Magenta Collection

The exterior of a pigeon-loft in the rue Magenta, Paris, where birds would arrive carrying messages from outside the city (2 of 2) Date: Jan-Feb 1871

GRENADIERS AT MAGENTA
INDEPENDENCE WAR At the battle of MAGENTA, the French army under Macmahon defeats the Austrians led by Gyulai Date: 4 June 1859

Marie Armand Patrice de Mac Mahon (1855-1927) 2nd duke of Ma
Marie Armand Patrice de Mac Mahon (1855-1927) 2nd Duke of Magenta and 6th Marquis of MacMahon. French military. Engraving. La Ilustracion Artistica, 1896. Colored

Oxford University robes: Doctor of Music (undress with hood)
A Doctor of Music at Oxford University sporting a mortarboard and long, black gown with white and magenta hood. Date: 1920s

Marguerite Louise Marie Francoise d Orleans (1869-1940), Duchess of Magenta and Princess of Orleans. Wife of Marie Armand Patrice MacMahon (1855-1927). Portrait. Engraving, 1896. Colored

Mac-Mahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice (1803-1893). Marshal o
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, 1st Duke of Magenta (1803-1893). Marshal of France. Second President of the Third French Republic. 19th century colored engraving

Lurex striped dress
A multi-coloured lurex striped dress (fabric by Brossin de Mere) by Cavanagh, and magenta velour coat (by Dormeuil Freres). Date: 1966

Macmahon Photo
MARIE EDME PATRICE MAURICE, comte de MACMAHON French military commander and statesman, prominent in the Crimea, Magenta and Solferino, photo 1873. Date: 1808 - 1893

The Presidents of France between 1870 to 1906
The Presidents of France between 1870 to. These were (their dates of office in brackets): Adolphe Thiers (1871-1873), Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta (1873-1879), Jules Grevy (1879-1887)

Sprekelia formosissima, jacobean lily

Pisum sativum, crown pea
Folio 73 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Folio 70 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 70 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ranunculus asiaticus, Persian buttercup
Folio 51 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Amaranthus caudatus, love-lies-bleeding

FATTORI, Giovanni (1825-1908). The Italian Camp at the Battle of Magenta. 1862. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Florence. Galleria d Arte Moderna. Palazzo Pitti (Gallery of Modern Art. Pitti Palace)

VERNET, Emil-Jean-Horace (1789-1863). Mac-Mahon

Paris - Eglise Saint Laurent - Boulevard Magenta Date: circa 1910s

Marshal Macmahon
MARIE-EDMOND-PATRICE-MAURICE, comte de MACMAHON, duc de Magenta, marechal de France, President : a fine soldier but a disappointing statesman. Date: 1808 - 1893

The Dwarf and the Giant
Bravo, my little fellow! You shall do all the fighting, and we ll divide the glory! Napoleon III towers over the diminutive Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Anarchist Outrages 1
Anarchists bomb Verys resto, boulevard Magenta, because Vs brother-in-law informed on anarchists : Very loses an eye and a leg and his wife goes temporarily insane

Battle of Magenta
Independence war, battle of MAGENTA : the French under MacMahon defeat the Austrians under marshal Gyulai

Battle of Magenta - 3
The Austrians lose 6000 men trying to hold on to Magenta, the Piedmontese and French lose 4400 taking it : this dog, mourning a French victim, considers it all stupid

Battle of Magenta 2
The battle of Magenta is essentially a fight for the town : Piedmontese and French forces drive the Austrians out after bitter street fighting

Battle of Magenta - 1
Napoleon III with general MacMahon at the battle of Magenta, when a decisive victory is inflicted on the Austrians

Battle of Magenta - 4
French grenadiers dispute the railway bridge at Magenta with the Austrians

Battle of Magenta - 5
The battle of Magenta is characterised by fierce street fighting for command of an insignificant village

Magenta French Warship
French warship with a crew of 700

Fashions for July 1864
Girl: white dress, magenta Swiss corselet with petal-like basques. Black trimmed purple dress with long pointed scallop edged basques. Fawn coloured mantle with tassels

Battle of Magenta / 1859
Austrian forces attempting to stop Italian unifications are defeated at Magenta, Lombardy, Italy, by French troops

Evening Wear 1860
White silk ball dress with 3 skirts of tulle looped up with blue daisies; Magenta moire & black lace evening dress with bodice & skirt in one. N.B girls low cut corsage & sash

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