Jardin Gallery

At the Concours Hippique in the Palais d'Industrie, 1892

At the Concours Hippique in the Palais d'Industrie, 1892. Woman in lilac dress with lace trim, watching an equestrian show from a grandstand. The Concours central hippique de Paris was a horse exhibition held every spring.Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzanne's Fashion in Paris, William Heinemann, London, 1898

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Fashionable people at the outdoor dance at Jardin Mabille

Fashionable people at the outdoor dance, Bal Mabille.. Women in wide crinolines and fur capes, man in top hat, jacket and striped trousers. The evening dance at Jardin Mabille, Avenue Montaigne, was held from 1844 to 1875. The Gardens at Mabille, 1858. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzanne's Fashion in Paris, William Heinemann, London, 1898

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Meteorological instruments

Instruments of meteorology. Daniel Rutherford's minimum thermometer 1, three-scale thermometer with hygrometer 2, pronosticon 3 and hair-tension hygrometer 4. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a scientific illustration by F. Gerard from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincq's La Regne Vegetal: Horticulture: Jardin Potager et Jardin Fruitier, L. Guerin, Paris, 1864-1871. Instruments of meteorology. Daniel Rutherford's minimum thermometer 1, three-scale thermometer with hygrometer 2, pronosticon 3 and hair-tension hygrometer 4. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a scientific illustration by F. Gerard from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincq's La Regne Vegetal: Horticulture: Jardin Potager et Jardin Fruitier, L. Guerin, Paris, 1864-1871. Date:

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