Villette Collection

Lancer ice skating on the Bassin de la Villette, 1813
Lancer and gentlemen ice skating on the Bassin de la Villette, Paris, 1813. Skaters on the reservoir at La Villette, Soldier in uniform of the Polish lancers of the Imperial Guard with czapka

Woman at the horse races on the Champ de Mars, 1811
Fashionable woman at the horse races on the Champ de Mars, 1811. She wears a bonnet, high-waisted walking dress and carries a shawl and large feather

ELECTRIC SHOCKS FOR FUN 1889
Shocks for fun among the fair-goers at La Villette, on the outskirts of Paris Date: 1889

Advert / Meat / Villette Ham
Jambon Villette Date: circa 1924

Freemasons adoption festival
The Freemasons Fete d Adoption of the French Lodge Belle et Bonne, at the Hotel de Villette, France. Date: 1819

Francois Villette, French engineer
Francois Villette (1621-1698), French engineer, noted for his burning mirrors and his fireworks. circa 1680

Paris, France - Barriere de la Villette. Date: 1859

Ornate balloon ascending, Paris
A large, ornate Montgolfier balloon ascending over Paris, with two passengers (probably Andre Giroud de Villette and Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier). With people on the launch site below

Flying Globe

Flying Globe and Air Balloon
Two fanciful technical drawings. Above is a Globe Volant (Flying Globe) in which Giroud de Villette and M Rozier passed over Paris on 19 October 1783

Itineraire - de l ascension de nuit du 7 aout 1884, de la Villette e Poisly. Hand-drawn map shows the route, time, and altitude of a night balloon journey in France from La Villette (Paris)

Marie Vctess Bolingbroke
MARIE CLAIRE Des Champs de Maresilly, marquise de Villette, second wife of Henry St John, viscount BOLINGBROKE. Date: ? - 1750

Commune Damage 9
The docks of La Villette, on the canal Saint-Martin, after the fighting

Charlotte Bronte / Vilette
VILLETTE Lucy Snowe and Paul Emanuel, and the nun

Drinking Blood / France
Les buveurs de sang : sickly Parisiens drink fresh blood at the Abattoirs of La Villette

Villette Docks Burn
The Docks de la Villette, Paris, are set alight by the Communards during the fighting

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