Louis Collection (#96)

Charles Bold in Action
CHARLES LE TEMERAIRE (Charles the Bold) duke of Burgundy, leading a cavalry charge, circa 1467. He was continually at war with Louis XI of France

Helene Duch. Orleans - 3
HELENE von Mecklenburg- Schwerin, duchesse d ORLEANS wife of Ferdinand, son of Louis-Philippe; their son claimed the French throne, but failed to get it

Louis XII of France
LOUIS XII king of France seated wearing his crown and holding a sword

Anne of Austria
ANNE D AUTRICHE queen of Louis XIII standing at a table with a document bearing a seal

Blanche De Castile
BLANCHE DE CASTILE queeen of Louis VIII depicted praying, kneeling at a prie-dieu

Isabelle De France
ISABELLE DE FRANCE daughter of Louis VIII, sister of Louis IX, refused a royal marriage, became a nun, founded convent of Clarisses, was made a saint

Buffon (Card)
GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC French naturalist, depicted at work in the royal gardens

Gay-Lussac (Card)
JOSEPH LOUIS GAY-LUSSAC French scientist, depicted in his laboratory

Versailles Palace C1700
A view of the monumental baroque palace of Louis XIV

Eads Bridge, St Louis
The newly-built Eads Bridge over the Mississippi at St Louis, Missouri

Chair-Making C1760
Two French craftsmen work on the elaborate upholstery on a pair of Louis XV style Fauteuils (armchairs)

Chevalier D eon, Mason
Charles-Genevieve-Louis- Auguste-Andre Timothee, le Chevalier d Eon, French adventurer and transvestite, depicted here as a Freemason in 1768

End of LA Fronde
PARIS PEACEFUL AGAIN The Fronde is suppressed, and Louis XIV is all set for a gloriously absolutist future. Minerva herself descends from Olympos to felicitate him !

Louis XIV Convalescent
LOUIS XIV LE ROI SOLEIL entitled the convalescence of Louis XIV this shows him (2nd from left) discussing state affairs with his counsellors

Duc De Choiseul
ETIENNE FRANCOIS, DUC DE CHOISEUL French statesman, minister of foreign affairs for Louis XV

French Protestants Meet
French protestants, forbidden to worship by Louis XIVs revocation of the Edict of Nantes, assemble in secret in the desert of the Cevennes

USA / Saint Louis
Broadway, Saint Louis, Missouri, with electric tram and horse-drawn carriage

Bougainville on River
LOUIS-ANTOINE DE BOUGAINVILLE French naval, navigator, geographer, shown crossing the river of Santa Lucia in a canoe drawn by horses

L-A De Bougainville
LOUIS-ANTOINE DE BOUGAINVILLE French naval, navigator, geographer

Louis XIV and Genoa
The Genoese republic resists Louis claim to their territ ory, but the treaty of Ratis bon lets him have it, so the Doge comes to Versailles to apologise for his disrespect

Pasteur & Granddaughter
LOUIS PASTEUR French scientist, with his grand-daughter in 1886

Napoleon III
LOUIS NAPOLEON III Emperor of the French, sitting, smoking a pipe

Fete De LA Federation
A year to the day after the fall of the Bastille, France celebrates the Revolution with a fete on the Champ de Mars, Paris, where Louis swears to uphold the constitution

Louis XVIII / J Jones
LOUIS XVIII OF FRANCE Louis-Stanislas-Xavier reigned from 1814 - 1824 although he claimed his reigned began in 1795. Shown here when the Count of Provence

Cartouche Portrait
LOUIS DOMINIQUE CARTOUCHE Celebrated French bandit, eventually cornered on a Paris rooftop

Louis IX Patron Sait
LOUIS IX, SAINT & CRUSADER Patron saint of hairdressers and perfumiers

Louis XVI Syyle Room
A French room in the style of Louis XVI

Louis a Berthier
LOUIS ALEXANDRE BERTHIER French soldier, Napoleons Chief of Staff throughout his career from 1796 to 1814; he died falling from a window in mysterious circumstances

Angouleme at Bordeaux
Louis-Antoine de Bourbon, duc d Angouleme, enters Bordeaux after the abdication of Napoleon. He solicits the protection of Wellington

Marie Leszczynska
MARIE LESZCZYNSKA Polish-born queen of Louis XV

Louis XIII & Parlement
Louis XIII listens to the remonstrances of a delegation from Parlement

Lous-Philippe Drives
A solid line of soldiers guards the route as the much- targeted Louis-Philippe drives to open the Chambre des Deputes, Paris

Bey of Tunis Visits
The Bey of Tunis, on a state visit to Louis-Philippe, arrives at the strangely deserted Palais d Elysee- Bourbon, Paris

Louis-Philippe England
Louis-Philippe arrives at Portsmouth for a visit to Victoria : four years from now, his next trip to England will be a more permanent one

Napoleon III Strasbourg
Napoleon attempts a coup against Louis-Philippe at Strasbourg, counting on popular support for the Napoleonic idea, which alas fails to materialise

Garde Nationale
The Garde Nationale are a kind of citizens army, dedicated to Republicanism and opposing the monarchy of Louis- Philippe

Republicans Grieve
Republicans grieve for the 1830 revolution, which they hoped would bring them a republic, not the monarchy of Louis-Philippe

Riots at Lyon
Whatever Paris decides, Lyon objects : street fighting breaks out when the silkworkers protest against the monarchy of Louis Philippe

DUC D ORLEANS BALL
Le duc d Orleans (the future Louis-Philippe) gives a ball at the Palais Royal

Death of Louis XVIII
The body of Louis XVIII lies in state in the palais des Tuileries, Paris

Louis XVIII and Decazes
Louis XVIII is begged by his family to sack his minister Decazes, a liberal who has antagonised many by his reformist policy. Reluctantly, Louis yields

Duc De Berry Murdered
Louis XVIII at the deathbed of the duc de Berry, his ultra- conservative nephew and heir to the throne, stabbed by a saddler named Louvel

Charles Laveran
CHARLES-LOUIS-ALPHONSE LAVERAN French scientist

LA Salle in America
RENE-ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE French explorer; claiming the Lower Mississippi valley for Louis XIV as Louisiana, 1682

DUC D ORLEANS (-1793)
Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d ORLEANS (known as Philippe Egalite ) despite his revolutionary sympathies, he was guillotined for supposed treason

Anne De Beaujeu (Col)
ANNE DE BEAUJEU also known as Anne de France, daughter of Louis XI and wife of Pierre de Bourbon

Louis XVIII (Costumes H)
LOUIS XVIII OF FRANCE - French Monarch with the Constitution granted by himself at hand

Louis Victor De Broglie
Duke LOUIS VICTOR DE BROGLIE French physicist, Nobel prize 1929

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