Bretagne Collection (page 4)

La Grande Guerre. L effort et l ideal de la Grande-Bretagne. Representes en une serie de lithographies. Musee du Luxembourg. A foot soldier

Boule Players - Brittany, France - Beuzec-Cap-Sizun
The Decisive blow Boule Players - Brittany, France - Beuzec-Cap-Sizun. Date: circa 1910s

Milkmaid and Milk Seller at Hennebont, Brittany
Milkmaid and Milk Seller at Hennebont, in the Morbihan department of Brittany, France. Date: circa 1910s

Breton Reaper with gigantic Scythe
A Reaper with his immense scythe and solid wooden clogs - at Beauce, Brittany, France. Date: circa 1910s

Lannion on the River Legue, France
Lannion, Brittany, France - situated where the River Lannion meets the sea. On the edge of the Legue region. Date: 1910

Elderly Breton Man, France wearing distinctive traditional wide-bodied short trousers (almost bloomers) and leggings, wide-brimmed hat and jerkin waistcoat. Date: 1903

France - Elderly water carrier
A really extraordinary photographic postcard of an elderly lady water carrier smoking a pipe at Morlaix, Brittany, France Date: circa 1910s

Old French Water Carrier smoking a pipe
Old French Water Carrier from Morlaix, Brittany - smoking a pipe. Date: circa 1910s

Children from Brittany
A boy and girl (brother and sister?) from Plougastel-Daoulas, near Quimper, France Date: circa 1910s

Jean IV De Bretagne
JEAN IV duc de BRETAGNE known as Le Vaillant Date: ? - 1399

Early Breton Bunk beds
Ornate Early Breton Bunk beds, Brittany, France - will there be room for three?? Date: circa 1910

France, Carhaix - Delightful rural scene
France, Carhaix-Plongeur, Brittany - Delightful rural scene - the convergence of three ways, each heading off in a different direction and at a different angle. Date: circa 1910s

Saint-Thegonnec - Eglise de St Thegonnec
Saint-Thegonnec, Finistere, France - Eglise de Notre Dame - The Tower and Triumphal Arch (1587) Date: circa 1910s

Stone Fountain - Loguivy-Lannion, Brittany
Stone Fountain in the cemetery at Loguivy-Lannion, Brittany, France Date: circa 1910s

French Yokel from Pont-L Abbe
Country Yokel from Pont-L Abbe, Brittany, France Date: circa 1910s

Pontorson - The Brittany Hotel on Rue Couesnon
Pontorson, France - The Brittany Hotel on Rue Couesnon Date: circa 1910s

Mission Evangelique Bretonne, Tremel, France
Tremel, France (Cotes-du-Nord) - Mission Evangelique Bretonne - The Hospice. The number of children present suggests to me that this is in fact an orphanage. Date: circa 1910s

Beg-Meil - Arrival of the boat from Concarneau
France - Beg-Meil, Finistere, Western Brittany - Arrival/return of the boats carrying holidaymakers from Concarneau and Glenan

Aphrodite Statuettes
Statuettes of Venus Anadyomene, found at Carnac, Bretagne

Village Priest, Bretagne
The village priest, Bretagne Date: 1903

Breton Lady and Pipe
A female pipe-smoker - Marie-Perrinne de Folgoet- Lesneven (Bretagne) lights up Date: circa 1905

Old Houses at Lannion, Brittany, France
Old Houses in the Central Square at Lannion, Brittany, France - displaying cantilever upper flooers, projecting out from the lower levels of a building

Central Square at Lannion, France
Old houses in the central Square at Lannion, Brittany, France

Church and Ossuary at Tregastel, France
The 12th century Church and Ossuary at Tregastel, Brittany, France

Church at Trebeurden
The Church at Trebeurden

Guerande - Saint Michael Gate. Built by Jean V, Duke of Brittany, formerly the Town Hall and the prison. A large stone carving of the coat of arms of Guerande is above the entrance

Jean De Montfort
Jean de Montfort, duc de Bretagne, is welcomed - along with his wife Jeanne - by the people of Nantes

France / Concarneau
Concarneau, Bretagne - fishing boats in the harbour, moored at the new jetty

Jeanne De Montfort / 1342
JEANNE DE MONTFORT DUCHESSE DE BRETAGNE She helped her husband fight the King of France

Artur III De Bretagne
ARTUR III DE BRETAGNE comte de RICHEMONT French nobleman

Saint Johns Fire
In Bretagne (Brittany) fires are lit in the public square at the summer solstice, on St Johns eve (21 June), couples leap through them, acquiring certain benefits

Breton Fishing Boat
Fishing boat of Plougastel, Bretagne (Brittany)

Court of Charles VI
The French court of Charles VI [ Le Fou because he was soft in the head] receiving the duc de Bretagne

Breton Nobles
The barons of Bretagne meet to remonstrate with their duke, presumably at Rennes

French Nobles
A group of French nobles : the reconciliation between sire Olivier de Clisson and the duc de Bretagne

Louis XII Allegory
Allegorical depiction of LOUIS XII and his queen ANNE de Bretagne, with their courtiers, children &c, welcomed by Bonne Fortune (= Prosperity)

Isabella Stuart
ISABELLA STUART Scottish-born duchesse de Bretagne Wearing her court dress

Francoise De Bretagne
FRANCOISE D AMBOISE, duchesse de BRETAGNE noted for her piety while married, when widowed she became a Carmelite nun, and eventually prioress

Costume / 14th Century
Marguerite de Flandre, wife of Jean de Montfort, duc de Bretagne

Jeanne De Montfort
Jeanne de Montfort, dame de Bretagne, an ally of the English, defends her chateau against the French

Jean De Montfort / Thevet
Jean De Montfort Duc De Bretagne Soldier

Breton Pilgrimage
Pilgrims make the annual pilgrimage to Sainte-Anne- d Auray, Bretagne, the site of a vision of the Virgin Mary in 1623

ISABELLA STEWART Duchess of Brittany. She was the daughter of James I of Scotland and second wife of Francois, 1st Duke of Brittany

French Nobles / 1390S
A group of French nobles : the reconciliation between sire Olivier de Clisson and the duc de Bretagne

William Grants Lands
William I, having won the throne of Britain, grants lands to his followers - in this case, his nephew, le comte de Bretagne

Laundry Brittany
Washing clothes at Douarnenez, Bretagne

Station at Nantes
NANTES, Bretagne Gare de la Bourse

Norman Conquest 5 of 16
Harold helps William against Conan, duc de Bretagne; though caught in quicksands near Mont St Michel, they force Conan to flee from Dol, and attack Rennes and Dinan

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