Gambetta Collection

Advertisement for Vivier Freres leather gloves, featuring an elegant lady in a long black dress. 1924

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

Hand shadows, showing famous figures in silhouette
Illustration of hand shadows, showing famous figures in silhouette. Captioned Lord Salisbury, Mr Gladstone, Bismark, The Late Czar, Gambetta, Crispi, Thiers, Zola'. Date: 1895

British, French, American and German battleships - British (HMS Kent), French (Leon Gambetta), American (USS Washington) and German (Prince Adalbert). Date: circa 1903

GAMBETTA'S FUNERAL
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA (1838 - 1882) Funeral procession of the French lawyer & statesman leaving the Chamber of Deputies

Monument of Leon Gambetta, Saigon, Vietnam
Vintage 19th century photograph: monument of Leon Gambetta, Saigon, Hochiminh City, French Indochina, Vietnam

La Place Gambetta, Le Havre, Northern France
View of La Place Gambetta, Le Havre, Normandy, Northern France. Date: circa 1910

La Place Gambetta, Amiens, France. Date: circa 1908

Cartoon, Bismarck and Gambetta. Leon Gambetta, French statesman, is looking for some stolen property (Alsace and Lorraine), which Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor, is hiding behind his back

Quai Gambetta and port, Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France. Date: circa 1900s

Bombing of Bergues - damage to Place Gambetta, WW1
People clearing a corner of the Place Gambetta, in the French city of Bergues, after damage caused during WW1 bombing of the city. 1914-1915

Caricature of Coquelin and Gambetta
Caricature of Benoit-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909), leading French actor, and Leon Gambetta (1838-1882), leading French politician. Comedy and Politics. 1882

Gambetta at a Salon
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, making his debut at Madame Adams Paris salon, an influential gathering - where his hostess is the only female ! Date: 1838 - 1882

Gambetta (Anon)
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, opponent of Napoleon III and champion of the Republic, which is why there is a rue Gambetta in every French town... Date: 1838 - 1882

Gambetta Aa Premier
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, standing before a statue of Louis XIV as he, in his turn, becomes the triumphant head of state and echoes Louiss words. Date: 1838 - 1882

Gambetta as Marksman
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, shooting sparrows from his window by way of preparation for his forthcoming duel with Fourtu. (He survived...) Date: 1838 - 1882

Gambetta (Holl)
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, opponent of Napoleon III and champion of the Republic, which is why there is a rue Gambetta in every French town... Date: 1838 - 1882

Gambetta Deathplace
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA - the French statesmans home and deathplace at Ville d Avray, near Paris. Date: 1838 - 1882

Gambettas Father
JOSEPH GAMBETTA, father of the statesman Leon. He kept a quincaillerie (hardware shop)in Cahors - we have a picture of it. Date: 1838

Gambetta / Oval / Litho
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French lawyer and statesman Date: 1838 - 1882

L M Gambetta
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French lawyer and statesman Date: 1838 - 1882

Gambetta / Stock / Celebs
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, depicted as Horatius, defending the cause of universal suffrage Date: 1838 - 1882

Leon Gambetta (1838-1832), French statesman and lawyer Date: circa 1860s

Unknown soldier and heart of Gambetta, Paris, France
A special ceremony in Paris on Armistice Day 1920, when an unknown soldier was buried under the Arc de Triomphe and the heart of Gambetta (founder of the Third Republic) was placed in the Pantheon

Gambetta Photo
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman in 1882. Date: 1838 - 1882

La journee du Poilu. 25-26 decembre 1915. Avec vous et par vous, nous jurons de sauver la France. Leon Gambetta. Two French soldiers

Shrine to Leon Gambetta, Paris, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Place Gambetta and docks, Havre, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Libourne, France, Rue Gambetta - View through the Arch at the end of the arcades Date: circa 1910s

Third Republic
Gambetta proclaims the Third Republic at the palais du Corps Legislatif, Paris : it is unpopular with pretty well everyone, but ensures a measure of stability. Date: 4 September 1870

Assassination of Leon Gambetta
Leon Gambetta assassinated in his home by a Sister of the Free-Masons. 1890s

Le Lycee Hotel, Constantine, Algeria
Bone, Algeria - Rue Gambetta Date: circa 1897

Amiens - The Clock on Gambetta Square
France - Amiens - The Dewailly Clock on Gambetta Square with a bronze nude sculpture by Albert Roze known as Marie-sans-chemise (topless Mary)

Arthur Ranc / Gill
Arthur Ranc (1831-1908), Duel fighting, French politician and writer. Implicated in a plot against Napoleon III, imprisoned for belonging to a secret society

Mario Proth / Gill
Mario Proth (1832-1891) French journalist, writer, historian, art critic, and a close associate of Gambetta and Ferry

Eugne Spuller / Gill
Eugne Spuller (1835-1896) French journalist, member of the Seine, close connections to Gambetta (illustrated in silhouette)

Arthur Chalamet / Gill
Jean Marie Arthur Chalamet (1822-1895) French Republican politician, Under Secretary of State in Gambettas Cabinet

Franco-Prussian War. The First German in Paris
On January 28th 1871 Paris capitulatd to the Prussians. The Government of National Defence, under Trochu and Gambetta, signs a 3 week armistice with Bismarck to negotiate peace

Franco-Prussian War: balloon from Paris over Versailles
Crowds in the streets in Versailles watching balloon overhead. During the siege of Paris post came in and out of Paris by balloon and the famous escape of Leon Gambetta

Gambetta / Gill / Hommes D a
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French lawyer and statesman

The Provisional Government reviewing the National Guard; Fra
Illustration showing the Provisional Government reviewing the National Guard during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1. The Provisional Government of National Defence was set up after the French

Paris Unrest
When the Paris crowd heckle - and a M. de Saint-Croix assaults - Gambetta at the Gare Saint-Lazare, the Garde Municipale have to be summoned to disperse them

Gambetta Assaulted
When the Paris crowd heckle - and a M. de Saint-Croix assaults - Gambetta at the Gare Saint-Lazare, the Garde Municipale have to be summoned to disperse them

Mourning Gambetta
France mourns Gambetta

Gambetta in Balloon
Gambetta, minister of the Interior, makes his escape from the besieged city in the balloon Armand Barbes

Gambetta / Gill / Eclipse 70
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French lawyer and statesman: escaping with a cabbage and a goat!

Gambetta / Trombinoscope
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French lawyer and statesman: a satirical depiction

Gambetta / Figaro Album
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French lawyer and statesman

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