Brittany Collection

Brittany - Local Bretons dance around a jug of local cider
Brittany - Inebriated Local Bretons (and a pair of pigs) dance around a jug (pitcher) of local cider. One chap (left) has certainly had a little too much.... Date: circa 1910s

French fishing boat catches octopuses
The crew of a French fishing boat off Cancale, Brittany, find their nets full of hundreds of octopuses which swarm onto the side of their boat, nearly sinking it

Poster advertising excursions to Brittany
Poster for French railways advertising excursions to Brittany in the north west of France

Quimperle, River Elle - black & white view of river with people working on the bank Date: circa 1890s

France - Brittany - Two Bisquines Cancalaises
France - 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

French Public Laundry
A public laundry in Saint-Pol- de-Leon, Brittany Date: circa 1905

Market / Pont-Aven / France
Market day at Pont Aven, Brittany. There seems to be a very relaxed atmosphere as people and cattle roam around inspecting the stalls

Plougastel-Daoulas, Finistere, Brittany
Traditional local costume and house interior at Plougastel-Daoulas - a commune in the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France. Date: circa 1930s

U. S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - A Cha Cha Family
U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - A Cha Cha Family. A small population descended from 17th and 18th century French Huguenot immigrants who originally settled on St. Barts

Young woman from Saint-Pol de Leon wearing Brittany headdress - postcard c. 1910 Date: circa 1910

Church of Saint Herbot, Finistere, Brittany, Northern France
Church of Saint Herbot, Environs de Huelgoat, Finistere, Brittany, Northern France Date: 1921

Caesar disembarked in Britain (54 BC), placing his ships on dry ground within his camp. Engraving. Commentaires de Cesar, avec des notes historiques

Porte Saint-Malo in Dinan
An illustration of the Porte Saint-Malo in Dinan, Brittany, northwest France. Date: circa 1901

La Riviere Quimperle
This painting looks up the line of a canal, which goes under a small bridge in Quimperle, a commune in Brittany, north-western France. Date: circa 1915

Brittany Fishing Women
A painting of a woman holding her young baby, with a group of older women behind, who are stood by baskets filled to the brim with fish

The Basin, Brittany
This oil painting a canal in Brittany, France, with a variety of small, medium and large boats populating the waters. A row of portside buildings can be seen across the background. Date: circa 1918

Rue de la Cordonnerie, Dinan
An etching of Rue de la Cordonnerie in the town of Dinan, Brittany in northwest France, well known for its cobbled streets, as shown in this piece. Date: circa 1921

Off to Market, Brittany
This watercolour painting depicts two women with a man, leading some pigs and a cow to sell at a market in Brittany. Date: circa 1918

Prince Arthur Duke Brittany Murdered Uncle King
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The Newfoundland cod fleet leaves Saint-Malo in Brittany. Launched in the middle of the 16th century, cod fishing was at its peak in the 19th century

Attack off Brest, Battle of Camaret, Brittany, France, 18 June 1694, part of the Nine Years War (1688-1697). English and Dutch ships attempted to seize the French port, but failed. Date: 1694

Scene on deck before the Fourth Battle of Ushant, also known as the Glorious First of June, 1 June 1794. It was the first and largest naval action between Great Britain

Bravery of Private Samuel Johnson of the Green Howards, Capture of Belle Ile, Brittany, France, 1761, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763)

Disaster in the Bay of Saint Cast, Brittany, north-west France, 11 September 1758, during the Battle of Saint Cast, Seven Years War (1756-1763). Boats full of British soldiers were fired at and sunk

WW2 - The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Saint-James, Normandy, France, near the northeastern edge of Brittany

Brittany American Cemetery, Saint-James, France
WW2 - The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Saint-James, Normandy, France, near the northeastern edge of Brittany

Sardine fishery at Brittany 1871
Arrival of sardine fleet towards the close of the day, in the bay of Douarnenez, Finistere, France. Date: 1871

Prince Arthur leaping from the tower. Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany, was imprisoned and then disappeared - the story of his fall from a tower probably originates in Shakespeares play, King John

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Franklins Tale, a romantic story set in Brittany, about a couple, Dorigen and Arveragus, who decide that their marriage will be an equal one

Duke of Brittany, Duc de Bretagne. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larcheys Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d Or et de l Europe au 15e siecle

Jeanne de Flandre wearing the conical hat called la Syrienne
Jeanne de Flandre, wife of Jean de Montfort, Duke of Brittany. Wearing the costume she wore entering Nantes with her husband 1341

Isabella Stewart of Scotland, second wife
Isabella Stewart, Isabel of Scotland, second wife of Francis I, Duke of Brittany. In armorial robe with coat of arms of Scotland (red lion rampant with double tressure) and Brittany (ermine)

Ermengarde, daughter of Fulk IV, Count of Anjou, died 1147
Ermengarde, daughter of Fulk IV the Quarreler, Count of Anjou, died 1147. In tall headdress with veil, red velvet dress trimmed with fur, long crakows or poulaines, holding a book

Francis III, Duke of Brittany 1518-1536. Francois, dauphin de Viennois et Duc de Bretagne. Handcoloured lithograph by J.B

Claude de France, first wife to King Francis
Claude de France, Duchess of Brittany, first wife to King Francis I of France, 1499-1517. She wears a costume composed of two robes on top of each other

Anne, Duchess of Brittany, Queen of France, 1477-1514. Anne de Bretagne, Reine de France. Handcoloured lithograph by Georges Lafosse after a miniature by Jean Marot in Bernard de Montfaucons

Pierre Landais, Breton politician and advisor to Francis II, Duke of Brittany, 1430-1485. Illustration by Lafosse. Handcoloured lithograph by Georges Lafosse after a miniature in a manuscript from Le

Arthur III Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond, 1393-1458
Arthur III Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond, Artus de Bretagne, duc de Richemont, connetable de France 1393-1458. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres

Tanneguy IV du Chatel, vicomte de la Belliere d. 1477
Tanneguy IV du Chatel, vicomte de la Belliere, grand maitre d hotel of Francis II, Duke of Brittany, d. 1477. Handcoloured lithograph after a figure in a tapestry depicting Esther

Isabella Stewart, Duchess of Brittany 1426-1499
Isabella Stewart or Isabelle Stuart, Duchess of Brittany, wife of Francis I, le Bien-Aime, Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond, 1426-1499

Francis I, le Bien-Aime, Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond, 1414-1450. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a figure in Roger de Gaignieres portfolio VI 36 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka

Breton women at Huelgoat, Brittany, Northern France
Two young Breton women in traditional costume at Huelgoat, Finistere, Brittany, Northern France, walking along a country road. Date: 1922

Breton musician playing bagpipes, Brittany, Northern France
Breton musician playing a form of bagpipes (the biniou), Brittany, Northern France. Date: 1922

Breton woman at Douarnenez, Brittany, Northern France
Breton woman in traditional costume at Douarnenez, Brittany, Northern France. She is wearing her Sunday best - during the week she works in the local sardine cannery. Date: 1922

Scene at Berck-sur-Mer, Pas de Calais, Northern France, with fisherwomen in the sea with their nets, hunting for prawns. 1922

Breton peasant, Brittany, Northern France
Breton peasant in traditional costume, Brittany, Northern France. Date: 1922

Couple in traditional costume, Brittany, Northern France
Couple in traditional costume at carnival time, Brittany, Northern France. 1922

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