French Collection (page 21)

French Artillery - 5
Two men of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale service their Gribeauval cannon on the battlefield : the gun is moved with levers and cooled with water

French Artillery - 6
An artilleryman of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale stands beside his Gribeauval cannon on the battlefield, holding the ramrod with which he loads it

French Artillery - 13
A gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale turns his ecouvillon in the muzzle of his Gribeauval cannon, ramming home the charge as hard as he can

Selling Persian Carpets
Selling Persian carpets in Le Printemps, French department store

Cooking Crepes 1911
A French family watch mama toss crepes in a pan by the fire

After the Fete / Bismarck
OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD BISMARCK French satire " After the Fete"

Brunhilde / Frankish Queen
Brunehaut, warrior-queen of Austrasia in Germany, mounted - astride, not side-saddle - on horseback and accompanied by a fierce dog

FAURE
GABRIEL FAURE - French musician caricatured as musical scientist

Calvin (Bouvin)
JEAN CALVIN (originally Cauvin) French protestant reformer in Switzerland

Ms - C15 French Breviary
page from a French Breviary: the miniature depicts the Annunciation to Mary by an angel, watched by God from up there Date: early 15th century

Joan of Arc / Buttre
JOAN OF ARC French heroine in armour on the battlefield

Bonnard Poster, Press
Poster advertising French magazine La Revue Blanche

Maginot Line
On ne passe pas ! (They shall not pass !) This magazine cover expresses the touching faith of the French in their western defence, the MAGINOT LINE Date: 1940

Denis Diderot / Oval
DENIS DIDEROT French encyclopaedist and philosopher

Gambetta / Gill / 1886
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French lawyer and statesman

Salamanca 1812 (Kelly)
At SALAMANCA Wellington scores a great victory, destroying a third of the French army in 45 minutes : British losses were only one-third of the French

Messager / Andre / H Manuel
ANDRE-CHARLES-PROSPER MESSAGER French composer and conductor

Vincent De Paul / Geille
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL French priest

Isaac Pereire
ISaC PEREIRE French financier, economist, statesman

Joseph-Toussaint Reinaud
JOSEPH-TOUSSAINT REINAUD French orientalist

Napoleon Iii / Charpentier
LOUIS NAPOLEON III Emperor of France

Guillaume Dupuytren
GUILLAUME DUPUYTREN French surgeon and anatomist

Guillaume Bude / Larmessin
GUILLAUME BUDE French scholar

Gustave Dore / Figaro Albu
GUSTAVE DORE French artist and engraver

Mistinguett / Leopard
MISTINGUETT (Jeanne Bourgeois) French actress and dancer with a leopard wrapped around her neck - just for decoration, you understand

Charlemont V Driscoll
French fighter Charlemont introduces a little Gallic flair to the boxing ring. Driscoll maintains a stiff upper lip

Napoleon Iii / Family / Cdv
LOUIS NAPOLEON III with his wife and son, with Napoleon I and other predecessors behind them

Louis Napoleon / Jeune Cdv
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON PRINCE IMPERIAL as a young boy

Louis Napoleon / Disderi
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON PRINCE IMPERIAL as a boy, on his rocking horse

Edward Vii / French Fleet
Edward VII welcomes the visit of the French fleet to Portsmouth - an outward expression of the growing rapprochement between the two countries

Louis Xvii, French Royal
LOUIS XVII Titular King of France 1793 - 1795 Son of Louis XVI

Napoleons I and Iii / Cdv
LOUIS NAPOLEON III with his illustrious ancestor

Zola / Leandre / Rire 1897
EMILE ZOLA French novelist, exhausted after writing his novel Paris, which was published the following year

Map / N America / Canada
The east coast of North America from New York to Newfoundland, showing habitats of Eskimaux, native American peoples, and the French colonies of Acadie, etc

Hatto / Brunnhilde / Theatre
HATTO (Marguerite Jeanne Frere) French soprano in the role of Brunnhilde

Tommy, as Seen by French
Caricature of a Tommy, as seen by the French

French Cavalry Skirmish
NAPOLEONIC WARS A cavalry skirmish

Nurse Praying / 1915
A French Red Cross nurse prays for the safety of the French soldiers and hopes that only a few are sent to her care

Play / Feydeau / Flea in Ear
Translated as The Flea in the Ear, this farcial confusion was written by the French novelist Ernest Aimee Feydeau

French Philately Manual
Albert Laplanches popular guide to stamp collecting

Guignol in French Park
A dramatic moment in a Guignol performance in a French park : but the blase girl in the foreground has seen it before and knows how it will end

Prince Sailing Ship
Warship of the Royal Navy, which will take part in the battle of Sole Bay, 28 May 1672, when the English and French fight the Dutch with heavy losses on both sides

Sailors Playing Bingo
Le Lot (bingo), played by French sailors

Louis Gustave Binger
LOUIS GUSTAVE BINGER French explorer and administrator in West Africa and the Sudan

Racial / Canada / Courrier
A French Canadian hunter or courrier du bois with a rifle and a hatchet Date: 1891

Ww1 Senegambia Soldiers
Two African soldiers of the Monde and Wolof peoples of Senegambia, serving with the French army during World War One

Pierre Curie
PIERRE CURIE French chemist

Rene Descartes / Birthpl
RENE DESCARTES French mathematician and philosopher: the room where he was born

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