Rheims Collection

Champagne Michel Gonet, Epernay, Champagne, France
Villa Signolle, Champagne Michel Gonet, on the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, Champagne, Marne, Grand Est, France. The Avenue de Champagne is a 1km long street lined with mansions owned by champagne

Rheims WWI
Rheims city view with cathedral in the background during World War I

Rheims cathedral after WW1

Illustration of Rheims Cathedral, France during WW1

Rheims Cathedral on fire during WW1

Portrait, Maison Ruinart, Reims, Marne, France
Portrait of Nicolas Ruinart, founder of Maison Ruinart in 1729, in the tasting room at Maison Ruinart, the oldest champagne house in the world, founded in Epernay in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart

Champagne, Maison Ruinart, Reims, Marne, France
Bottles of Ruinart Blanc des Blancs and Ruinart Rose, in the winery at Maison Ruinart, the oldest champagne house in the world, founded in Epernay in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart, in Reims, Marne

Painting, Maison Ruinart, Reims, Marne, France
Lunch of Oysters, 1737, detail, copy of an oil painting by Jean Francois de Troy, 1679-1752, in the Ruinart Salon at Maison Ruinart, the oldest champagne house in the world

Champagne cellars, Maison Ruinart, Reims, Marne, France
Steps down to the underground chalk cellars, or crayeres, where champagne is aged, at Maison Ruinart, the oldest champagne house in the world, founded in Epernay in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart, in Reims

Maison Ruinart, Reims, Marne, France
Pouring the champagne by hand, in the winery at Maison Ruinart, the oldest champagne house in the world, founded in Epernay in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France

Chateau Perrier, Epernay, Champagne, France
Chateau Perrier, built 1852-57 in Louis XIII style by architect Pierre-Eugene Cordier, on the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, Champagne, Marne, Grand Est, France

Champagne de Venoge, Epernay, Champagne, France
Tasting terrace at the Hotel de Venoge, built 1899, now Champagne de Venoge, on the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, Champagne, Marne, Grand Est, France

Champagne de Castellane, Epernay, Champagne, France
Champagne de Castellane headquarters, founded 1895 by Viscount Florens de Castellane, with brick buildings and tower designed by Marius Toudoire, 1852-1922, on the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay

West View of Rheims Cathedral, France Date: 1793

Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, WW1
Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, with a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II with the words Louvain and Rheims (Reims) on his shoulders

West front and doorways, Rheims Cathedral, France. Date: circa 1920s

West Front of Rheims Cathedral, France Date: circa 1908

Archbishop of Rheims, Archeveque de Reims, with mitre. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larcheys Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d Or et de l Europe au 15e siecle

Grandstand at Great Aviation Week, Reims, France
Grandstand at Great Aviation Week, Reims (Rheims), France, August 1909. Date: 1909

Refugees arriving at Champillon, France, WW1
Refugees arriving at Champillon from Reims, 26 September 1914. 1914

CHARLES VI & WENCESLAUS CHARLES VI & WENCESLAUS
German Emperor Wenceslaus of Luxembourg With Charles VI of france holding ultimately unsuccessful negotiations to end the Papal Schism (setting is probably Rheims Cathedral). Date: Ca 1390

BESIEGES RHEIMS 1369
Edward III besieges Rheims (without success) Date: 1369

Cessna 172 YU-BDU at Rheims. Date: 1970s

WW1 inkwell, French soldier with Hotchkiss machine gun
WW1 inkwell of a French soldier with a Hotchkiss machine gun, engraved Souvenir de Reims. Trench Art

Reims Cathedral, France, after German bombing, WW1
Two views of Reims Cathedral, France, after bombing by the Germans during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Hermann Lang on the twelve-cylinder Mercedes-Benz
Hermann Lang on the twelve-cylinder, 490 bhp, 3 litre Mercedes-Benz with which in 1939 he made the fastest timed laps of four Grand Prix circuits with an astonishing peak of 117.5 mph in practice for

Great French Military manoeuvres witnessed by Tsar Nicholas
The Franco-Russian alliance of 1892 established privileged relations between France and Russia. Reciprocal protocol exchanges and visits were organised

German prisoners 1914
Captured during the early weeks of the war, German prisoners are marched through the streets of Reims. Date: 1914

Coronation of Louis XV
The costumes of the officers of state at the coronation of Louis XV at Rheims. The King is arrayed in all the royal ornaments, including the crown of Charlemagne. Date: 1722

Germans demand surrender of Reims, 1914
How the surrender of Reims was demanded. Immediately before the bombardment of Reims, German parlementaires came into the town under a flag of truce to demand its immediate surrender

The Fine Art of Making a War-Film by Heath Robinson, WW1
Preparing the Popular Film of a Taube soaring over Rheims Cathedral. Makeshift scenery and a camera man aloft with the help of a pulley system over a bed help to recreate a scene from the First World

The Town - WW1, Rheims, Marne
The Town - World War 1, Rheims, Marne, France. Showing a panorama of German destruction Date: 1910s

The Cathedral, Rheims, Marne, France. Showing the west door Date: 1910s

Wine cellars at Rheims
Mid-19th century engraving showing a cross section of the wine cellars at Rheims, home of champagne. Date: 1862

Burning of Reims Cathedral after bombardment, 1914
The burning of Reims Cathedral in France after severe bombardment by the Germans, September 1914 September 1914

Cartoon, The Glad Hand, WW1
Cartoon, The Glad Hand -- Brother Jonathan (representing the USA) tells Kaiser Wilhelm to wash his hand first, before shaking it

French Algerian troops in World War One
A column of French colonial Algerian Tirailleurs (commonly known as Turcos) on the march northward towards Rheims. These sharpshooters form part of the forces raised by the French in Algeria

The Jackdaw of Rheims scene in Brighter London at the London Hippodrome, 1923 Date: 1923

Ruth French in Brighter London at the London Hippodrome, 1923 Date: 1923

French women knitting in wine cellar, Rheims, WW1
French women knitting comforts for soldiers in a gloomy wine cellar, dimly lit by candles in Rheims, a refuge from shell-fire in the frequently bombarded city. Date: 1914

Reims Cathedral, France, restored after WW1
Reims Cathedral in France restored and back in use after damage sustained during World War One. Date: June 1920

Louis Menciere
Dr LOUIS MENCIERE French medical from Rheims. Date: 1870 - ?

Fernandez stand at the Salon Aeronautique in 1909. This aircraft flew at the aviation meeting at Rheims in 1909 but the designer/pilot was killed later in the year due to the failure of a wire in

A painting of the Curtiss-Herring No 1, the aircraft which won the 1909 Gordon Bennett Cup at Rheims, France. Date: 1909

The Curtiss-Herring No 1 the aircraft
The Curtiss-Herring No 1, the aircraft which won the 1909 Gordon Bennett Cup at Rheims, France. Date: 1909

Glenn Curtiss flying the Curtiss-Herring No 1, the aircraft with which he won the 1909 Gordon Bennett Cup at Rheims, France. Date: 1909

The Jackdaw of Rheims
A scene from The Jackdaw of Rheims by Richard H Barham Date: 1905

The town hall, Rheims, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

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