Paradis Collection

Girl in blue velvet jacket trimmed with skunk, with white suede gaiters. Manteau de fillette en velours bleu garni de skungs, guetres de suede blanc

King bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus regius, and two Suriname hummingbird species. (Le petit oiseau de Paradis, Paradisea regia, deux colibris de Surinam.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Le Nebuleux bird of paradise, Paradisea nigricans.. Named by Levaillant for its cloudy white feathers. Shaw describes it as an ally of the twelve-wired bird-of-paradise, Seleucidis melanoleucus

Roman Art. Spain. Temple of Augustus. Barcelona. Catalonia
Roman Art. Spain. Temple of Augustus. 1st century B.C. Detail of the columns. Barcelona. Catalonia

Paradis Flamand 17C
LE PARADIS FLAMAND Drinking and dancing outside the village inn, while a bagpipe player provides the music Date: 17th century

Arfak astrapia, Astrapia nigra.. Copied from Jacques Barrabands illustration from Francois Levaillants Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis, 1801

Superb bird-of-paradise, Lophorina superba.. Copied from Jacques Barrabands illustration for Francois Levaillants Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis, 1801

Costume design by Freddy Wittop for la Parrure de Paradis for show at the London Casino, London, 1930s Date: 1930s

The scene Le Paradis Retrouve from Bonjour Paris at the Casino de Paris, Paris, 1924. Mistinguett and showgirls in centre top. Date: 1924

Mesmers Patient
Mesmers reputation suffers when mlle Paradis, a blind patient he failed to cure, turns up at the French court playing clavecin at Marie Ant- oinettes spiritual concert

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