Adolphe Collection

Adolphe Sax
ADOLPHE SAX French inventor of musical instruments

Adolphe Laferriere as Charles Barbaroux in Madame Roland by Virginie Ancelot, Theatre du Vaudeville, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique

Cassandre
Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron (Cassandre) (1901-1968). French painter, poster artist & typeface designer Date: circa 1930

Adolphe Pegoud pilot

Adolphe Pegoud WW1 Ace early 1900s

The Sceptre
A portrait illustration of a young woman reclined casually on her back, with one upraised leg, she is holding up a golden sceptre in one hand. Date: circa 1901

Flowers and Key
A simple illustration of some colourful flowers and wheat nestled around and through the loop of a key. Date: circa 1901

Fantasy Fan Design
This fan design shows a fantasy scene where women in various costumes are flying in the strong winds over the ocean, a mermaid is leaping out of the water to grab onto the crecent moon

Pierrot And The Banker Part 2
A series of illustrations portraying Pierrot the sad pantomime clown and a banker, Pierrot grabs a safe and puts a black cat inside, upon arrival to the banker

Pierrot And The Banker Part 1
A series of illustrations portraying Pierrot the sad pantomime clown and a banker, in each scene, Pierrot tries to impress the banker carrying the bags of wealth via means of playing music

The Modern Hydra
This illustration depicts a scene in which a young lady has forcefully placed her boot on the shoulder of an older gentleman-Lizard hybrid creature

The Feline Target
This sketch depicts a scene where a young male archer has taken Cupid's bow to fire an arrow at a young lady reclined on a grassy bank, however the arrow has struck a cat who stands on top of her

Finally Alone!
A parody sketch of a drawing by Rene Georges Hermann-Paul, in which a man is somewhat satisfied as he stands by the grave of his wife. Date: circa 1901

Politics!
This sketch shows a band of what must be criminals, terrorising a community, some are pinning women to the floor, while another slits the throat of a lady on the left, under the title of politics

Parody of A Drawing by Abel Faivre
A parody sketch of French painter Abel Faivre, as a man that has been stabbed in the back, with his liver spilling out of his guts, and his legs cut off, a large female model says, Oh my god

French Figures
An illustration which shows an array of French figures, including Pierrot the sad clown, a pastor, a sailor and various other professions and famous people. Date: circa 1901

Tastes And Colors You Should Not Discuss
A series of illustrations displaying the use of different colours, a yellow gentleman removing the hat of a man in green with a fishing rod, as he carries away a lady

Woman With Shepherd
An illustration of a cheeky young woman wearing a green dress, capturing the eye of a shepherd walking up some steps as he glances over his shoulder towards her. Date: circa 1901

French Caricatures, Hodgepodge of Heads
A selection of caricatures of prominent French figures, including Minister of Public Works Pierre Baudin, painter Albert Pierre Rene Maignan, historian and journalist Georges Eugene Sorel

Edouard Adolphe Drumont, French writer and politician
Edouard Adolphe Drumont (1844-1917), French antisemitic writer and politician Date: circa 1880s

Adolphe Thiers, French statesman and historian
Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), French statesman and historian, President of France and President of the Third Republic. Date: 1868

Adolphe de Forcade de la Roquette, French politician
Adolphe de Forcade de la Roquette (1820-1874), French politician Date: circa 1860s

Adolphe Billault, French lawyer and politician
Adolphe Augustin Marie Billault (1805-1863), French lawyer and politician Date: circa 1850s

Marechal Adolphe Niel, French army general and statesman
Marechal Adolphe Niel (1802-1869), French army general and statesman, Marshal of France. Date: circa 1850s

Emperor Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann
Napoleon III handing over the decree of annexation of the suburbs of Paris to Baron Haussmann, for urban development (16 February 1859)

Sous Bois
A landscape painting of a clearing of grass and wildflowers leading to a thick hedge with trees rising between. Date: circa 1922

Madame DAlvarez
A portrait painting of Marguerite d'Alvarez, an English contralto who sang on various operatic and concert stages, including Samson and Delilah performed in Rouen in 1907

Letourdie
This painting depicts the scene of three happy girls, wearing white dresses and bonnets tied with black ribbon. The tallest girl is carrying a full basket of roses

Clment-Bayard No. 1 Airship 1908
Adolphe Clement-Bayard's latest French dirigible military airship, piloted by M. Henri Kapferer in response to a French Army decision to experiment with airship operations

Adolphe Max, Mayor of Brussels, Belgium
Adolphe Max (1869-1939), Liberal politician and Mayor of Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1913-1914

Little brown bustard, Eupodotis humilis, and sharpbill, Oxyruncus cristatus. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire

Gouget as Raymond in Les Sept Chateaux du Diable, 1844
Gouget as Raymond in the fairy spectacle Les Sept Chateaux du Diable by Charles Clairville and Adolphe Dennery, Theatre de la Gaite, 1844

Clarisse Midroy as Maritana in Don Cesar de Bazan, 1844
Mlle. Clarisse Midroy as Maritana in Don Cesar de Bazan by Dumanoir and Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1844

Eugene Grailly as Charles II in Don Cesar de Bazan, 1844
French actor Eugene Grailly as Charles II in Don Cesar de Bazan by Dumanoir and Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1844

French actor Perrin as Don Jose in Don Cesar de Bazan, 1844
French actor Perrin as Don Jose in Don Cesar de Bazan by Dumanoir and Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1844

French actor Frederic Lemaitre in Don Cesar de Bazan, 1844
French actor Frederic Lemaitre in Don Cesar de Bazan by Dumanoir and Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1844

French singer Jean-Baptiste Chollet in the comic opera Cagliostro by Adolphe Adame, Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Eugene Scribe, Theatre Royal de l Opera Comique, 1844

Delphine Marquet as the Marquis in La Veuve
French actress Delphine Marquet as the Marquis in La Veuve de Quinze Ans by Theaulon and Adolphe, Theatre des Varieties, 1847

French comic actor Charles Coquet as Regent in L Etoile du Berger by Anicet Bourgeois and Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de l Ambigu Comique, 1846

Vincent Alfred Baron as Piquillo in L Etoile du Berger, 1846
French actor Vincent Alfred Baron as Piquillo in L Etoile du Berger by Anicet Bourgeois and Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de l Ambigu Comique, 1846

Mlle. Emma as Felina in L Etoile du Berger by Anicet Bourgeois and Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de l Ambigu Comique, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie

Mlle. Daniel as Paquita in L Etoile du Berger, 1846
Mlle. Daniel as Paquita in L Etoile du Berger by Anicet Bourgeois et Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de l Ambigu Comique, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie

Mlle. Rose-Cheri in Noemi, Theatre du Gymnase
French actress Mlle. Rose-Cheri in Noemi by Adolphe Dennery and Rene Clement, Theatre du Gymnase Dramatique, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor

Adolphe Nourrit in Tarare, 1823
French tenor Adolphe Nourrit as the soldier Tarare in the opera Tarare by Antonio Salieri, Academie Royale de Musique, 1823. Handcoloured lithograph by F

French tenor singer Adolphe Nourrit as Alamede in Ipsiboe by Rodolphe Kreutzer, Academie Royale de Musique, 1824. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Mme. Adolphe as Thereze in La Famille Sirven
French actress Mme. Adolphe or Louise Hypolite Regnier (d. 1837) as Thereze in La Famille Sirven by M. Frederic at the Theatre de la Gaiete, 1820

Monsieur de Blowitz, Paris correspondent of The Times
Caricature, Henri Georges Stephane Adolphe Opper de Blowitz (1825-1903), Paris correspondent of The Times and Bohemian journalist. 1893

Caricature, Andre Disderi, French photographer
Caricature of Andre-Adolphe-Eugene Disderi (1819-1889), French photographer. 1865

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