Antoine Collection (page 17)

Edmond Thiaudire / Demare
Edmond Antoine-Delphin Thiaudire, (1837-1930) French poet, novelist, philosopher

Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan / Gill
Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan (1843-1919) French statesman, author and naturalist

D aubusson at Rhodes
During the siege of Rhodes by the Turks, Pierre d Aubusson, Grand Master of the defending Knights Hospitallers, offers the command to his brother Antoine

Building Barricades
The insurgents build barricades in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris, just as they did in 1830 and in the earlier revolution

Paris Barricade C17
The Parisians passion for building barricades dates from long before the Revolution : this barricade at the Porte Saint-Antoine is shown in a print of 1648

Defending Barricade
Communards defend their barricade in the rue Saint- Antoine

Rooftop Insurgents
In the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, insurgents hurl anything they can lay hands on at the government troops

Faubourg Saint Antoine
At the battle of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Turenne hems in the frondeurs under Conde at the walls of Paris : but the Parisians are persuaded to open the gates to the rebels

Triumphal Arch
Every French king loves it when an arc de triomphe is erected in his honour, and Louis XIV is no exception - this arch, of plaster, is in the faubourg St Antoine, Paris

Homage to Louis
When 11-year old Louis returns to Paris, a splendid trosne is built for him at the Porte Saint-Antoine, where people queue to pay him homage. It will all go to his head

Antoine Dreux Daubray
ANTOINE DREUX DAUBRAY civil lieutenant of Paris, poisoned by his daughter Marie Madeleine, marquise de Brinvilliers, the notorious murderess

Antwerp / Hotel Antoine
Antwerp: Hotel St Antoine

Nollet and Gold Leaf
Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstrates how an electrical charge can be passed from one person to another, enabling the second to attract pieces of gold leaf

Nollet Experiment
Jean-Antoine Nollet stands beside some of the apparatus with which he researches how electricity can be generated and transferred

Lavoisier Botanising
ANTOINE-LAURENT LAVOISIER French scientist, depicted collecting botanical specimens in a wood

Paris / Bastille C1760
A variety of carriages and riders at the Porte Saint- Antoine, passing the grim Bastille prison with its deep moat. Soon, the citizenry of Paris will tear it down

Duc D angouleme
BATTLE OF TROCADERO When liberals revolt against Spains despotic government, France intervenes and the duc d Angouleme crushes the rebels at Trocadero, near Cadiz

Duc D enghien
Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Conde, Duc d Enghien

Napoleon Back in Paris
He is greeted with enthusiasm on his return to Paris after escaping from Elba : the scene in the faubourg Saint- Antoine

Giov. Ant. Risso
GIOVANNI ANTONIO RISSO Italian zoologist, botanist and geologist

Leo Taxil (Caricature)
LEO TAXIL (real name Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pages) French controversialist, after Jesuit upbringing became vigorous anti-Catholic writer

Parmentier and Potato
French agriculturist Antoine PARMENTIER presents a potato to Louis XVI; some laughed, but the king placed a shoot in his buttonhole in recognition of Parmentiers achievement

Antoine Jerome Balard
ANTOINE JEROME BALARD French chemist

Shakespeare / Timon
French production at the Theatre Antoine, Paris - scene from Act V

PROUST (1832-1905)
Antoine Proust French journalist and politician

Jean-Antoine Watteau
JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU French painter. Known especially for his Rococo series of conventional shepherds and shepherdesses and country dances series

Rene Reaumur / World Inven
RENE-ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE REAUMUR French naturalist and physicist

Perrenot / Granvelle / Larme
ANTOINE DE PERRENOT DE GRANVELLE French cardinal and politician

M-A Muret / Larmessin
MARC-ANTOINE MURET French poet and humanist

Antoine Louis Clapisson
ANTOINE LOUIS CLAPISSON Italian/French musician

J B a As De Pongerville
Jean-Baptiste Antoine Aime de PONGERVILLE French writer

Pierre Antoine Berryer
PIERRE ANTOINE BERRYER French lawyer and orator

J J a M Baron De Witte
Jean-Joseph-Antoine-Marie, baron de WITTE Belgian/French scholar

Pierre-Antoine Lebrun
PIERRE-ANTOINE LEBRUN French writer and statesman

Ela Huot De Goncourt / Hc
EDMOND-LOUIS-ANTOINE HUOT DE GONCOURT French novelist looking at pictures

Jules & Edmond Goncourt
JULES-ALFRED AND EDMOND-LOUIS-ANTOINE HUOT DE CONCOURT French novelists and brothers

Ela Huot De Goncourt / Hom
EDMOND-LOUIS-ANTOINE HUOT DE GONCOURT French novelist: a satirical view

LA Garnier-Pages / Feret
LOUIS-ANTOINE GARNIER-PAGES French politician and historian

Barricade Rue St Antoine
Fierce fighting with bayonets on a barricade in the Rue Saint-Antoine in Paris

A A CALMET
ANTOINE AUGUSTIN CALMET French Benedictine theologian and ecclesiastical historian

Science / Lavoisier
ANTOINE-LAURENT LAVOISIER French chemist & founder of modern chemistry. Depicted determining the composition of the atmosphere

Louis a A Mizon
Louis-Alexandre-Antoine MIZON French sailor, explorer and administrator : several notable expeditions in equatorial Africa

Paris / Rue St Antoine
Rue Saint Antoine: aerial view

Bougainville on River
LOUIS-ANTOINE DE BOUGAINVILLE French naval, navigator, geographer, shown crossing the river of Santa Lucia in a canoe drawn by horses

L-A De Bougainville
LOUIS-ANTOINE DE BOUGAINVILLE French naval, navigator, geographer

Ant. Court De Gebelin
ANTOINE COURT DE GEBELIN French protestant historian and antiquary

Antoine a Chassepot
ANTOINE ALPHONSE CHASSEPOT French weapon designer, creator of the most famous French rifle

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