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Institution Collection (#6)

"Institutions: Preserving History, Serving Humanity" RNLI lifeboat Arab II at Harlyn Bay, St Merryn, Cornwall

Background imageInstitution Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Sainte-Elisabeth : Les sept Sacrements, 1844. Creator: Paul Jourdy

Esquisse pour l'église Sainte-Elisabeth : Les sept Sacrements, 1844. Creator: Paul Jourdy
Esquisse pour l'eglise Sainte-Elisabeth : Les sept Sacrements, 1844. The seven sacraments. The sacraments of initiation: Baptism, Confirmation

Background imageInstitution Collection: Sketch for the Sainte-Elisabeth church (3rd arrondissement of Paris): The Last Judgment, 1843

Sketch for the Sainte-Elisabeth church (3rd arrondissement of Paris): The Last Judgment, 1843. Creator: Adolphe Roger
Sketch for the Sainte-Elisabeth church (3rd arrondissement of Paris): The Last Judgment, 1843. The Righteous go to their eternal reward in heaven, while the Accursed are condemned to Hell

Background imageInstitution Collection: Sketch for the Saint-Elisabeth church (3rd arrondissement of Paris): Martha and Mary, 1842

Sketch for the Saint-Elisabeth church (3rd arrondissement of Paris): Martha and Mary, 1842. (Esquisse pour l'eglise Sainte-Elisabeth : Marthe et Marie)

Background imageInstitution Collection: Portrait de Madame Edouard Caillard, 1842. Creator: Ary Scheffer

Portrait de Madame Edouard Caillard, 1842. Creator: Ary Scheffer
Portrait de Madame Edouard Caillard, 1842

Background imageInstitution Collection: Portrait de Julie Mottez, 1842. Creator: Victor-Louis Mottez

Portrait de Julie Mottez, 1842. Creator: Victor-Louis Mottez
Portrait de Julie Mottez, 1842

Background imageInstitution Collection: Esquisse pour l'église de la Madeleine : Sainte Madeleine au sépulcre, 1842. Creator: Léon Cogniet

Esquisse pour l'église de la Madeleine : Sainte Madeleine au sépulcre, 1842. Creator: Léon Cogniet
Esquisse pour l'eglise de la Madeleine : Sainte Madeleine au sepulcre, 1842. Sketch for the Madeleine church: Mary Magdalen at the tomb

Background imageInstitution Collection: L'onction de David par Samuel, 1842. Creator: Felix Joseph Barrias

L'onction de David par Samuel, 1842. Creator: Felix Joseph Barrias
L'onction de David par Samuel, 1842. Samuel anoints David

Background imageInstitution Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile : Les Reliques de la Passion - Deux anges et... 1841

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile : Les Reliques de la Passion - Deux anges et... 1841
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile : Les Reliques de la Passion - Deux anges et les quatre Evangelistes, 1841. Angels with the Four Evangelists

Background imageInstitution Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Saint- Merry : Saint Vincent de Paul arrivant à Tunis, 1840

Esquisse pour l'église Saint- Merry : Saint Vincent de Paul arrivant à Tunis, 1840
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint- Merry : Saint Vincent de Paul arrivant a Tunis, 1840. Saint Vincent de Paul arrives in Tunis

Background imageInstitution Collection: Victor Hugo, 1839. Creator: Louis Candide Boulanger

Victor Hugo, 1839. Creator: Louis Candide Boulanger
Victor Hugo, 1839

Background imageInstitution Collection: The Drunkard, 1837. Creator: Hippolyte Bellangé

The Drunkard, 1837. Creator: Hippolyte Bellangé
The Drunkard, 1837. (L'Ivrogne)

Background imageInstitution Collection: Sketch for the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Consecration of the Virgin, 1836

Sketch for the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Consecration of the Virgin, 1836. (Esquisse pour l'eglise Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Consecration de la Vierge)

Background imageInstitution Collection: Sketch for the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Consecration of the Virgin, 1836

Sketch for the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Consecration of the Virgin, 1836. (Esquisse pour l'eglise Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Consecration de la Vierge)

Background imageInstitution Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame de Vincennes : L'Assomption de la vierge, 1836

Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame de Vincennes : L'Assomption de la vierge, 1836. Creator: Jean Louis Bezard
Esquisse pour l'eglise Notre-Dame de Vincennes : L'Assomption de la vierge, 1836

Background imageInstitution Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Apothéose de sainte Geneviève, 1835

Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Apothéose de sainte Geneviève, 1835. Creator: Eugene Deveria
Esquisse pour l'eglise Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Apotheose de sainte Genevieve, 1835. Apotheosis of St Genevieve

Background imageInstitution Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Consécration de sainte Geneviève par... 1830

Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Consécration de sainte Geneviève par... 1830
Esquisse pour l'eglise Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Consecration de sainte Genevieve par saint Germain, eveque d'Auxerre, 1830

Background imageInstitution Collection: La Suppliante, 1829. Creator: Claude-Marie Dubufe

La Suppliante, 1829. Creator: Claude-Marie Dubufe
La Suppliante, 1829. The Supplicant, detail of clasped hands

Background imageInstitution Collection: La Suppliante, 1829. Creator: Claude-Marie Dubufe

La Suppliante, 1829. Creator: Claude-Marie Dubufe
La Suppliante, 1829. The Supplicant. Woman wearing an expression of intense devotion, her lips parted, gaze turned towards heaven

Background imageInstitution Collection: Sketch for the Saint-Eustache church... 1827. Creator: Pierre III Poisson

Sketch for the Saint-Eustache church... 1827. Creator: Pierre III Poisson
Sketch for the Saint-Eustache church (1st arrondissement of Paris): Jesus expelling the merchants and the money changers from the Temple, 1827. (Relocated to the Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles church)

Background imageInstitution Collection: Léopoldine Hugo à l'âge de quatre ans, 1827. Creator: Louis Candide Boulanger

Léopoldine Hugo à l'âge de quatre ans, 1827. Creator: Louis Candide Boulanger
Leopoldine Hugo a l'age de quatre ans, 1827

Background imageInstitution Collection: La générosité de Bayard, 1827. Creator: Henry-Joseph Boichard

La générosité de Bayard, 1827. Creator: Henry-Joseph Boichard
La generosite de Bayard, 1827. The generosity of Bayard

Background imageInstitution Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : la Présentation au temple, 1826

Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : la Présentation au temple, 1826. Creator: François Joseph Heim
Esquisse pour l'eglise Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : la Presentation au temple, 1826. The Presentation at the Temple

Background imageInstitution Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas : La Sainte Famille, 1826

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas : La Sainte Famille, 1826. Creator: Frédéric Delanoë
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas : La Sainte Famille, 1826. The Holy Family

Background imageInstitution Collection: Saint Thomas d'Aquin prêchant la confiance en Dieu pendant la tempête, 1823. Creator: Ary Scheffer

Saint Thomas d'Aquin prêchant la confiance en Dieu pendant la tempête, 1823. Creator: Ary Scheffer
Saint Thomas d'Aquin prechant la confiance en Dieu pendant la tempete, 1823. St Thomas Aquinas declares his confidence in God during the storm

Background imageInstitution Collection: François Ier reçoit les derniers soupirs de Léonard de Vinci, 1818

François Ier reçoit les derniers soupirs de Léonard de Vinci, 1818. Creator: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Francois Ier recoit les derniers soupirs de Leonard de Vinci, 1818

Background imageInstitution Collection: Henri IV jouant avec ses enfants au moment où l'ambassadeur d'Espagne est admis en sa présence

Henri IV jouant avec ses enfants au moment où l'ambassadeur d'Espagne est admis en sa présence
Henri IV jouant avec ses enfants au moment ou l'ambassadeur d'Espagne est admis en sa presence, 1817. Henry IV Receiving the Spanish Ambassador

Background imageInstitution Collection: Paysage d'Italie avec trois chevaliers, 1806. Creator: Pierre-Athanase Chauvin

Paysage d'Italie avec trois chevaliers, 1806. Creator: Pierre-Athanase Chauvin
Paysage d'Italie avec trois chevaliers, 1806. Italian landscape with three knights by a river. The scene is near Frascati (Lazio region in Italy)

Background imageInstitution Collection: Portrait de Jacques Amalric, 1804. Creator: Antoine-Jean Gros

Portrait de Jacques Amalric, 1804. Creator: Antoine-Jean Gros
Portrait de Jacques Amalric, 1804

Background imageInstitution Collection: La Reine Blanche de Castille délivrant les prisonniers, 1801. Creator: Francois-Marius Granet

La Reine Blanche de Castille délivrant les prisonniers, 1801. Creator: Francois-Marius Granet
La Reine Blanche de Castille delivrant les prisonniers, 1801. Blanche of Castile, accompanied by soldiers, releases prisoners who prostrate themselves at her feet. Three people watch from above

Background imageInstitution Collection: La Mort d'Agis, 1789. Creator: Nicolas Andre Monsiau

La Mort d'Agis, 1789. Creator: Nicolas Andre Monsiau
La Mort d'Agis, 1789. The Death of Agis. Scene inspired by Plutarch. The body of Agis, King of Sparta, who has just been strangled on the orders of Leonidas, lies on the ground

Background imageInstitution Collection: Portrait d'homme, 1783. Creator: Jacques Francois Momal

Portrait d'homme, 1783. Creator: Jacques Francois Momal
Portrait d'homme, 1783

Background imageInstitution Collection: Les Cascatelles de Tivoli, 1776. Creator: Hubert Robert

Les Cascatelles de Tivoli, 1776. Creator: Hubert Robert
Les Cascatelles de Tivoli, 1776. The waterfalls at Tivoli. The temple of the Sibyl, and on the right, the Villa of Maecenas, painted during Hubert Robert's stay in Italy (1754-1764)

Background imageInstitution Collection: Ruines romaines, 1776. Creator: Hubert Robert

Ruines romaines, 1776. Creator: Hubert Robert
Ruines romaines, 1776. Roman ruins. The pyramid of Caius Cestius, the temple of Saturn, columns and stone reliefs

Background imageInstitution Collection: Emilie Vernet (1760-1794), 1769. Creator: Nicolas Bernard Lepicie

Emilie Vernet (1760-1794), 1769. Creator: Nicolas Bernard Lepicie
Emilie Vernet (1760-1794), 1769. 9-year-old Emilie Vernet wears a white satin dress with a matching hat, and pearl necklace

Background imageInstitution Collection: Paysage avec des lavandières, 1763. Creator: Claude-Joseph Vernet

Paysage avec des lavandières, 1763. Creator: Claude-Joseph Vernet
Paysage avec des lavandieres, 1763. Laundresses in a landscape. Women washing clothes in a river, and fisherman with fish traps on the opposite bank. Beyond is a ruined tower and bridge

Background imageInstitution Collection: L'Heureuse Mère, 1758. Creator: Francois Boucher

L'Heureuse Mère, 1758. Creator: Francois Boucher
L'Heureuse Mere, 1758. The Happy Mother

Background imageInstitution Collection: Pour l'Humanité, pour la Patrie, c1895. Creator: Jean Joseph Weerts

Pour l'Humanité, pour la Patrie, c1895. Creator: Jean Joseph Weerts
Pour l'Humanite, pour la Patrie, c1895. For Humanity, for the Homeland

Background imageInstitution Collection: Le Canal Saint Denis, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Pierre Vauthier

Le Canal Saint Denis, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Pierre Vauthier
Le Canal Saint Denis, late 19th-early 20th century

Background imageInstitution Collection: Portrait d'une femme. Creator: Henry Scheffer

Portrait d'une femme. Creator: Henry Scheffer
Portrait d'une femme

Background imageInstitution Collection: Portrait de Loÿs Delteil. Creator: Paul Mathey

Portrait de Loÿs Delteil. Creator: Paul Mathey
Portrait de Loys Delteil

Background imageInstitution Collection: Portrait de Loÿs Delteil. Creator: Paul Mathey

Portrait de Loÿs Delteil. Creator: Paul Mathey
Portrait de Loys Delteil

Background imageInstitution Collection: Le menuet, 18th century. Creators: Sebastien Leclerc, Jean-Baptiste Pater

Le menuet, 18th century. Creators: Sebastien Leclerc, Jean-Baptiste Pater
Le menuet, 18th century. The Minuet. Baroque dance, popular at the court of Louis XIV. Musicians, dancers and commedia dell'arte characters

Background imageInstitution Collection: Bataille, 17th century. Creator: Jacques Courtois

Bataille, 17th century. Creator: Jacques Courtois
Bataille, 17th century. Battle scene, soldiers, riders, horses

Background imageInstitution Collection: Bataille. Creator: Jacques Courtois

Bataille. Creator: Jacques Courtois
Bataille. Battle scene, 17th century

Background imageInstitution Collection: Thomas Corneille, late 17th-early 18th century. Creators: Jean Jouvenet

Thomas Corneille, late 17th-early 18th century. Creators: Jean Jouvenet, Workshop of Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet
Thomas Corneille, late 17th-early 18th century. French dramatist Thomas Corneille (1625-1709), dressed in a brocade coat, on which his long white hair falls

Background imageInstitution Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Séverin : La Vierge devant la Trinité. Creator: Joseph Félon

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Séverin : La Vierge devant la Trinité. Creator: Joseph Félon
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Severin : La Vierge devant la Trinite. The Virgin before the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

Background imageInstitution Collection: La toilette de Vénus, 18th century. Creator: Francois Boucher

La toilette de Vénus, 18th century. Creator: Francois Boucher
La toilette de Venus, 18th century. The toilet of Venus

Background imageInstitution Collection: Esquisse pour le plafond du ministère des Finances : L'Empire couronnant les arts (Commande)

Esquisse pour le plafond du ministère des Finances : L'Empire couronnant les arts (Commande)
Esquisse pour le plafond du ministere des Finances : L'Empire couronnant les arts (Commande pour la decoration de l'antichambre des grands salons)




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"Institutions: Preserving History, Serving Humanity" RNLI lifeboat Arab II at Harlyn Bay, St Merryn, Cornwall. Around 1908: A testament to the bravery and selflessness of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), this image captures the iconic Arab II lifeboat stationed at Harlyn Bay in Cornwall. For over a century, this institution has been dedicated to saving lives at sea and providing safety for those in perilous waters. Fortnum & Mason's Christmas Box for soldiers, WW1: During World War I, Fortnum & Masons played a crucial role in boosting morale among soldiers with their thoughtful Christmas boxes filled with essential supplies and festive treats. This act of kindness exemplifies how they can bring comfort and joy even amidst times of conflict. Morgan Academy, Dundee, Scotland: The historic Morgan Academy stands as an enduring symbol of education and community in Dundee, Scotland. Since its establishment in 1888, this esteemed institution has nurtured countless young minds while fostering a sense of pride within the local population. Joseph Whitworth IMechE medal and invitation: Joseph Whitworth's prestigious IMechE medal and invitation serve as reminders of his remarkable contributions to engineering excellence during the Victorian era. Institutions like these honor exceptional individuals who have pushed boundaries and advanced society through their ingenuity. Driffield Union workhouse, East Yorkshire: Once home to some of society's most vulnerable members in East Yorkshire, the Driffield Union workhouse represents both a dark chapter from our past but also highlights how institutions have evolved towards more compassionate approaches when caring for those less fortunate. RNLI lifeboat Arab I at Padstow quay, Cornwall. 1883-1900 : This captivating photograph showcases RNLI's commitment to safeguarding lives along Cornwall's treacherous coastline by featuring their renowned lifeboat - Arab I - stationed at Padstow quay.