Sacre Gallery

Scarlet ibis, sacred ibis and candytuft

Scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber 2, African sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus 3,4, and candytuft, Iberis sempervirens 1. iberide, ibis rouge, ibis sacre. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pedretti after an illustration by A. Carie Baron from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39. Date:

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Cartoon, Mutiny, WW1

Cartoon, Mutiny -- French children playing war games, some of them representing the German enemy. They are in the Rue St Vincent, Montmartre, Paris, near the Sacre Coeur. Date: 1915

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1915, 1st, Battle, Boys, Cartoon, Cartoons, Childhood, Children, City, Coeur, Doll, Dolls, Enemy, France, French, Games, German, Girls, Great, Helmet, Historical, History, Montmartre, Mutiny, Paris, Play, Playing, Pointed, Pretend, Pretending, Rifle, Rifles, Rue, Sacre, St, Vincent, Wall, War, Wartime, Weapons, World, Writing, Ww1, Wwi

Sacre bleu

Sacre bleu!. Illustration shows a Frenchman standing outside the US Treasury building, he is holding in one hand a newspaper that states Colombia Rejects Canal Treaty and in the other hand a paper labeled 40, 000, 000 for France if Treaty is Ratified. It appears that he was about to cash-in a promissory note for $40 million, only to discover at the last moment that it is worthless. Date 1903 September 9. Sacre bleu!. Illustration shows a Frenchman standing outside the US Treasury building, he is holding in one hand a newspaper that states Colombia Rejects Canal Treaty and in the other hand a paper labeled 40, 000, 000 for France if Treaty is Ratified. It appears that he was about to cash-in a promissory note for $40 million, only to discover at the last moment that it is worthless. Date 1903 September 9

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