; the most celebrated of the five academies included in the Institut

Mesmer and Academie
Mesmer hopes to interest the French Academie des Sciences in his work, but they ignore him and it

Lesseps Academician
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS French engineer, presented to the Academie Francaise by Pailleron and Victor Hugo

Picard / Academiefrancaise
Louis-Benoit Picard, French playwright and member of the Academie- Francaise

Ballet dancers rehearsing Rouet d Armor
Ballet dancers at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse rehearsing a new opera-ballet by Adolphe Piriou, Rouet d Armor (Wheel of Armour)

Ballet dancers waiting to rehearse
Ballet dancers at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse in their costumes, waiting to rehearse

Vaccination from Animal
Dr Depaul vaccinates from the animal at the Academie de Medecine, Paris

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