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A portrait of Mrs Lillie Langtry. Born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a British music hall singer and stage actress famous for her many stage productions including She Stoops to Conquer
Map of Saint Malo, 17th c. Engraving
Beryl Markham (1902 1986), British-born Kenyan author, aviator, adventurer, and racehorse trainer. Photographed here, just after flying from Abingdon to Cape Breton Island
Carantec, Brittany, France, Crevette fishergirlsCarante cin the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France - Crevette fishergirls. Date: circa 1910s
Bretons in BedTwo Breton ladies settle in for a good nights sleep in these enclosed beds(lits- clos)
Monkeys gathering leaves from tea bushes high on a mountain and delivering them to their master. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Quimperle, River Elle - black & white view of river with people working on the bank Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, Two emancipated womenModified wartime silhouette: skirts begin to evoke the barrel-line shape being narrower & court shoes are vying with high boots. Hats: tam-o shanter or high crown. Date: 1918
France - Brittany - Two Bisquines CancalaisesFrance - Brittany - Emerald Coast - Two Bisquines Cancalaises at Dinard. Date: circa 1910s
France - Emerald Coast - Racing Bisquines Cancalaises at a regatta - traditional lugger boats from Brittany. Date: circa 1910s
Breton SorciereBRETON SORCIERE Naia, the Sorciere du Vieux Chateau of Rochefort-en- Terre, Bretagne, gives a consultation to a somewhat self-conscious countrywoman
Plougastel-Daoulas, Finistere, BrittanyTraditional local costume and house interior at Plougastel-Daoulas - a commune in the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France. Date: circa 1930s
Vendee : Cholet TakenThe Breton royalists led by Cathelineau take the town of Cholet from the revolutionaries
The Sprays, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1905
Exhibition of Fine Arts, Salon of Palais de L IndustrieScene at the opening of the annual exhibition of fine arts in the salon of the Palais de L Industrie, Champs Elysee, Paris
Tartar soldiers, Qing Dynasty ChinaTartar soldiers going to mount guard at the palace gates, Qing Dynasty China. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Chinese rice mill with blindfolded mules turning a millstone, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Chinese toy seller and boys playing Jianzi, Qing DynastyChinese itinerant toy seller and boys playing Jianzi by kicking a shuttlecock, Qing Dynasty. The toy man holds a bamboo stick with three small puppets
Embroiderer working on two pieces of silk cloth, Qing Dynasty. One with a bird for a civil mandarin, one with a quadruped animal for a military mandarin
Chinese artillery, QIng DynastyChinese artillery: cannon with narrow muzzle like a musket, Chinese style culverine and large-bore cannon on wheels. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Madame de Montespan, mistress of King Louis XIVFrancoise-Athenais de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise de Montespan. Madame de Montespan, mistress of King Louis XIV. Handcoloured lithograph by Breton after a miniature in the collection of Louis
Iron & Steel Co, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, CanadaBlast furnaces and open hearth, Dominion Iron & Steel Company, Sydney Harbour, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1905
British Silent Screen actress Flora Le Breton, 1922A portrait of the famous British Silent Screen actress Flora Le Breton, 1922 (aslo a famous ballroom dancer) as seen in the Stuart Blackton film The Gypsy Cavalier with Georges Carpentier
Statue, Parc Metallurgique, Dommartin-le-Franc, Haute-MarneCast iron counter-model of the work of Charles Breton, 1878, made at the Val d'Osne art foundry c. 1920, exhibited at the Parc Metallurgique or Metallurgic Park
Stained Glass, The Breton PardonThis illustration shows a religious gathering of men playing musical instruments and women in peaceful thought, in front of a decorative window. Date: circa 1901
Les KorrigansA sketch showing a group of korrigan, a fairy or dwarf like creature from Breton folklore, bounding around the central female figure who is placed under the large, flat rock. Date: circa 1901
Jules Breton, French artistJules Breton (1827-1906), French artist of the countryside and rustic scenes. Date: circa 1862
The Palace, FontainbleauA painting of the serene waters outside the Chteau de Fontainebleau, the palace was originally a medieval castle and served as residence for the French monarchs from Louis VII to Napoleon III
Breton ChildrenA group portrait painting of some Breton children, standing and laying in the countryside. Date: circa 1917
Flora Le Breton (1899-1951) was an English stage and silent film actress who moved to the United States in 1924. Date: circa 1924
Manuel Breton de los Herreros by Antonio Gomez CrosManuel Breton de los Herreros (1796-1873). Spanish dramatist. Member of the Royal Spanish Academy (1837). Portrait by Antonio Gomez Cros (1809-1863), 1839. Museum of Romanticism. Madrid. Spain
THE DEATH OF HEREWARDHEREWARD THE WAKE And with a shout of Torfrida, which made the Bruneswald ring, he hurled the shield full in the Breton's face and fell forward, dead'. Date: 1072
Myth France Mythology Mythical French Sea Rocksmyth, france, mythology, mythical, french, sea, rocks, breton, legend, souls, dead, death, travel, baie, bay, des, trepasses, trespass, trespasses, fortunate, isles, west, judged, judgment
Dancer in costume of Breton in La Biche au Bois, 1845Dancer in costume as a woman of Breton in the Cogniard brothers La Biche au Bois, Theatre da la Porte St. Martin, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie
Water cart for the Imperial Family, Qing Dynasty China. The wagon is loaded with cubical tin vessels filled with river water
Porcelain factory in China, Qing Dynasty. Workers painting dishes by hand while another brings more plates. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Chinese lamp on a chair stand and wax candles, Qing DynastyChinese lamp on a chair stand and wax candles made of tallow from the tallow tree, Triadica sebifera, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Chinese seller of sugar hares and a truckChinese seller of sugar hares or mooncakes at the 4th moon, and truck to carry Chinese wine, beer brewed from millet, Qing Dynasty
Chinese pleasure junk, Qing Dynasty. Pleasure boat with latticed windows and large cabins, usually rowed or pulled. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Chinese junk, Qing Dynasty. Flat-bottomed, three-masted ship with compartmentalized hold. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste
Great weighing machine or steelyard, Qing Dynasty. The man weighs items brought to him by customers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Chinese soldiers, Qing Dynasty China. One beating the evening watch on a bamboo cylinder, the other holding a lantern. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Chinese swan pan or abacus, and pottery shop, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Chinese woman reeling silk thread from wild silkworms, Bombyx mori, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Chinese men cormorant fishing on a raft in the river, Qing Dynasty. Fishing cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Chinese men hunting wild ducks with decoy gourd hats in the river, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Rice-straw cloak, sandals, Chinese woman sRice-straw cloak, wood and straw sandals, Chinese womans bound foot and boot. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Chinese labourer with umbrella and peasantChinese labourer with bamboo-and-paper umbrella and peasant in rice-straw cape, QIng Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon