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Woman in charmeuse gown, violet tunic and capeWoman in white charmeuse satin gown with violet chiffon tunic trimmed with skunk fur, cape of Etruscan velvet. Robe de charmeuse blanche a tunique de mousseline de soie violette brodee de vert et
Woman in yellow chiffon night gown and hat getting into bedWoman in yellow chiffon night gown and hat, bed with striped curtains, white doves in foreground. Costume et coiffure de nuit en mousseline jaune
Woman feeding chickens in dress for the Easter holiday. Robe pour les vacances de Paques. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Marie-Madeleine Franc-Nohain from Tommaso
Ladies playing badminton in a garden, 1817Elegant ladies or meveilleuses playing badminton in a garden. Several have their hair in the fashionable short cut known as the martyr or victime
The game of badminton played in a park, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph after Langlume from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette
Merveilleuses playing badminton in a gardenBadminton. Merveilleuse in flimsy dresses play a game of badminton in a garden. Several have their hair in the fashionable short cut known as the martyr or victime
Isabelle de Limeuil, maid of honour to QueenIsabelle de Limeuil, maid of honour and spy for Queen Catherine de Medici of France, 1535-1609. She wears a lace headress, lace collar, and austere black dress decorated with black embroidered bands
Woman in elegant motoring costumeA woman in an elegant motoring costume, made of drab gabardine. The jacket has a volant waist and a high up and down collar. Date: 1914
Flying machine or airshipA flying machine or airship, 18th century copy of the one designed in the 17th century by Francesco Lana de Terzi, the Italian Jesuit, mathematician, naturalist and aeronautics pioneer
Imaginary view of a flying machineImaginary front view of a Vaisseau Volant (flying machine), looking like a Faberge egg with green wings. Date: 1780s
Sphere Areotiatique ou Globe volantPlate showing Sphe
Technical diagram of a flying machine, with measurements and annotations. The small red circle labelled C is the pilots seat. late 18th century
Technical diagram of a flying machine, with pilotTechnical diagram of a flying machine, with measurements and annotations, and a pilot seated at the controls. circa late 18th century
Flying Globe
Flying Globe and Air BalloonTwo 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
People and animals with a balloonFanciful design showing crowds of people and animals watching the ascent of an idealised balloon (complete with what appears to be a key to wind it up)
Salle de conferences... Conferences experimentales sur la navigation aerienne par l ingenieur Camille Vert, de la Drome le plus leger que l air par le poisson volant
Utilite particuliere, du vaisseau volant Divers utilites, du vaisseau volant. Two songs illustrated with humorous pictures of men using flying machines for various purposes
Plateforme aerienne, cerf-volant libre dirigeable, systeme Vaussin-Chardanne. Feuille no. 2. Design drawing shows a system for powering an airship with manually operated propellers
Plateforme aerienne cerf-volant libre dirigeable, systeme Vaussin-Chardanne. Feiulle no. 1. Scaled design drawing shows a system for navigating an airship using propellers