Coeur Collection (page 2)

Jacques Coeur
JACQUES COEUR French merchant who gained wealth through trading and manufacturing. Chancellor to King Charles VII; in charge of royal finances. Date: 1395 - 1456

Pan American poster, To Paris, designed by Jean Carlu. Showing a stylised image of a woman with a basket of flowers, with Parisian landmarks in the background. Date: 1958

Cartoon, Mutiny, WW1
Cartoon, Mutiny -- French children playing war games, some of them representing the German enemy. They are in the Rue St Vincent, Montmartre, Paris, near the Sacre Coeur. Date: 1915

Paris, France - Conciergie. Date: circa 1850

Chateau Gaillard
The ruined fortifications of Chateau Gaillard on the cliffs that overlook Les Andelys and the river Seine, built by Richard the Lionheart

Cartoon, revolutionary Frenchwoman in Paris
Cartoon showing a plump revolutionary Frenchwoman kicking down the cathedrals of Paris. Date: early 20th century

Bourges Coeur Maison
Facade of the maison de Jacques Coeur, a wealthy but controversial merchant. Date: 1855

Gaston De Sonis
GASTON DE SONIS French military commander, chiefly in North Africa; fervent Catholic and legitimist, encouraged building of Sacre-Coeur, Date: 1825 - 1887

Joseph Guibert
JOSEPH-HIPPOLYTE GUIBERT French churchman, archbishop of Paris who was active in the installation of the church of Sacre-Coeur on the butte de Montmartre. Date: 1802 - 1886

1er mars, 1871, 1er mars, 1918. En Alsace liberee les petites filles, se restreignent de bon coeur pour hater la deliverance de l Alsace encore annedexe. Faites comme elles

The view of Montmartre in Paris. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart (SacrÚ¡âur Basilica) in the background. La Rue de la Barre. C. 1908

King Richard I, The Lionheart
King Richard I of England, The Lionheart (1157 - 1199, reigned 1189 - 1199)

Montmartre - Sacre Coeur - base of the Funicular
Montmartre, Paris, France - Basilica Sacre Coeur - view close to the lower end of the Funicular railway, featuring the flock of goats who used to reside there. Date: circa 1930s

Montmartre - Sacre Coeur - Paris
Montmartre - Sacre Coeur, view from the Place du Tertre - Paris, France Date: circa 1930s

American troops parading, Champs Elysees, Paris, WW1
American troops parading on the Champs Elysees, Paris, during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Isaac of Cyprus begs Richard I
Isaac Kommenos of Cyprus begs Richard I for the release of his daughter. In retaliation for the imprisonment of his fiancee and sister when they were shipwrecked

Prince Richard grieves at his fathers funeral bier
Prince Richard, soon to become King Richard, grieves at the funeral bier of his father, Henry II of England Date: 1189

Johns submission to King Richard
King Richard forgives his younger brother John, who had rebelled while Richard was away on the Third Crusade. John was named as heir to the throne and succeeded his brother in 1199 Date: 1194

Longchamp arrests Hugh de Puiset
William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely, arrests Hugh de Puiset (Hugh Pudsey) at Tickhill Castle. Longchamp, a favourite of Richard I

King Richard enters London
Following his release from captivity in Austria on his way back from the Third Crusade, King Richard makes a triumphant entry into London Date: 1194

King Richard forgives his assassin
Mortally wounded, King Richard nevertheless pardons the crossbowman, Bertrand de Gurdon, who had shot him from the battlements of the castle of Chalus-Chabrol Date: March 1199

Rayon Ballgown
Love-in-a-mist coloured rayon gown with a long skirt, & heart (en coeur) shaped pleated corsage with narrow shoulder straps & worn with a triple belt trimmed with roses Date: 1938

Morocco, Casablanca - The Rue Deify Dieude and Cathedral
The Rue Deify Dieude and Cathedral of the Sacred Heart at Casablanca in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of the Greater Casablanca region

Statue of Richard I of England at Westminster, 1861
Engraving showing the colossal statue of Richard Coeur de Lion, King Richard I of England, by Baron Marochetti, in the Old Palace Yard, Westminster, 1861

Jacques Coeur and King
The wealthy merchant Jacques Coeur welcomes Charles VII at Bourges

Louise Colet
LOUISE COLET (nee Revoil) French writer of the Romantic school - verses such as Ce qui est dans le coeur des femmes, and novels such as Les coeurs brises

Montmartre Defences
The Communards establish their position on the slopes of the Butte de Montmartre where Sacre-Coeur stands today

Lady Charles Beresford
Bodice with en coeur or sweetheart neckline, shoulder straps & transparent short sleeves - the whole heavily ornamented with beadwork. N.B choker & long string of pearls

Paris / Sacre Coeur 1919
The Montmartre Funicular : the two coaches pass, precisely half-way up (or down) the slope leading to Sacre-Coeur

Jacques Coeur / Dupre Mono
JACQUES COEUR French merchant who gained wealth through trading and manufacturing, counsellor to Charles VII but falsely accused, condemned, exiled

Jacques Coeur / Dupre
JACQUES COEUR French merchant who gained wealth through trading and manufacturing; Chancellor to King Charles VII

Paris / Sacre Coeur C1905
Church of Sacre Coeur, designed by architects Abadie and Magne

Ball Dress / Bouquet 1861
Green dress: fluted flounces, white tulle over-skirt looped up with plumes, corsage en coeur. Garibaldi shirt, black skirt with a red velvet band at the hem & on the pockets

Costume January 1849
Two gowns with lace berthas, one with a caraco bodice; two outdoor garments possibly mantles, one trimmed in brown fur with a matching fur muff

Jacques Coeur / Burgun?
JACQUES COEUR French merchant, chancellor to King Charles VII, (falsely) accused of traitorous conduct, makes a public apology to the people

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