Paris Collection (#89)

Singer Sargent / Purdy
JOHN SINGER SARGENT American painter, who worked mainly in Paris and London Date: 1856 - 1925

Etienne Marcel Murdered
Etienne Marcel, bourgeois leader in Paris, involved in complicated political power play, is murdered while opening gates of Paris to the troops of Navarre Date: 1358

Palatial Paris House
Building a palatial mansion in 15th century Paris : as always, leading citizens sought to outrank one another in the splendour of their homes Date: 15th century

Newspaper Office Seized
During the 1830 Revolution in France, which ousts Charles X and replaces him with Louis- Philippe, Paris newspaper offices are seized by the police Date: 1830

Astronomical telescope at the Paris Observatory, 1926
The Equatorial Telescope at Paris Observatory. Date: 1926

Parisian Pays Meal Bill
A customer pays his bill in a Paris restaurant Date: 1833

Terrace Cafe Scene 1884
Seated at a terrace in the boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, a customer purchases a nosegay from a flower girl, while another vendor offers the Quartier Latin newspaper Date: 1884

Covered Market / Chatelet
A covered market in Chatelet, Paris. Date: 18th century

Paris Street after Morea
A couple of men in a Parisien street

Market in Place Maubert
The market in the Place Maubert, Paris

Siege of Paris- Balloons
An escape by Balloon. Date: 1870

Saint-Medard, Exterior
SAINT-MEDARD, Paris Convulsionnaires gather at the tomb of M. de Paris, in the cemetery of Saint-Medard, where extraordinary manifestations occur Date: 1731

Saint-Medard, Interior
SAINT-MEDARD, Paris Convulsionnaires gather in a room near the cemetery of Saint-Medard, where M de Paris is buried : extraordinary manifestations occur Date: 1731

Montmartre / Snowballing
Schoolboys take advantage of the snow to engage in a snowball fight on the Butte de Montmartre Date: circa 1905

Montmartre / Artist
An artist at work in the rue Saint-Vincent : artists not only favoured Montmartre as a place to live, it provided them with their favourite locations Date: circa 1905

Montmartre / Maquis
A scene in the maquis, the tumbledown shanty town which existed before World War One on the slopes of the Butte de Montmartre Date: circa 1905

Montmartre in Winter
The Rue de l Abreuvoir, on a winters day - a housewife fetching milk stops to talk with a neighbour Date: circa 1905

Champs Elysees 1905
View looking up the Avenue des Champs Elysees towards the Arc de Triomphe. Date: 1905

3rd Duke of Richmond
CHARLES LENNOX, 3RD DUKE OF RICHMOND Diplomat; minister at Paris (1765). Denounced ministerial policy toward American colonies. Date: 1734 - 1806

Paris River Steamers
Steam riverboats on the Seine during the Paris Exhibition. Date: 1900

France / Paris / Chatelet
Scene at the Grand Chatelet, Paris, at the end of the 18th century, with market stalls, shops with street displays, a water-carrier and a porter Date: 1800

Paris / Place Louvois
Place Louvois, with its massive fountain Date: circa 1856

Paris / Place Concorde
Place de la Concorde, seen from across the Seine Date: circa 1856

Paris / Ecole Militaire
The CHAMP DE MARS, site of so many events in French history, depicted with a parade of Napoleon IIIs soldiery which many of those present don t even bother to look at Date: circa 1856

Paris / Invalides C1856
LES INVALIDES Date: circa 1856

Paris / Place Bastille
PLACE DE LA BASTILLE La Colonne de Juillet Date: circa 1856

Paris / Louvre C1856
Cote de la Colonnade : the Seine is on the left, we are standing in the rue de Rivoli Date: circa 1856

Paris Palais De L. Ind
Built for the 1855 exhibition, this building was demolished in 1897 and the site became the avenue Alexandre III Date: circa 1856

French Country House
Maison d habitation at Saint-Cloud on the outskirts of Paris (Seine- et-Oise, France) designed by L Larlat Date: circa 1909

17th Century Paris Scene
Parisians frequenting the shops of the Galerie du Palais de Justice Date: circa 1630

Isabeau Enters Paris
ISABEAU DE BAVIERE is borne into Paris to marry Charles VI (le Fou) Date: 1389

Allies Enter Paris 1815
ALLIES ENTER PARIS After defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, the Allies travel to Paris where they are received enthusiastically by those who are pleased to see them Date: June 1815

Allies Enter Paris
AFTER WATERLOO After defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, the Allies march south and enter Paris Date: October 1815

Allies Outside Paris
After defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, the Allies march south and camp outside Paris, where Wellington reviews the British troops beneath the heights of Montmartre Date: 21 October 1815

Institut De France / Ils
A public meeting of the Institut in Paris. The Institut encompases five academies including L Academie Francaise. Date: 1843

Institut De France / Tinke
A public meeting of the Institut in Paris, with Joseph Bertrand presiding. The Institut encompases 5 academies including L Academie Francaise

Verne / to the Moon
DE LA TERRE A LA LUNE (From the Earth to the Moon ) performed with immense success as a magical operetta at the Theatre de la Gaite, Paris Date: 1875

Guillotine Victims
A cartload of condemned aristocrats trundles through the streets of Paris on its way to the guillotine Date: 1793

Isabel of Bavaria / Paris
Isabel of Bavaria enters Paris Date: 1385

Maud Gonne / Tatler / 1904
MAUD GONNE Irish actress and patriot with her husband Major MacBride and their son, in Paris Date: 1866 - 1953

Cafe Frascati / Debucourt
Fashionable Parisiens and Parisiennes in the Grand Salon de Frascati, Paris circa 1800

Paris Crowd / Nature / 1894
Parisiens gather in the place de l Opera to mark the arrival of Russian officers Date: 17 October 1894

Copyists in the Louvre
Copyists in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre Date: 1835

French Celerifere in the Tuileries Gardens, Paris Date: circa 1798

Vivian Stranders Trial
Vivian Stranders (1881 - 1959) British man, at the time of his Paris trial, when he was accused of spying for Germany whilst living in France. His solicitor, Mr. Gervais (right)

5 Years Without Paris
Oh, the horrors of war ! Imagine - five years without Paris fashions ! (German womans comments after World War One) Date: 1919

First Gas Balloon (2)
Sic itur ad astra - The first manned flight in a gas balloon, over Paris Date: 1787

Charlotte Wiehe at Les Capucines, Paris Date: 1905

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