Gras Collection

Pyrenean Woman force-feeding a goose in order to fatten up the liver of the bird for making foie gras pate. Date: circa 1910s

Fattening Geese, France
Battery farming in 19th century France - keeping geese in mues to fatten them up to provide foie gras

Music cover, Au Roi des Folies, Cannes Carnival song
Music cover, Au Roi des Folies, official song of Cannes Carnival, an annual parade marking the 21-day period prior to Mardi Gras - words by Ed. Ned, music by Auguste Pastour (2 of 2) Date: 1933

Au Roi des Folies, official song of Cannes Carnival
Au Roi des Folies, official song of the Cannes Carnival 1933, an annual parade marking the 21-day period prior to Mardi Gras - words by Ed. Ned, music by Auguste Pastour (1 of 2) Date: 1933

Music cover, While We Danced at the Mardi Gras, words by John Mercer, music by Alfred Opler. Date: 1931

A page from the Illustrated London News, 12th February 1853, with illustrations of Her Majestys sloop Rattlesnake fitted for the new Arctic expedition; Digby Seymour

Mlle. Irma Aubry as Polkette in Le Mardi Gras
Marie-Pauline Albaret or Mlle. Irma Aubry as Polkette in Le Mardi Gras a l Hotel des Haricots by Laurencin and Clairville, Theatre du Gymnase, 1846

Pierre-Frederic Achard as Badinguet in Le
French actor Pierre-Frederic Achard as Badinguet in Le Mardi Gras a l Hotel des Haricots by Laurencin and Clairville, Theatre du Gymnase Dramatique, 1846

Madame Leon as Elise in Le Mardi Gras a l Hotel des Haricots, folie-carnaval by Chapelle and Clairville, Theatre de Gymnase Dramatique, 1846

The Reds of the Midi, An Episode of the French Revolution
Poster, The Reds of the Midi, An Episode of the French Revolution, Felix Gras, published by William Heinemann, London

Le Cortege du Boeuf Gras (Mardi Gras), Paris, France
Le Cortege du Boeuf Gras (Mardi Gras Procession), Paris, France. circa 1900

Algiers, Algeria - Landowskis Monument to the Dead of WW1
Algiers, Algeria - Architects Maurice Gras and Edouard Monestes - Sculptors Paul Landowskis (with bas-reliefs on the base carved by Bigonet) - Monument of the Dead (of WW1)

White Star Line - RMS Olympic launch menu
White Star Line - RMS Olympic extremely rare launch menu dated 20 October 1910. The launch luncheon was held at The Grand Central Hotel, Belfast

Force Feeding a Goose
A woman force feeds a goose to prepare it for pate foie gras. Date: 1859

Britannia decides against the Channel Tunnel 1882
Britannia decides against the Channel Tunnel. 1882

Mardi Gras Pageant, Canal Street, New Orleans, USA
Mardi Gras Pageant taking place in Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Date: 1904

St Tropez, France - The Big Market (Le Marche Gras). Date: circa 1920s

The Guest who called the Foie Gras Potted Meat by H. M
Cartoon of a man who has made a social faux-pas at the dinner table. Date: 29th November 1929

Sketch of the Mardi Gras in Nice, 1920s. Artwork by Wynn Date: 1929

House interior at Landes, France
The interior of a house in Landes a departement in south western France, where the livestock can join in the evenings discussion round the fire and tuck into the large basket of grass

Donizetti / Lucia
A dramatic moment from the English production, with Madame Dorus-Gras as Lucia, Sims Reeves as Edgardo

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