Antoine Collection (page 9)

Chinese money changer cutting silver ingots into different sizes for payment, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste

Cotton spinner and mantua maker, Qing Dynasty China. Woman spinning thread on a spinning wheel, and itinerant clothes maker with her tools in a basket

Viper seller and stocking maker, Qing Dynasty
Viper seller and stocking maker sewing cloth stockings, Qing Dynasty. The viper seller carries a bucket of live vipers and a basket with a jar of medicinal snake broth

Chinese silk-cord or silk-twist makers, Qing Dynasty. Women twisting silk thread on an uprtight cone. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Men collecting varnish from the Chinese lacquer tree
Chinese men collecting varnish from the Chinese lacquer tree, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, using bamboo pipes. One man stirs collected varnish in a pan while another eats from a bowl with chopsticks

Chinese printing, Qing Dynasty. Printers workshop with engraved boards, paper sheets, printing ink, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Indian ink manufacture, Qing Dynasty China. Ink is made of lamp-black (burnt pine-wood, hogs-fat and oil) mixed with musk and glue, then shaped in wooden moulds

Male and female Mandarins (magistrates) in summer dress, imperial court of China. Embroidered square on their tunic reveals their rank and type: bird for civil, animal for military

Chinese pottery firing, Qing Dynasty
Chinese pottery making: potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it, and a potter firing porcelain plates over an open oven

Chinese potter throwing a porcelain cup on a potters wheel, powered by an assistant. Another worker arranges cups on a board for the oven

Chinese paper making, QIng Dynasty
Chinese paper making: young bamboo shoots are stripped of their bark, beaten and soaked in river water for a fortnight. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Chinese man writing with a brush at a desk, Qing Dynasty
Chinese man writing with a brush at a desk. The brush is made of rabbit hair and bamboo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste

An itinerant bookseller selling tales and song-books for the lower orders from a stall. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste

The emperors eldest son with his wife
The emperors eldest son smoking a tobacco pipe with his wife playing the pipa and her attendant in the gardens of the Old Summer Palace, Yuanming Yuan

MIrror seller, Qing Dynasty. The mirrors are made of highly polished copper. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Kien Long (Qianlong) Emperor of China, sixth emperor in the Qing Dynasty (1711-1799). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Chinese Mahometan woman showing a toy to her son. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Tartar woman riding on a one-wheel barrow drawn by servants. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Young Licentiate or doctor riding a horse celebrating his graduation and proceeded by youths with banners showing his new rank

Old Summer Palace of Yuen Ming Yuen (Yuanming Yuan), Haidian, Peking, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Bonze or Buddhist monk performing a vow to crawl on all fours with a saddle on his back. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste

Tartar Woman making a Tsi, sacrificing the spirit of the door to prevent misfortune entering. Buddhist or Fo sect, Lao-Kiun

Grand Lama and Tao-Tse. Tartar Buddhist monk in yellow satin robe, and Taoist monk in yellow and blue robes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Grand Lama and Lama of the eight Tartar Banners. Tartar Buddhist monks in yellow satin robes and hats. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Tartar woman and child, Qing Dynasty China. She wears an embroidered silk robe and smokes a tobacco pipe, while the child pulls a toy cart

The Emperor of China in a spring ritual called
The Emperor of China with plough and oxen in a spring ritual called the Feast of Agriculture. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Louis Antoine de Bourbon, Duc d Angouleme 1776-1849. In the uniform of a colonel in the Garde-du-corps de Monsieur with grand-cordon bleu sash, chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Antoine de Saint Chamans, Lord of Mery, 1563-1627
Antoine de Saint Chamans, Lord of Mery, Seigneur de Meri, 1563-1627. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres gallery portfolio X 38 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs

Antoine du Pluvinel, French riding master, 1552-1620. Author of L Instruction du Roy en l Exercice de Monter a Cheval. Handcoloured lithograph after an engraved portrait by Crispin de Pas from Le

Antoine Coiffier, Marquis d Effiat, 1581-1632
Antoine Coiffier de Ruze, Marquis d Effiat, Marshal of France and Superintendent of Finances to King Louis XIII, 1581-1632

Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre, reign of King Charles IX of France. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres gallery portfolio IX 16 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul

Antoine de Crequy, Seigneur de Pont-Remi, French soldier killed at the siege of Hesdin 1525. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a figure in Roger de Gaignieres portfolios from Le

Antoine Duprat, French cardinal and politician, Chancellor of France, 1463-1535. Handcoloured lithograph by J.B. Gautier after a contemporary miniature in Roger de Gaignieres portfolio VIII 48

Antoine de Vergy, comte de Dammartin d. 1439. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres portfolio VI 150 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes

French actor Francois Joseph Talma (1763-1826) as Manlius in Manlius Capitolinus by Antoine de la Fosse at the Theatre Francais

Aerial View - Basilica di Sant Antonio - Padua, Italy
circa 1910s

Italian Comedians by Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) - painting on canvas Date: 1720

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Greater false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra, and horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus tridens.. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieus Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Marten, Martes martes, and wolverine, Gulo gulo.. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieus Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G

RESCUED FROM THE SEINE
Antoine Ravignat, Adj. Major of the 3rd regiment of Hussars drowns in the Seine rescuing fellow officer and then trying to save the manservant as well Date: 1803

LOUIS-NAPOLEONS COUP
Barricades at Faubourg St Martin, Paris, during Louis- Napoleons coup. Date: 3 December 1851

NOLLET LECTURES 1754
JEAN-ANTOINE (abbe) NOLLET gives a course in physics at the College de Navarre, Paris, where he is professor Date: 1754

JEAN-ANTOINE NOLLET known as the Abbe Nollet, French professor of physics who carried out important early electrical experiments Date: 1700 - 1770

LAVOISIER BOTANISING
ANTOINE-LAURENT LAVOISIER French scientist, depicted collecting botanical specimens in a wood Date: 1743 - 1794

SAINT ANTOINE
Regular canon of the ORDRE DE SAINT-ANTOINE Date: 1848

NOLLET MACHINE
The electrical machine of Jean-Antoine Nollet, abbe and professor of experimental physics at the University of Paris. Date: circa 1750

Premature burial (L Inhumation pr飩pit饩by Antoine Wiertz
The premature burial (L Inhumation pr飩 pit饩, a 1854 painting by Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz, shows a cholera victim waking up after having been placed in a coffin and buried alive)

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). Embarkation for Cythera (1717). Louvre Museum. Paris. France

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