Huguenots Collection

Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, Noon
Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, 2. Noon. A group of Huguenots attend the French Church in Hog Lane, London (right), opposite an eating house and a group of disreputable people (left)

Richelieu (Champagne)
Armand-Jean Duplessie, cardinal and duc de RICHELIEU French prelate and statesman, minister and controller of Louis XIII, noted for suppressing the Huguenots

ST BARTHOLOMEWS DAY
By order of Catherine de Medicis and her son Charles IX protestant leaders are murdered, leading to an all- out massacre of the huguenots. The death of Coligny. Date: 24 August 1572

HOGARTH NOON HUGUENOTS
2. Noon Huguenot refugees attend chapel, opposite an eating house - St Giles in the Field is visible in the background. Date: 1738

10 Old Compton Street - Pattisserie Tea Rooms of P Lombardy
circa 1910s

Mlle. Julia Bennati as Batilde in Les Noces d Olivette, 1879
Soprano singer Mlle. Julia Bennati as Batilde in Les Noces d Olivette, a comic opera by Chivot and Duru, at the Theatre des Bouffes Parisiens, 1879

Florida Discovered by French Huguenots
Two large ships are anchored at the mouth of the St. Johns river, as an expedition boat filled with French Huguenots, sails upriver to explore what would later become Florida. Date: 1564

PROTESTANT INSURRECTION
The Protestant Insurrection in Cevennes - the defeat of Jean Cavalier. Date: 1703

France. Battle of Moncontour, 1569
Battle of Moncontour, 3 October 1569, between the Catholic forces of king Charles IX of France and the Huguenots during the Third War (1568-1570) of the French Wars of Religion. Engraving. Colored

Music cover, Les Huguenots
Music cover, Operatic Gems No. 18, Les Huguenots, by Felix Gantier (probably an arrangement after Meyerbeer). Showing Old Paris on the Eve of St Bartholomew (the night before the massacre)

Soho, London - Soho Square W1, facing north west towards the French Protestant (Huguenot) Church. 1973

Henry IV of France The Great (1553-1610). Engraving
Henry IV of France The Great (1553-1610). King of Navarre in 1562 (Henry III), king of France in 1589-1610 and head of the Huguenots (1569). Colored engraving

Jean Cavalier / / Anon Eng
JEAN CAVALIER French insurgent, leader of Huguenots (Camisards) in the Cevennes and Languedoc Date: 1681 - 1740

Morning St Bartholomew Massacre Whistler
The Morning before the Massacre of St Bartholomew by J.M. Whistler in Once a Week 1862, depicting Catherine de Medici sitting pensively behind her writing desk in a window alcove Date: 1925

Pierre Loti Photo
PIERRE LOTI - French sailor and writer, also singer - here he is as Raoul de Nangis in Meyerbeers Les Huguenots, in 1908. But best known for his book Les pecheurs d Islande. Date: 1850-1923

Henri De Guise Statue
HENRI I de Lorraine, troisieme duc de GUISE, Le Balafre, French leader of Catholics against the Huguenots during the religious wars. Date: 1550 - 1588

Henri De Guise
HENRI I de Lorraine, troisieme duc de GUISE, Le Balafre, French leader of Catholics against the Huguenots during the religious wars. Date: 1550 - 1588

France. Wars of Religion. Procession of the Holy

Huguenots Hanged / Amboise
Huguenots are hanged by the Catholics at Amboise Date: 1562

The Huguenots at Her Majestys Theatre, London, 1858
Engraving showing a scene from the play The Huguenots, as performed at Her Majestys Theatre, London, 1858

Francois De Guise / Thevet
FRANCOIS DE LORRAINE, deuxieme duc de GUISE French Catholic leader against the Huguenots in the religious wars

Francois De Guise
FRANCOIS DE LORRAINE, deuxieme duc de GUISE French Catholic leader against the Huguenots in the religious wars

Huguenot Settlers
Following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, some Huguenots emigrate to South Africa and settle there, building homesteads

Catherine Praying
Catherine de Medicis, queen of Henri II of France, at prayer (possibly asking forgiveness for authorising the massacre of the Huguenots, but probably not)

ST BARTHOLOMEWs 1572
Admiral Coligny was one of the first victims of the massacre of the Huguenots ordered by King Charles and his mother, Catherine de Medici

French Huguenots Flee
French Huguenots flee to England when the Edict of Nantes is revoked

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib5
Act 4 scene 6 - the Huguenot Raoul, who has learnt the massacre plan, leaves his Catholic love Valentine to warn his fellow-protestants

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib4
Act 4 scene 5 - priests bless the swords of the Catholics who are about to slaughter the Huguenots in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib3
Act 3 scene 4 - the Huguenot Raoul de Nangis prepares to fight a duel with St Bris, not knowing he is the father of his beloved Valentine

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib2
Act 2 scene 4 - the Huguenot Raoul de Nangis is conducted to meet queen Marguerite de Valois in the gardens of Chenonceaux

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib1
Act 1 scene 2 - the Huguenot Raoul de Nangis is presented to the Catholic duc de Nevers, because the king wishes to reconcile the two faiths

Hogarth Times Noon
2. Noon A group of Huguenots attend chapel, opposite an eating house - St Giles in the Field is visible in the background

60 Huguenots Massacred
Sixty Huguenots are massacred by Francois, duc de Guise at Vassy

Huguenots at Dreux / T&p
Francois, duc de Guise, defeats the Huguenots at Dreux

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