Garde Collection

Battle Hanau Oct 1813
NAPOLEONIC WAR Battle of Hanau - the Bavarian cavalry charge the French Garde Imperiale

FRENCH GRENADIER 1812
A GRENADIER A CHEVAL of the Garde Imperiale, in campaign uniform Date: 1812

Cyril Scott
CYRIL SCOTT musical prodigy, pianist and composer, also poet, painter and philosopher, defender of homeopathy and occultist. His music was very avant-garde. Date: 1879 - 1970

Notre Dame de la Garde, Marseille, France
Notre-Dame de la Garde (Our Lady of the Guard) - a Neo-Byzantine Catholic basilica in Marseille, France built by the architect Henri-Jacques Esperandieu in the 1860s. Date: circa 1910s

French Artillery - 9
An artilleryman of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale passes a shell to his mate to load their breech- loading Gribeauval cannon

French Artillery - 12
A gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale stands clear of his Gribeauval cannon after setting light to the charge

French Artillery - 8
An artilleryman of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale turns the handle of his ecouvillon to swab the barrel of his Gribeauval cannon

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

Napoleon I on Elba
NAPOLEON I in exile on the island of Elba comes across one of his former Garde Imperiale, now working as a stone-mason

Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright, novelist and poet
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Irish avant-garde playwright, novelist and poet. Photographed in the year he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: 1969

Woman at the horse races on the Champ de Mars, 1811
Fashionable woman at the horse races on the Champ de Mars, 1811. She wears a bonnet, high-waisted walking dress and carries a shawl and large feather

Fencer in second position of garde de quarte
Gentleman fencer in second position of garde de quarte. Copperplate engraving by D Jenkins after an illustration from life by J. Roberts from Mr. J

Gentlemen fencers en garde for an attack, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by D. Jenkins after an illustration drawn from the life by J. Roberts from Mr. J

Suit of engraved plate armour and horse barding, reign of King Henry VIII, 16th century. Knight in suit of armour, bourgonet helmet decorated with drooping plumes, pauldrons, passe garde, sollerets

Ferdinande Philippe, Duc d Orleans 1810-1842. In the uniform of the artillery of the Garde Nationale. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la

Uniform of the Royal Guard, reign of King Louis XVIII. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)

Guard of Honour or Garde d Honneur, Napoleonic era
Uniform of a Guard of Honour or Garde d Honneur, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

Uniform of a Marine of the Guard, Marin de la Garde, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

Uniform of the Imperial Guard (petite tenue), Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

Garde de la Prevote de Paris (Guard of the Provosty of Paris), 1586. Drawn and lithographed by Alexandre Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres gallery portfolio IX 150 from Le Bibliophile

Garde du Corps du Roi, Compagnie Francaise. Royal bodyguard, French company to King Francis I. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in Roger de Gaignieres portfolio VIII 78

Garde du Corps du Roi, Compagnie Ecossaise. Royal bodyguard to King Francis I, First Scottish company formed in 1419. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in Roger de

The Garde National during the siege of Paris. Date: 1871

Graphic Front Cover 1895 Our Imperial Visitor
A black and white illlustration from The Graphic, depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859- 1941) in the uniform of the Prussian Garde du Corps, on horseback. Date: 17th August, 1895

MARTYRS AT MONTAUBAN
Martyrs of liberty : corpses litter the street of Montauban when troops of the Garde Nationale, still loyal to the ancien regime, fire on revolutionary demonstrators. Date: 10 May 1790

FRENCH & ENGLISH FENCE FRENCH & ENGLISH FENCE
An English and French soldier stand en garde, wearing full military dress. Date: 1805

DRAGONS DE LA GARDE
French cavalry : Dragons de la Garde making their way through mountains during the Peninsula campaign Date: circa 1807

MARINES DE LA GARDE
Marins de la Garde (naval guardsmen) Date: circa 1807

GRENADIER AND CADETS
A Grenadier of the 3rd regiment instructs cadets (pupilles de la garde) Date: circa 1807

JEAN-BAPTISTE BESSIERES
Marechal Jean-Baptiste BESSIERES, duc dIstrie colonel general de la cavalerie de la Garde Imperiale Date: 1768 - 1815

BATTLE OF HANAU 1813
The Battle of Hanau; The French Garde Imperiale charge the Bavarian cavalry. Date: 30 October 1813

FRENCH ARTILLERYMAN
GARDE IMPERIALE Foot artilleryman Date: 1854

GARDE IMPERIALE dressed for show - and for trench warfare, wearing cuirass and a helmet Date: 1855

Garde Nationale leaving Paris to join the army
The Garde Nationale leaving Paris to join the army in Revolutionary War. Date: September 1792

New Haven, Connecticut, USA - New Hotel Garde opposite Union Station. Date: circa 1930s

Antoni Tapies
TAPIES, Antoni (1923-2012). Spanish Catalan painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. Contemporary Art. SPAIN. Barcelona

Bruce Lacey, performance artist
Bruce Lacey (b.1927), eccentric performance artist, out shopping with one of his mechanical constructs, together with a toddler. Date: 1962

Bessieres - 5
Marechal Jean-Baptiste BESSIERES, duc d Istrie colonel general de la cavalerie de la Garde Imperiale, leading a cavalry charge. Date: 1768 - 1815

Up Guards and at Them
Wellington issues his famous command, Up Guards and at them ! leading to the decisive rout of Napoleons Garde Imperiale Date: 18 June 1815

Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944). Landscape. 1911 - 1912. Artistic avant-gardes. Oil on canvas. NETHERLANDS. SOUTH HOLLAND. The Hague. Gemeente Museum

Walkway of the Notre Dame de la Garde Lifts, Marseille
Marseille, France - The walkway leading from the Ascenseurs (lifts) leading up to the Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica. This ornate Neo-Byzantine church is situated at the highest natural point in

Bessieres at Austerlitz
Bessieres leads the Garde Imperiale into action at the battle of Austerlitz

Visitors resting in The Tate Gallery, London
Visitors resting on a bench in The Tate Gallery, London, England. circa 1970

Fencing
En garde. Two fencers prepare to duel. Date: 1910

Marseilles, France - Notre Dame de la Garde basilica
Notre-Dame de la Garde (Our Lady of the Guard) basilica, in the French city of Marseilles. The church was built in the Neo-Byzantine style on a limestone outcrop at the highest point of Marseilles

Basilique de Notre Dame de la Garde - Marseille, France circa 1930s

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