Gardes Collection

Cartoon, A Specialist, WW1
Cartoon, A Specialist. A group of GVC (Gardes-Voies et Communications) soldier are talking. The corporal tells a guard to keep an eye on ouvrages d'art

Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon, Duke of Berry, 1778-1820. In the uniform of the Gardes du corps de Monsieur. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de

The Story of a Dress - Christian Dior
Double page spread from The Sketch drawn by Francis Marshall documenting the different stages of a Christian Dior dress. Top left the dress is designed by Dior himself while top right shows a

GARDES DU CORPS FEAST
Officers of the Gardes du Corps - the royal bodyguard - stage a feast where they toast the king, damn the revolution and trample the tricouleur. The people are not amused. Date: 1 October 1789

GARDES FRANCAISES FREED
Those Gardes Francaises who refuse to fire on the crowd are arrested and imprisoned in the Abbaye St Germain: they are rescued by a mob of ten thousand Date: 30 June 1789

FRENCH CAVALRYMAN HIT
GARDES DHONNEUR 3rd regiment (It is surely very unusual for a costume illustration to show the soldier in the process of being hit !) Date: 1854

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

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

Review, Paris C1770
A Review of the Gardes de la Ville de Paris - the municipal militia - outside the Hotel de Ville

Cartoon, The meaning of GVC, WW1
Cartoon, The meaning of GVC (Gardes-Voies et Communications). A GVC soldier says that every fifteen minutes a train rushes by and the passengers throw out all their rubbish, including eggshells

Jacques Duc De Duras 1
JACQUES HENRI de DURFORT, duc de DURAS, marechal de rance, capitaine des Gardes du corps, bodyguard of Louis XIV. Date: 1625 - 1704

Jacques Duc De Duras 2
JACQUES HENRI de DURFORT, duc de DURAS, marechal de France, capitaine des Gardes du corps, bodyguard of Louis XIV. Date: 1625 - 1704

G܉RALDES, Ricardo (1886-1927). Argentinian writer
G܉ RALDES, Ricardo (1886-1927). Argentinian writer

LELEU, A Lake Annecy
LELEU, A.F. (1871-1945). Lake Annecy. 1927. Artistic avant-gardes. Oil on canvas

Miniature - WWI parade helmet of the Gardes du Corps
Modern miniature of a First World War parade helmet of the Gardes du Corps with silver plated eagle and gilded crown. Commemorative Ware

MODIGLIANI, Amedeo (1884-1920). Caryatid. 1913-1914. Oil on cardboard. Artistic avant-gardes. Oil. FRANCE. Paris. Centre national d art et de culture Georges Pompidou

MODIGLIANI, Amedeo (1884-1920). Portrait of Paul Guillaume. 1916. Artistic avant-gardes. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Milan. Galleria d Arte Moderna (Gallery of Modern Art)

MODIGLIANI, Amedeo (1884-1920). Study for a Portrait of Beatrice Hastings. 1915. Artistic avant-gardes. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Milan. Antonio Mazzotta Foundation

JULIO ANTONIO (1889-1919). Mar�la Gitana. 1908
JULIO ANTONIO (1889-1919). Maric la Gitana. 1908. Artistic avant-gardes. Sculpture on bronze

MODIGLIANI, Amedeo (1884-1920). Portrait of the Painter Frank Havilland. 1914. Oil on cardboard. Artistic avant-gardes. Oil. ITALY. Milan. Gianni Mattioli Collection

XIRGU, Margarita (1888-1969). La Xirgu en Cristalina
" XIRGU, Margarita (1888-1969). La Xirgu en Cristalina" de los hermanos Quintero" (brothers Quinteros " Xirgu in Crystalline")

JUNYENT I SANS, Sebastiࠨ1865-1908). Portrait
JUNYENT I SANS, Sebastiࠨ 1865-1908). Portrait of Picasso. 1903. Artistic avant-gardes. Oil on canvas. Private Collection

Portrait d apres nature du Sr. Harne natif de Dole en Franche Comte Grenadier aux Gardes Francaises qui emonte le premier e l assaut et e arrete le gouverneur de la Bastille le mardi 14 Juillet 1789

Les gardes nationaux d Heurteauville gardant le Jean Bart au clair de lune, 8 novembre 1870. Drawing shows the tethered balloon Jean Bart being guarded at night under moonlight by five Heurteauville

Gardes Flags Blessed
The banners of the Garde Nationale of Paris, who support the revolutionaries, are solemnly blessed in the cathedral of Notre Dame Date: 27 September 1789

Flags for Civil Guard
Flags are distributed by king Leopold I to the Gardes Civiques (Civil Guard)

French Defensive Outpost near Paris; Franco-Prussian War, 18
Engraving showing French Gardes Mobiles, territorial soldiers called up for the war, on patrol between Forts Bicetre and Ivry, near Paris, during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870

Reluctant Guards
Gardes Nationales who refuse to join the Communards are deprived of their weapons

Gardes Nationaux, after holding off the attacks of the government forces : this citizens militia supported the Commune but were not altogether in agreement

Fugitives Arrested
Parisians seeking to escape from Paris are arrested by Gardes Nationaux at the Gare de l Est

Gardes Nationales prepare to fire on the people in the rue de Rivoli

Theatre Barracks
The Theatre du Cercle des Mirlitons is occupied by the Gardes Nationales who use it as a barracks

French Cavalry Advance
French cavalry advance against the enemy, preceded by the avant-garde of eclaireurs, and flanc-gardes looking out for obstacles and signs of the enemy

French Officier Gardes
French officier des gardes, making the rounds of a chateau

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