Nantes Collection

Design elements from the 16th century
Design elements from manuscripts and painted marble the 16th century. 1-4 Border and fleurons from manuscript, 5-8 fragments of marble pilaster. Taken from manuscript Franc. 54, Bib

Transporter Bridge over the River Loire, Nantes, France. Built in 1903, the bridge had a span of 141m across the Loire and was demolished during the Second World War

Rene Marie De Beisit 1652 1718 French Churchman
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Waterfront view, Nantes, La Bourse, France
Vintage 19th century photograph: waterfront view, Nantes, La Bourse, France

Jeanne de Flandre wearing the conical hat called la Syrienne
Jeanne de Flandre, wife of Jean de Montfort, Duke of Brittany. Wearing the costume she wore entering Nantes with her husband 1341

Band Afloat
Brass Band Musicians on a boat on The Nantes Brest Canal waterway France Date: circa 1983

VENDEEANS DROWNED
The Noyades [drownings] de Nantes - Republican general Carrier orders priests and royalist sympathisers taken out onto the Loire in barges and drowned. Date: February - May 1794

TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC
Anti-tuberculosis dispensary at Nantes : street view, section of the interior, and plans of the lower and upper floors Date: 1906

VENDEANS AT NANTES
After successfully taking Saumur and Angers, the Vendeans are defeated at Nantes Date: 29 June 1793

Sailing vessel Lieutenant Granie of Nantes. Date: circa 1930

Nantes, France - Holy Cross Church (Eglise Ste-Croix)
Nantes, France - Roman Catholic Holy Cross church (Eglise Ste-Croix), in the Pays de la Loire region. View of the Belfry. Date: circa 1910s

Nantes, France - bridge and biscuit factory
Nantes France - a bridge crossing the River Loire, showing the towers of the Lefevre-Utile biscuit factory. circa 1910s

Nantes, France - Rue de la Fosse (Ditch Street). Date: circa 1910s

Henry IV of France (1553-1610). Equestrian
Henry IV of France (1553-1610). King of Navarre as Henry III from 1572-1610 and King of France from 1589-1610. Equestrian portrait. Engraving. Colored

Henry IV of France (1553-1610). King of Navarre as Henry III from 1572-1610 and King of France from 1589-1610. Portrait. Engraving. Colored

Greetings card in the shape of a sardine tin, Joseph Peneau, Conserves Alimentaires, Nantes. circa 1890s

Preparing for Flight
Preparing a biplane for flight at the Semaine d Aviation, Nantes (France) : this kind of air show is repeated throughout France, attracting immense public interest. Date: 14-21 August 1910

French steam thresher
A French steam thresher, constructed by Renaud, Nantes Date: 1862

Jean De LA Noe Menard
JEAN DE LA NOE MENARD French churchman of Nantes. Date: 1650 - 1717

Barricade - Rue Royale, Nantes - June, 1903
The Events of 14th June 1903 - Barricade at the junction of Rue Royale and Rue Ogee, Nantes, France. This was in response to fears of violence between clerical and anti-clerical groups. Date: 1903

LA TOUR, Georges de (1593-1652). The Vielle Player. 1620 - 1625. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Nantes. Fine Arts Museum

VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Painting

SWITZERLAND. Geneva. Reformation Wall. The Elector Prince of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia, accepts in his states the French refugees victims of the revocation of the Nantes edict. Sculpture

Le Suffren balloon ascent, Nantes
View of the Le Suffren balloon ascending from the garden of the orphanage, Nantes, France. Including the equipment used to raise and fill it. 14 June 1784

Entrance to castle, Nantes, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Confluence of Edre (i. e. Erdre) and Loire, Nantes, France
Confluence of Edre (i.e. Erdre) and Loire, Nantes, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

La Greve, Nantes, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Town and harbor, Nantes, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Panorama and bourse from La Gloirette (i. e. Gloriette), Nan
Panorama and bourse from La Gloirette (i.e. Gloriette), Nantes, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Fishing Boats on the River Erdre, Nantes, France. These bateau-style boats have a small flat bottom with straight sides and were used as early as 1671 on the Saint Lawrence River, French Quebec

Fortune Teller with cards
French (Breton?) Fortune Teller with cards Date: circa 1910s

Claude Brousson
CLAUDE BROUSSON French protestant minister, hanged for his views after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Date: 1647 - 1698

Jules Vernes Tomb
Jules Vernes tomb at Nantes, featured on the cover of an American science-fiction magazine Date: 1828 - 1905

Bleriot Monoplane
Simon, with his Bleriot at the Nantes Aviation meeting, 14-21 August 1910 Date: August 1910

France, Nantes - Old Houses, Haute-Grande-Rue

Atlantique Wrecked
The French vessel Atlantique, of Nantes, is driven ashore on Brighton beach by a storm

Jean De Montfort
Jean de Montfort, duc de Bretagne, is welcomed - along with his wife Jeanne - by the people of Nantes

Nantes Music Sheet
The cathedral, seen from the Loire

Vendee Noyades
Carrier is the most ruthless of revolutionary commanders : at Nantes he orders royalist prisoners to be thrown into the river - les noyades (drownings) de la Loire

Protestants Persecuted
Following the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, protestants are officially persecuted : troops disperse an assembly in Provence

Temple Destroyed
With the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, French protestants are officially persecuted : their temple at Charenton is demolished

Dragonnades
After the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, French protestants are officially persecuted in the infamous dragonnades

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

The Siege of Nantes 1380
The Earl of Buckingham and the Duke of Brittany concert the siege of Nantes

Prophets of the Cevennes
THE PROPHETS OF THE CEVENNES Persecuted after Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, the French protestants in the Cevennes manifest remarkable prophesying, convulsions etc

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

Nantes / Harbour 1913
Nantes: the port

Nantes / Chateau C1900
Nantes: the chateau

NANTES / L ERDRE C1900
Nantes: l Erdre

Nantes / La Fosse C1900
Nantes: la Fosse

Renaux, Paillette
Two tastefully dressed French aviators - Renaux and Paillette - watch the goings- on at the Nantes Aviation Week

Camisards in London
CAMISARDS IN EXILE After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, some French Camisards fled to London, where they held meetings which not everyone approved

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

LOUVOIS
FRANCOIS MICHEL LE TELLIER marquis de LOUVOIS - autocratic French statesman who engineered the revocation of the Edit de Nantes and persecuted protestants

Church at Nantes
New church of Saint-Nicolas at Nantes - a fine example of 19th century Gothic

Duchesse De Berry
The duchesse, widow of the murdered duc who had been heir to the throne, is arrested at Nantes for activities aimed at restoring the Orleans regime

Station at Nantes
NANTES, Bretagne Gare de la Bourse

France / Nantes
The harbour

French Thresher 1859
BATTAGE A LA VAPEUR - A French steam thresher by Renaud & Lotz, Nantes

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