Motte Collection

Dunster Castle, Dunster, Somerset. A former motte and bailey castle, it is now a country house. Date: 20th century

Oxford Castel C16th ?
Plan of the motte and bailey castle of William the Conqueror showing the ditch, surrounding houses & their gardens, the Session House & St Georges Tower & the keep

Au Temps Des Aieux
This painting, translated as In The Time Of Our Ancestors, depicts a series of figures, including an armoured knight standing amongst a pair of horses and a dog

Powderham Castle, seat of Lord Viscount William Courtenay
Powderham Castle, Devon, seat of Lord Viscount William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon, gay lover of slave owner William Beckford

Mlle. Georges as Salome in Les Machabees at the Odeon, 1821
French actress Mlle. Margeurite Georges (1787-1867) as Salome in Les Machabees by Houdart de la Motte at the Odeon, 1821. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles

America - Preparing To Burn Fort Motte
Rebecca Motte Holds An Ornate African Archers Bow As She Prepares To Burn Fort Motte During The American War of Independence Date: 1781

Palemon sees Ondine dancing with her shadow
Palemon sees Ondine, a water sprite, dancing with her shadow. Captivated by her beauty he pursues her to the forest. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque

Tirrenio warns Palemon to be faithful to Ondine
Tirrenio, Lord of the Mediterranean, warns Palemon that if he is unfaithful to Ondine he will lose his life. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, first published 1812

Palemon sees a vision of Ondine
Palemon, now married to Berta, sees a vision of Ondine during his wedding celebrations and realises that it is she whom he really loves

Dover Castle, Kent - Aerial View. circa 1930s

Undine / De LA Motte
UNDINE Bertalda, Undines rival in love, stands on a balcony overlooking red rooftops and mountains. Date: First published: 1811

J M De LA Motte Guyon
Jeanne Marie de la Motte GUYON French mystic whose system of devotion, Quietism, was so unpalatable to the French authorities that they put her in the Bastille for a while Date: 1648 - 1717

Rooftop view of Totnes and castle, Devon
Rooftop view of Totnes, Devon, with the Norman motte and bailey castle on a hill in the middle distance, and fields beyond. Date: circa 1960s

Acqueville, France - Chateau de La Motte Date: circa 1850s

Francois Le Vayer
FRANCOIS de la MOTTE le VAYER French historian Date: 1586 - 1672

Francois Comte LA Motte
FRANCOIS HENRI comte de LA MOTTE - French aristocrat whose wife Jeanne, mistress of the cardinal de Rohan, masterminded the scandalous Diamond Necklace affair. Date: CIRCA 1785

De LA Motte Fouque
FRIEDRICH HEINRICK KARL, baron de LA MOTTE FOUQUE German writer of romantic tales, notably Undine of which we have gorgeous illustrations by Rackham. Date: 1777 - 1843

Antoine De LA Motte
ANTOINE HOUDAR de LA MOTTE French writer, holding a manuscript. Date: 1672 - 1731

LA Mothe Haudancourt
PHILIPPE, comte de LA MOTHE- HAUDANCOURT (La Motte- Hodancourt) French military commander, marechal de France Date: 1605 - 1657

Jeanne Comtesse LA Motte
JEANNE de St.REMY de VALOIS, COMTESSE DE LA MOTTE French adventuress who masterminded the Diamond Necklace Affair implicating Marie Antoinette and others. Date: 1756 - 1791

Cliffords Tower, York Castle, Yorkshire, England, a remarkable two-storey quatrefoil keep on a stone motte and bailey fortress. Date: 13th century

Jeanne De Lamotte
JEANNE DE LUZ DE ST.REMY comtesse de Lamotte Intriguing Frenchwoman Date: 1756 - 1791

Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, North Wales
View of Caernarfon (Caernarvon) Castle in Gwynedd, North Wales. The castle was built by the English King Edward I from around 1283, on the site of a Roman fortress and Norman motte. Date: 1950s

Ondine taken from the ship, leaving Palemon with Berta
The angry Tirrenio creates a storm and carries Ondine from the ship, leaving Palemon with Berta. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, first published 1812

Palemon kisses Ondine and dies in her arms
Palemon kisses Ondine, despite knowing that this will be fatal, and dies in her arms. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, first published 1812

LA Motte Beuvron
Located in central France : Napoleon III maintains an establishment here, with model farms where he holds periodic agricultural shows

Affair of the Necklace
Countess de la Motte & her maid escaping after the Affair of the Diamond Necklace. Marie Antoinettes supposed involvement helped discredit the monarchy

St Antony Tempted / Motte
SAINT ANTONY OF EGYPT He is tempted in an Egyptian tomb by a succession of outwardly attractive females, but he knows they are demons under the skin

France / La Motte-Glain
Chateau de La Motte-Glain (Loire-Inferieure)

Belvoir Castle C18Th
Belvoir Castle, home of the Dukes of Rutland, as it was prior to the fire of 1816 and the surrounding Leicestershire countryside

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