Denis Collection (page 6)

FRANCE. Saint-Denis. Basilica of Saint Denis. Tomb of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medicis. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Sculpture on marble

Schlegel, August Wilhelm Von

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (4

Public transport in Paris. Engraving by Denis Ausuguste Marie Raffet. Litography. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Lanscape with Villa. Italy
ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond D (1717-1783); DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784). French philosopher, writer and mathematician.; French erudite writer

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Saint-Denis market in Paris. Illustration from
" Saint-Denis market in Paris. Illustration from " Grandes Chroniques de France". (14th century). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Castres. Goya Museum."

Denis Calvaert
DENIS (Dionysius) CALVAERT Flemish artist, depicted in his studio at Bologna. Date: 1540 - 1619

Russian actor in the role of Denis Vasilyevich Davydov
A Russian actor in the role of Denis Vasilyevich Davydov (1784-1839) - a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented a specific genre hussar poetry (noted for its hedonism and bravado)

Art deco sketches by Nerman describing aspects of dance and some leading dancing stars including Pavlova, Maud Allen, Ruth St Denis, Massine and Isadora Duncan, London, 1922 Date: 1922

Porte Saint Denis - Paris, France. Erected in 1671 in memorial of the conquests of Louis XIV in Germany - designed by the architect Blondel Date: circa 1910s

Denis Papin
DENIS PAPIN French engineer, pioneer of steam engine technology. Date: 1647? - 1712

Charles Bourbaki
CHARLES DENIS SAUTER BOURBAKI French military, served in Algeria, Crimea, Italy, but less successful against the Prussians in 1870. Date: 1816 - 1897

Vision of Jeanne D arc
Jeanne d Arc, in prison, receives a comforting vision of Saint Denis. (This incident from Voltaires La Pucelle may not have occurred in real life...) Date: 1431

Denis Diderot / Gown
DENIS DIDEROT French encyclopaedist and philosopher, lamenting the loss of his nightgown Date: 1713 - 1784

Women on the barricade, Paris 1848
Women on the barricade near the Porte St Denis, during the Paris unrest of June 1848. A banner reads " Du pain ou la mort" - " Bread or Death"

Denis Poulot / Gill
Denis Poulot (1832-1905) Printer and manufacturer, author of Le Sublime

Elizabeth Ponsonby and Denis Pelly
Portrait of Elizabeth Ponsonby and Denis Pelly featured in The Tatler on the announcement of their engagement

Marie De Medicis Crowned
Henri IV ditches Marguerite de Valois and weds Marie de Medicis instead : she is crowned at Saint-Denis. [print dated 1610 but surely this is a misprint ?]

Francois and Carl V
Forced to make peace, rival monarchs emperor Carl V and Francois I put on a show of friendship : Francois takes Carl to visit the royal tombs at Saint-Denis

Raimbaut De Moreuil
Since clerics may not fight, Raimbaut de Moreuil defends the cause of the abbe de Saint-Denis in single combat with Guyon de Losenne

Paris Boulevards
The Porte Saint-Denis

Manning Barricades 5
The government troops of general Lamoriciere charge the barricade in the rue Mazagran, at the Porte Saint- Denis, Paris

Saint Denis & Paris Site
Denis and his companions arrive at the original site of Paris, Lutece (Lutetia)

Papins Experiments
The experiments of Denis Papin with a steam cylinder lay the foundations of future steam- power development

Prussians at Versailles
The road from Paris to Versailles is controlled by an outpost manned by the Prussians at the porte Saint- Denis

News from Paris
At the poste restante at Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, letters from the city bring news, mostly gloomy

Coup: Street Fighting
Street fighting at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris, where the Republicans construct one of their biggest barricades : but they succumb to the military

Coup: Barricade
Republican barricade at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris

Fly-wheel at St. Denis
A huge fly-wheel dynamo at St. Denis station, used to light Paris. There were eight dynamos at the St. Denis station, producing a high tension current of 2250 volts and 210 amps

Royal Graves Vandalised
Hatred of the ancien regime is carried to extremes when vandals break into the crypt at Saint-Denis, take the royal corpses from their coffins and throw them in a common ditch

Voltaire Ferney
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET the French writer at Ferney on 4 July 1775, with Mme Denis, M de Laborde and M Adam: apparently he found this depiction unflattering!

Indian Ocean Reunion
Rough seas at Saint Denis de la Reunion

Canon / St Denis / 14th C
A canon of the Abbey of St Denis in red and white vestments

Abbe Suger / Dupre
SUGER, ABBOT French divine, historian, abbot of Saint-Denis

Louis VII Blessed
2ND CRUSADE Louis VII is blessed at Saint-Denis before leaving for the East

Porte / Saint Denis / Photo
A street scene in front of the Porte Saint Denis - one of the original gates into the city

Denis Diderot / Meissonier
DENIS DIDEROT French encyclopedist and philosopher who worked as a teacher and a translator. Discussing the encyclopedia with colleagues

Denis Papin & Kettle
DENIS PAPIN French pioneer of the steam engine, depicted formulating his theories in just the way Watt did, by watching a kettle steaming in the hearth

Denis Papin / Trade Card
DENIS PAPIN French physicist who experimented with hydraulics and pneumatic transmission of power

Thumbing a Lift
A young man hitch hiker, thumbs a lift from a Denis McCarthy lorry

Alarms, Night of 14 July
During the night following the attack on the Bastille, the people expect reprisals from the King : at the Porte Saint- Denis, a false alarm - but the threat is real enough

Napoleon I Shopping
He goes, incognito, to the shops of the rue Saint-Denis, Paris, to check on the prices he is quoted for the furnishing of his house

Paris / St Denis Abbey
The Abbey of St Denis

Boyle and Papin
Sir Robert Boyle and his assistant, Denis Papin, at work in the laboratory

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