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Nesle Collection

Background imageNesle Collection: Actions of the Somme Crossings 1918

Actions of the Somme Crossings 1918
Actions of the Somme Crossings, Nesle Sector. Men of the 20th British Division and of the 22nd French Division in hastily dug rifle pits covering a road at the Battle of the Somme on the Western

Background imageNesle Collection: Globe aerostatique. Dedie e Monsieur Charles. Cette machine

Globe aerostatique. Dedie e Monsieur Charles. Cette machine est represente icis elevant pour la seconde fois au milieu de la Prairie de Nesle, ou il venoit de descendre, accompagne de Mr. Robert

Background imageNesle Collection: Anne Duchesse Chateaurou

Anne Duchesse Chateaurou
Anne de Nesle, duchesse de Chateauroux mistress of Louis XV : the youngest of three sisters, all of whom followed the same career Date: 1717 - 1744

Background imageNesle Collection: Paris Tour De Nesle

Paris Tour De Nesle
17th century prospect of the Seine as it passers les Tours de Nesles and the palais de Nevers, on the Ile de la Cite. Notre-Dame is just beyond. Date: circa 1640

Background imageNesle Collection: View of Paris, 17th century Dutch School

View of Paris, 17th century Dutch School
View of Paris from the Pont Neuf, 17th century Dutch School. The famous Tour de Nesle can be seen on the left, and the old Louvre and Galerie on the right

Background imageNesle Collection: Balloon descent, Prairie de Nesle, France

Balloon descent, Prairie de Nesle, France
Balloon descent of Charles and Robert onto the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, surrounded by various witnesses, including an English gentleman, Mr Fares, who was the first to greet M Charles

Background imageNesle Collection: Balloon ascent from Prairie de Nesle, northern France

Balloon ascent from Prairie de Nesle, northern France
Balloon ascent by M Charles from the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, where it had landed after taking off from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, on 1 December 1783

Background imageNesle Collection: The Aerostatic globe balloon, belonging to Jacques Charles

The Aerostatic globe balloon, belonging to Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert, descending on the plain of Nesle, near Beaumont, France

Background imageNesle Collection: German offensive WWI

German offensive WWI
German Offensive in Picardy, with transport columns on the march near Nesle in France during World War I

Background imageNesle Collection: Actions of the Somme Crossings 1918

Actions of the Somme Crossings 1918
Supports lying in the open lining the edge of a road at Nesle on the 20th Division Front during the Actions of the Somme Crossings on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1918

Background imageNesle Collection: Nesle 1918

Nesle 1918
Men of the 20th British Division and the 22nd French Division in hastily dug rifle pits covering a road, in the Nesle sector of the Somme region


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