Amiens Collection

Australian troops counter-attack at Amiens, WW1
Australian troops hold the line at Villers Bretonneux nine miles east of Amiens during a German attack during the Battle of Amiens in April 1918

German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1
A huge German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918 became a source of some Allied controversy. The Australian 31st Battalion effected its capture, but

France - Amiens - The Cathedral - The Crying Angel Statue Date: circa 1910

France / Amiens
View across the Somme to the cathedral

Poster advertising French railways, showing the route of the Chemins de Fer de l Est between London in the north west to Milan in the south east, calling at various destinations on the way

Amiens cathedral, France
19th century vintage photograph: Amiens cathedral

WW1 - Amiens Cathedral, France - Protection from air attack using a wall of sandbags (exterior). Date: circa 1915

Peter the Hermit, preaching before the Pope
Peter the Hermit, a priest of Amiens, France, associated with the Crusades, preaching before the Pope Date: circa 1090s

Amiens and the Cloud
A landscape oil painting showing a distant view of Amiens, a city in northern France, that is divided by the Somme river. The city is shown with looming great clouds hovering above. Date: circa 1919

Amiens Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, in the north of France. Date: 1834

River Somme at Amiens, Northern France
View of the River Somme at Amiens, Northern France. Date: circa 1910

BATTLE AMIENS 1870
Battle of Amiens during the Franco-Prussian War: the Prussians 44th regiment attacks a rail embankment at Villers Bretonneux Date: 23 December 1870

100 Years War and Sir Godfrey Conquering Amiens
Sir Godfrey of Harcourt defeats the men of Amiens Date: 1356

IMAGE OF MARY / BANNER
The image of The Virgin on a banner : miniature from the Chants royaux dAmiens composed for Louise de Savoie by Jan Van Brickenbork Date: 16th century

La Place Gambetta, Amiens, France. Date: circa 1908

France. Amiens. Cathedral of Our Lady
FRANCE. Amiens. Notre Dame cathedral. Bas-reliefs. North wall of the choir. Scenes depicting the life of John the Baptist. Gothic art. Relief

The Cathedral, Amiens (1849). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1849

Somme, France - Amiens Cathedral
Somme, France - The Amiens Cathedral, The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, is the tallest complete cathedral in France and sits overlooking the Amiens River in the Somme region

St. Martin of Braga (520-589) sharing his cloak with a begga
Saint Martin of Braga (520-580). Archbishop of Bracara Augusta i Gallaecia (now Braga, Portugal). St. Martin sharing his cloak with a beggar. Engraving by Cibera. Ano Cristiano. 1853. Colored

Jules Verne / Library
JULES VERNE His library at 1 rue Charles Dubois, Amiens Date: 1828 - 1905

Three books, The Somme, Lille, Amiens
Three books, The Somme, Lille and Amiens, published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

General Sir Henry Rawlinson, British army officer, WW1
General Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson (1864-1925), British army officer during the First World War, active in the Battle of the Somme (1916) and the Battle of Amiens (1918). Date: 1917

Amiens Cathedral
The cathedral Date: 1836

France / Amiensl
General view of the town with the Somme in the foreground, the cathedral in the distance. Date: circa 1840

The ruins of Amiens - post WWI
The damaged streets and houses of the City of Amiens, France - following German bombardment during WWI. La Rue Lamartine. Date: circa 1920

Battle of Amiens 1918
German machine gun captured by 2nd / 10th Londons in its position, showing its field of fire near Sailly Laurette at the Battle of Amiens on the Western Front in France during World War I in August

Peter the Hermit
PETER THE HERMIT, also known as Peter of Amiens French monk who urged the First Crusade, which he accompanied, then returned and became a prior in Belgium

Amiens, France - La Maison du Sagittaire - Ladys Milliner Date: circa 1908

International Exhibition at Amiens - Senegalese Village
International Exhibition at Amiens, France - Cooking in the Senegalese Village. Date: 1906

Popular Healer
Madeleine, born in 1827, employed in a French chateau near Amiens, acquires a wide reputation for her healing skills based on old wives tales and traditions Date: circa 1880

Two pages of a book, The Somme, Michelin
Two pages of a book, The Somme, Volume I, The First Battle of the Somme (1916-1917), published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

Airco DH10C Amiens III, (on the ground, forward view)

Airco DH 10 Amiens three-man bomber. Seen here is the second of four prototypes, serial no. C 8659. The production phase came too late for the planes to take part in the First World War

Illuminated alphabet, gold chalice, golden reliquary, and wood-carvings from the choir.. Chalice from the Cathedral de Sens, reliquary from the Cathedral of Reims

Eglise Saint Jacques, Amiens, Somme
Eglise Saint Jacques, Amiens, Picardy, Somme, France. Date: 1900s

Funeral Flowers at Strathclyde, Offerton Lane, Stockport. They are for the funeral of Charles Harold Battersby who died on 12th January 1913 in Amiens, France and was buried on the 16th in Stockport

A curved stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI
A curved stem pipe, finely hand carved by and belonging to Driver P. S. Wilson, a lorry driver with the Army Service Corps. during the First World War

A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI
A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved by and belonging to Driver P. S. Wilson, a lorry driver with the Army Service Corps. during the First World War. Signature on base of pipe - P. S. WILSON

Letter opener Engraved Amiens
Letter opener. Engraved Amiens with leaves and branches with a German Army button on the bullet handle. Trench Art

Amiens : L eglise St Leu
Amiens : L eglise St. Leu. Paul Mansard

Protecting Architectural Treasures, France, WW1
Amiens cathedrals entrance protected by vast walls of sand bags during the First World War. All Frances cathedrals near the Western Front were similarly protected. Date: 1915

Amiens-St Quentin road, France, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers on the Amiens-St Quentin road on the Western Front in France during World War One. They belong to a working party clearing tree wreckage. Date: circa 1916

French soldiers removing wine for safe keeping, WW1
French soldiers removing wine from cellars in Amiens for safe keeping on the British Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Amiens, France - La Prefecture and La Rue de Metz-Leveque
Attractive card with two inset views of Amiens, Picardy, France - La Prefecture and a view from La Rue de Metz-Leveque (looking west from the street along a narrow stream/canal off La Somme River - a)

France - Amiens - The Cathedral - The North Side Date: circa 1910

de Havilland DH10A Amiens F1869
de Havilland DH10A Amiens, F1869

de Havilland DH10A Amiens F8441
de Havilland DH10A Amiens, F8441

de Havilland DH10 Amiens F1874
de Havilland DH10 Amiens, F1874

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