Beauvais Collection

AIRSHIP / R101 CRASH / 1930
The skeleton of the R.101 sits in a field near Beauvais, France, after the crash during its first and last flight. Date: 5 October 1930

Military honours for dead of R101
French homage to Britains dead in the great airship R101 disaster: the moving final scene at Beauvais - Spahis saluting the coffins, borne on French artillery wagons

The wreckage of the crashed British Airship R101 near Beauvais, France - whilst on a flight to India Date: 1930

Victory of Heraclius over the Saracens. Miniature. Le Miroir
Victory of Heraclius over the Saracens. Fol. 65v. Miniature in Le Miroir Historial by Vincent de Beauvais (c.1190-c.1264). French school. 15th century. Conde Museum. Castle of Chantilly. France

Vincent Beauvais 1190 1264 Aisa Import Speculum
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Bishop of Beauvais, Eveque de Beauvais, with mitre. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larcheys Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d Or et de l Europe au 15e siecle

Aerial view of Beauvais-Tille airport, France, with terminal buildings, aircraft, coaches and cars. Date: circa 1940s

Interior view of Beauvais Cathedral, northern France
Interior view of the Cathedral of St Peter of Beauvais, northern France, dating back to the 13th century. Date: circa 1900s

BEAUVAIS, CIRCA 1840
A fine view of this agreable town in the Oise department, seen from one of the roads leading into the centre, dominated by the massive and fine cathedral. Date: circa 1840

SIEGE OF BEAUVAIS 1472
SIEGE OF BEAUVAIS : Charles le Temeraire, duc de Bourgogne, tries to take Beauvais but the defence, notably by Jeanne de la Hachette, forces him to abandon the siege Date: July 1472

PARIS / PLACE BEAUVAIS
Place de Beauvais: site of todays Pompidou Centre... Date: circa 1805

JEANNE HACHETTE / LAFITTE
Jeanne Lamme, or Fourquet, known as JEANNE HACHETTE who, when the Burgundians besieged Beauvais in July 1472, roused her fellow citizens to resistance Date: flourished 1472

Beauvais, France - aerial view, WW2
Beauvais, France - Aerial view of the northern French city of Beauvais, showing streets and rooftops, with church spires in the foreground, with bomb damage during the Second World War. circa 1940

Jeanne Hachette / Perlet
JEANNE LAISNE, or FOURQUET known as JEANNE HACHETTE French heroine who defended Beauvais against the Burgundians in 1472 Date: 1454 -

VINCENT of BEAUVAIS (1190-1264). Speculum historiale. ca. 1460. Speculum Historialis (14th c.). Meeting of nine kings. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Cava de Tirreni. Archives of the Abbey

Charles Coffin
CHARLES COFFIN French churchman, Rector of the University of Paris and Principal of the College of Beauvais : writer. Date: 1676 - 1749

Jean Cholet, Cardinal
JEAN CHOLET French churchman, cardinal who was born and died at Beauvais. Date: ? - 1281 or 1291

Adrien Baillet
ADRIEN BAILLET French divine and scholar, born near Beauvais, died in Paris. Date: 1649 - 1706

Your Husbands Painting
- and you say your husband has sent a painting of Jean Hachette on the ramparts of Beauvais to the Salon... Date: 1905

Beauvais, East end of the cathedral, 1247, France
The choir is the most lofty in the world. " In the work which seems to me the great type of simple and masculne buttress structure, the apse of Beauvais

Douglas DC-3 G-AGYZ Skyways of London Beauvais 1960
Douglas DC-3 G-AGYZ of Skyways of London at Beauvais on 4 July 1960 Date: 1960

France Beauvais
Distant view of the cathedral. Date: circa 1835

VINCENT of BEAUVAIS (1190-1264). Speculum historiale. ca. 1460. Innocent III excommunicates Otto IV for the invasion of Sicily (1210). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN

Vincent De Beauvais
VINCENT DE BEAUVAIS French churchman and scholar, depicted reading to Louis IX in the Sainte-Chapelle, Paris Date: 1190 - 1264

Nicolas De Buzanval
NICOLAS CHOUART de BUZANVAL French churchman, bishop and comte de Beauvais. Date: 1611 - 1679

President Poincare and Aristide Briand, Beauvais, WW1
President Raymond Poincare (1860-1934) (centre) and Prime Minister Aristide Briand (1862-1932) (left), at Beauvais, northern France, for a meeting during the First World War. Date: 1917

Tail of wrecked R101 airship at Beauvais
The shape of the tail fins and rudder of the R101 airship can be clearly seen amid the wreckage after it crashed on 5th October 1930 near Beauvais, France, on its maiden voyage

Diagram of R101 crash
A diagram showing how the British R101 airship dived twice and crashed on a hillside of Allonne, near Beauvais, France on 5th October 1930 on its maiden voyage

Poster for railway trips to Beauvais
Poster for French railways, advertising trips to Beauvais, of interest for its medieval buildings and history

Burgundians at Beauvais
In the course of the on-going struggle between the ducs de Bourgogne and the crown, Beauvais is besieged by battering Burgundians

R101 CRASH - 1
THE R.101 : badly designed, inadequately tested and overloaded, the airship crashes near Beauvais, France, on its way to India

Settee and Chairs
French settees and matching chair upholstered in tapisserie (tapestry) de Beauvais

Jeanne Hachette
JEANNE HACHETTE courageous young lady who roused the people of Beauvais to defend their city against Charles le Temeraire, duc de Bourgogne

R101 CRASH - 2
THE R.101 : badly designed, inadequately tested and overloaded, the airship crashes near Beauvais, France, on its way to India

Jeanne Hachette / Lafitte
Jeanne Lamme, or Fourquet, known as JEANNE HACHETTE who, when the Burgundians besieged Beauvais in July 1472, roused her fellow citizens to resistance

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