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Orne Collection

Background imageOrne Collection: Spanish fly, wasp beetle and long-horn beetles

Spanish fly, wasp beetle and long-horn beetles
Spanish fly beetle, Lytta vesicatoria 1, wasp beetle, Clytus arietis 2, Altica equinoctialis 3, Clytra quadripunctata 4, longhorn beetles, Chlorida festiva 5 and Trachyderes succinctus 6

Background imageOrne Collection: Plan and elevation of a Regency neoclassical villa

Plan and elevation of a Regency neoclassical villa. Floorplan shows dining room, drawing room, music room, library, hall, staircase, conservatory and passage

Background imageOrne Collection: Fans designed by Jeanne Paquin, 1912

Fans designed by Jeanne Paquin, 1912
Fans by Jeanne Paquin after designs by George Barbier and Paul Iribe. Eventails de Paquin. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des Modes

Background imageOrne Collection: French soprano Mlle Virginie Dejazet as Mimi in

French soprano Mlle Virginie Dejazet as Mimi in the one-act vaudeville Grisettes by Scribe and Dupin at the Gymnase-Dramatique, 1823

Background imageOrne Collection: Liberators Memorial, Escoville, Normandy

Liberators Memorial, Escoville, Normandy
Escoville is inland and east of the River Orne, right in the area allocated to the Special Forces and Commandos, and blocking the route to Caen

Background imageOrne Collection: View of Pegasus Bridge, Gondree Caf & gun pit

View of Pegasus Bridge, Gondree Caf & gun pit
This view is from the east bank of the Orne Canal, (the side where the gliders landed). The Gondree Caf is on the left and the German gun pit and the bridge are on the right

Background imageOrne Collection: CHATEAU DO

CHATEAU DO
Chateau dO (Orne) Date: circa 1890

Background imageOrne Collection: FRENCH DOMESTIC C1890

FRENCH DOMESTIC C1890
A beautiful example of French domestic architecture at Hauterives - a maison dhabitation at Gace (Orne) designed by A Galliot. Date: circa 1890

Background imageOrne Collection: Poster, Aero Club de Basse-Normandie

Poster, Aero Club de Basse-Normandie, Henry Goussin, Flers de l Orne, 1962. 1962

Background imageOrne Collection: Frontispiece: Costumes of the departments of

Frontispiece: Costumes of the departments of the lower Seine: Calvados, la Manche and l Orne.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Background imageOrne Collection: France Caen

France Caen
The town seen from the Orne. Date: circa 1835

Background imageOrne Collection: NJ Conte. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen I

NJ Conte. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts, geb. zu St. Cnery im Orne Departement den 4ten Aug. 1755, gest. den 6ten Decbr. 1805 zu Paris

Background imageOrne Collection: Enemy plane shot down, Orne valley, France, WW1

Enemy plane shot down, Orne valley, France, WW1
German troops salvaging an enemy plane (possibly a French Spad) which has been shot down in the Orne valley, north east France, during the First World War. Date: 5 May 1918

Background imageOrne Collection: CHATEAU D O

CHATEAU D O
Chateau d O (Orne)


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