Compiegne Collection

Signing of the Armistice, Compiegne, France, WW1
Signing of the Armistice in the carriage of Marshal Fochs private train, Compiegne, France, marking the end of the First World War. Illustration by F Chamouin. 1918

Imperial Stag Hunt
Imperial Stage Hunt in the Forest of Compiegne. Huntsmen and women, dressed in red and green follow the hounds who have a stag in their sights

Armistice railway carriage, Compiegne, France

Performers in a production at Compiegne Palace, 27 November 1865, Les Commentaires de Cesar by Philippe de Massa. Date: 1865

Theatre programme, Compiegne Palace, 29 October 1856, two one-act comedies played before the Emperor. Date: 1856

The court at Compiegne, 1869. Madame de M. watching the hunting party start. Woman in violet dress with crinoline empire, black ribbon belt and black lace bib and apron

The shelter on the Longchamps Race Course, 1868. Woman in tunic over a white crinoline, and woman in pink crinoline dress with train. The Hippodrome de Longchamp racetrack opened in 1857

Jacques, seigneur de Crevecoeur et de Thois, capitaine de Compiegne, d. 1439. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larcheys Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d Or et de l Europe au 15e siecle

Napoleon Bonapartes first interview with his second wife, Maria Louise, Duchess of Palma, at Compiegne, 1810. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a

CHATEAU DE COMPEGNE
This interior view of the chateau de Compiegne gives some idea of its grandiose, even megalomaniac - scale - and this is only the vestibule ! Date: late 18th century

NOCTURNAL RAINBOW
Nocturnal rainbow observed at Compiegne, France. Date: circa 1870

Coach of Armistice 1918
The railway coach in which the Armistice was signed, in the forests of Compiegne Date: 11 November 1918

WW1 - Guynemer with proud relatives at his home in Compiegne
WW1 - Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer (1894 - 1917), a top fighter ace, Lieutenant, Captain and Commander of the Storks Squadron for France during World War I

A curved stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI
A curved stem pipe, finely hand carved by and belonging to Driver P. S. Wilson, a lorry driver with the Army Service Corps. during the First World War

A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI
A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved by and belonging to Driver P. S. Wilson, a lorry driver with the Army Service Corps. during the First World War. Signature on base of pipe - P. S. WILSON

Model of railway carriage where Armistice signed
Model of the railway carriage in which the Armistice was signed in the forest at Compi觮 e, November 1918. Commemorative Ware

WW1 diecast desk ornament, Field Marshal Foch
WW1 diecast desk ornament, a model bust of Field Marshal Foch, together with a model of the railway carriage in which the Peace Treaty was signed at Compiegne. Commemorative Ware. Date: circa 1918

Tatler cover featuring Duke of Westminster, WW1
Front cover of The Tatler with a caricature by The Tout of Hugh Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster. Generally known as Bendor

Interior of carriage where Armistice signed, France, WW1
Interior of Marshal Fochs railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne, France, where the Armistice was signed on 11 November 1918 to end the First World War

France Pierrfonds 6
The chateau de Pierrefonds, in la foret de Compiegne, Picardie, after its restoration by Viollet-le- duc. Date: circa 1865

Compagnie Forest - Armistice World War One
A sign in the forest of Compiegne marks the site where the Armistice between the Allies and Germany which ended World War I was signed on 11th November 1918

Signing of Armistice, Compiegne Forest, Northern France
Photograph taken just after the signing of the Armistice which ended the First World War, in a railway carriage in the Compiegne Forest, Picardy, Northern France

Compiegne, France - The banks of the River Oise. Its inhabitants are called Compiegnois

Imperial Birthday
Empress Eugenies birthday is celebrated at Compiegne

France Pierrfonds 3
The chateau de Pierrefonds, in la foret de Compiegne, Picardie, is visited by Napoleon III in the course of its restoration by Viollet-le-duc

France Pierrfonds 4
The chateau de Pierrefonds, in la foret de Compiegne, Picardie, as restored by Viollet-le-duc

France Pierrfonds 5
The chateau de Pierrefonds, in la foret de Compiegne, Picardie, after its restoration by Viollet-le-duc

France Pierrfonds 2
The chateau de Pierrefonds, in the foret de Compiegne, Picardie, is visited by Napoleon III during its restoration by Viollet-le-duc

German Surrender 1918
Marshall Foch heads a group of delegates in the forests of Compiegne, following the German surrender; central figure is Sir Rosslyn Wemyss

Foch accepts German surrender
Marshall Foch studies the terms of the German surrender in a railway carriage at Compiegne

France / Compiegne
Chateau de Compiegne (Oise)

French Surrender 1940
The railway carriage where the surrender of the French was negotiated

Joan of Arc Captured
JOAN OF ARC captured at Compiegne

Napoleon & Maria Luise
He dances with Maria Luisa at Compiegne

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