French Collection (page 4)

A view of Eden Roc on the French Riviera
A view of the fashionable French Riviera destination, Eden Roc, where a bathing and sunbathing complex was fashioned out of the rocky coastal outcrop

Invention of the Cube Car. This box-like car, designed by French-Vietnamese designer and engineer Quasar Kahn, was produced in limited numbers between 1967

Napoleonic Wars (1796-1815). BATTLE OF THE ROTHIERE (1814-02-01). Napoleon, at the head of a blue division of the guard, recovers the hamlet of Giberie. Colored engraving

Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France
Full-face portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France (1769-1821). Date: circa 1800

Menton, France - Waterfront Scene. Date: 1899

Poster, Lourdes, France. Date: circa 1930s

Nieuport 11 Bebe in low-level flight
Nieuport 11 Bebe single-seater French fighter plane, designed during the summer of 1914. Seen here in low-level flight. Date: circa 1914-1915

Cornflower or bluet, Centaurea cyanus.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780

GARNERAY, Louis (1783-1857). Naval Battle of Navarino. ca. 1827. Greek War of Independence (1821-1832). Battle of Navarino, October 20th, 1827. Victory of the British and French fleet on the ottoman

Montgolfier balloon in flight over Paris
First manned balloon ascent, made in the presence of the Dauphin, from the Jardin de la Muette, Paris, under the direction of Montgolfier

An Intimate backstage moment - Paris Revue, France
An Intimate backstage moment behind the scenes of a Paris Cabaret Revue, France Date: circa 1910s

France - Amiens - The Cathedral - The Crying Angel Statue Date: circa 1910

French Revolution (1789). The Storming of the Bastille (July 14). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Map of Saint Malo, 17th c. Engraving

BRAILLE, Louis (1809-1852). French pedagogue and inventor, creator of the writing system for the blind. Braille alphabet. Photography

MONTAIGNE, Michel de (1533-1592). French writer, humanist and philosopher. French anonymous. Oil on canvas

Initiation of a freemason
The initiation ceremony of a freemason (central detail); watercolour in the Musee du Grand Orient de France de la Franc-Maconnerie Europeene. Date: 19th Century

Crusades. Knight of the Templar Chapel. Romanesque art. Fresco. FRANCE. Paris. National Museum of French Monuments. Proc: FRANCE. Cressac-Saint-Genis

Sophie Blanchard in balloon ascent, Milan
Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819), famous French aeronaut, in a night-time balloon ascent performed in Milan, Italy, in the presence of Napoleon, to mark his 42nd birthday. 15 August 1811

The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century

Guernsey Airways Poster
Guernsey Airways Ltd, poster giving a stylised route map of flights from London and Southampton to Channel Islands, and Dinard on the French coast. 20th century

Monte Carlo advertisement 1931
Stylish advertisement for Monte Carlo on the French Riviera, winter sun destination for the smart and well-heeled, suggesting that you can enjoy both sport

Automat Dining Room - Broadway, New York, USA
Automat Dining Room - 1557 Broadway, New York, USA. Horn & Hardart was a food services company of the USA noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia and New York City

French poster, The Future Lies in Socialism
A French poster which declares that The Future Lies in Socialism, showing men who have fought in the First World War facing up to the octopus monster of commercialism, foreign gold

French maid taking a break and enjoying a cigarette before her next duty calls.... Date: 1910s

Cinderella ballet, Ugly Sisters trying to dance
The Ugly Sisters try to follow their dancing master while Cinderella stands disconsolately by the fire. A scene from a ballet version of Cinderella, based on French and Spanish fairytales

Napoleonic War - Hussar of the French 7th Hussars

French Wagons-Lit poster
Poster advertising the French National Railways Wagon-Lits (sleeper train) service to Switzerland, Italy and the Cote d Azur

Lourdes - Statue of St. Michael
Statue of St. Michael the Archangel (foreground) vanquishing the falen angel Satan at the end of the Esplanade leading toward the Rosary Basilica of the Sanctuary of our Lady at Lourdes, France

Poster advertising Chamonix and Mont Blanc
Poster for French railways advertising Chamonix and Mont Blanc in eastern France, for winter sports including skiing

Poster advertising David Copperfield, French edition
Poster advertising a French translation of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. David is depicted in Mr Brownlows garden

Poster advertising French railways to Mediterranean coast
Poster advertising French railways to the Mediterranean coast, from Marseilles to Menton

Wagons-Lit company poster
Poster extolling the comforts of travelling by rail when you have luxurious sleeper bunks to relax in

Poster advertising Biarritz
Poster for French railways, advertising Biarritz, a popular place for sport and other activities all the year round. The man in white in the foreground is playing Pelote Basque

Villers-sur-Mer poster
Travel poster from national railways for the French seaside resort of Villers-sur-Mer in northern France on the Channel coast advertising a beach for children on which they can build sandcastles

Poster advertising Amboise
Poster for French railways advertising Amboise and the chateaux of the Loire

Charles Dickens, by Andre Gill, 1868
Engraved caricature of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the English writer, produced by the French artist, Andre Gill, first published in 1868

Josephine Baker (1906-1975) French singer in her dressing room at Alexandra Palace before taking part in a BBC cabaret show called Cafe Continental

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Photographic portrait of Claude Debussy (1862-1918), the French composer, date unknown

Rene Descartes at Desk
RENE DESCARTES French Mathematician and Philosopher. Attempted to unify all knowledge as the product of clear reasoning from self-evident premises

French Jazz Band 1926
Dancing to a jazz band

Advert / Travel French Alp
Poster inviting you to go winter-sporting at Mont- Revard, in the French Alps

Various coopers tools
Various tools used by a cooper or barrel maker, including mallets, a hammer, a hatchet and a knife

Tools used by a saddler and upholsterer
Various tools used by a saddler and upholsterer, including pliers, pincers, skewers, needles and a knife

Poster advertising China Tea, marketed by the Compagnie Coloniale. A smiling Chinese man in traditional dress, with a long pigtail, sits on a large tin of tea enjoying a steaming cup

Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Poster advertising Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, the French shipping company, illustrated by the S.S. Ile de France, its first ship to be decorated in Art Deco

Wine shipping poster
Ste Navale de L Ouest, transport des vins - poster for a French wine shipping company showing men on the dock waiting to load barrels of wine on to a steamship

Messageries Maritimes poster
Poster illustrated by a stork advertising the arrival of the Felix Roussel of the Messageries Maritimes French steamship line

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