France Collection (page 8)

The Cafe Gondree - the first house to be liberated on D Day, June 1944. Normandy, France. The cafe sits beside the Pegasus Bridge on the Caen Canal Date: 1992

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France
WW2 - Men of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France. Date: 1940s

Dassault Mirage 4000 Prototype Parked

Le Treport, France - WW1 - Ambulance drivers, nurses, staff
WW1 - A group of VAD (The Voluntary Aid Detachment) Ambulance drivers and mechanics with a British Red Cross St Johns Ambulance at Lady Murray hospital, Le Treport on the Channel Coast in France

Mens celluloid detachable collars. circa 1900

Aerial view, Clairmarais aerodrome, Northern France, WW1
Aerial view of part of Clairmarais aerodrome, Pas de Calais, Northern France, with handwritten annotations, showing buildings and aeroplanes. Date: 1918

The Lady with the Veil, 1768, by Alexander Roslin
Alexander Roslin (1718-1793). Swedish painter. The Lady with the Veil, 1768. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

La Grenouillere, 1869, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). French painter. La Grenouillere, 1869. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Advertisement for Louis Vuitton hairbrushes. 1929

Dom Perignon, French monk known for wine-making
Dom Perignon (1638-1715), French Benedictine monk who is often (incorrectly) credited with the invention of sparkling champagne

Grotto at Lourdes, France, circa 1890s. Date: circa 1890s

French Dragoon. French Army. Napoleonic Empire. 1807. Engraving. Colored

Tautavel Man. Subspecies of the hominid Homo erectus. Arago
Tautavel Man. Subspecies of the hominid Homo erectus. 450.000 years old fossil. Discovered in the Arago Cave in Tautavel, France

Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665). The Four Seasons. Winter or The
Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665). French painter. The Four Seasons.Winter or The Flood.1660-1664. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

France. Paris. Notre Dame. Rose window

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian polymath. La Belle Fe
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architedt. Renaissance. La belle Ferronniere, 1490-95. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494). An Old Man and his Grandso
Domenico Ghirlandaio (14491494). Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. An Old Man and his Grandson (ca. 1490). Tempera on wood. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). The Queens Mill (1885). Ny Carlsb
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). French artist. The Queens Mill (1885). Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Claude Monet (1840-1926). Bathers at La Grenouillere (1869)
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French painter founder of French impressionist painting. Bathers at La Grenouillere (1869). Oil on Canvas. National Gallery. Londres. England. UK

Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). The Gleaners (1856). Orsay
Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). French painter, one of the founders of the Barbizon School. The Gleaners (1856). Orsay Museum. Paris. France

Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-1883). Spring, 1873
Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-1883). French painter. Spring, 1873. Oil on Canvas. Metropolitan Museum. New York. United States

First World War. Big Bertha M42
WORLD WAR (1914-1918). BIG BERTHA M42. German gun used to bombard Paris from over 100 km. away in 1918. Its gauge was 210 mm. and was 34 m. long

Poster advertising Maurice Chevalier Cherry Brandy. Date: early 20th century

WW1 - Western Front - Highlanders at Longueval, France, 1916
WW1 - Western Front - Battle of Bazentin Ridge (14th-17th July 1916) - A piper of the 7th Seaforth Highlanders leading the troops of the 26th Brigade from the trenches to attack at Longueval on 14th

Harmal or Syrian rue, Peganum harmala.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780

Negresco Hotel, Nice, France
Negresco Hotel, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France Date: 1920s

GENGIS KHAN (1162-1227). Emperor founder of the first Mongol Empire in 1206. Fol. 44v. Mongols tributing to Genghis Khan. Illustration of the first section with the history of the Mongols

Claude Lorrain (1600-1682). View of Delphi with Procession. 1650. Classicism. Oil on canvas. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. Doria Pamphili Gallery

Gallo-Roman low-relief. Ferrying wine barrels and amphorae. Roman art. Early Empire. Relief on rock. FRANCE. PROVENCE ALPES CԔ E D AZUR. VAUCLUSE. Avignon. Mus饠 Calvet (Calvet Museum)

Freemason seal of the 19th century with different symbols as the Seal of Solomon or Star of David. Metals. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Paris, France - City Map Date: 1830

Sikhs of the Indian Army in France during World War I
Sikhs of the Indian Army on the march in France during World War I. Date: 1914

Basque woman riding a donkey
Basque peasant woman (from the far south of France) riding sidesaddle on a donkey. She carries an absolutely superb wicker basket. Date: circa 1910s

Gordon Highlander interrogated by German Officers
I won t - After a raid on the British lines in Northern France, a Gordon Highlander is being interrogated by German Officers.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519). The Mona Lisa or La Gioconda. ca. 1503-1506. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on wood. FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum. Proc: ITALY. Florence

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. First Meeting of Rostam and his Grandfather, Sam. Gouache on paper. F05v. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly

Alma bridge, Paris, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

French poster for the Socialist Party (SFIO)
A French poster for the Socialist Party SFIO (French Section of the Workers International), showing men who have fought in the First World War facing up to a degenerate capitalist kneeling down to

Racial / French Alsace
Four women of Alsace in national costume Date: late 19th century?

Racial / French Alsace
Three people from Alsace in traditional costume Date: late 19th century

Racial / French Alsace
A group of women from Alsace in traditional costume Date: late 19th century

French Soldier Sniping
An infantryman gets a target in his sights during the Franco-Prussian war Date: 1870

Racial / French Alsace
Three people from Alsace in traditional costume Date: late 19th century

Racial / French Alsace
A group of people from Alsace in traditional costume Date: late 19th century

Poster advertising excursions to Anjou
Poster for French railways advertising excursions to Anjou

Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and General Montgomery, Franc
Photograph showing Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979), then Commander-in-Chief of the South-East Asia Command, talking with General Montgomery (1887-1976) in Normandy, France, 1944

Ufos / Cussac, France
Two boys report seeing four aliens - they describe them as little devils - who fly round a spherical craft landed in a field

Normandy Duke Rollo
ROLLO, DUKE OF NORMANDY Norse invader of France who, preferring the climate to that of the North, establishes himself in France

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