Dame Collection (#8)

NUN OF HOTEL-DIEU
HOSPITALIERE DE LHOTEL-DIEU nursing sister at the Hotel-Dieu hospital, in front of Notre-Dame, Paris

NOTRE DAME / DIEN
An exterior view of Notre Dame from the front, with people and carriages milling about outside. Date: 19th century

Agnes Sorel (1422 - 1450) Dame de Beaute (her estate) mistress of Charles VII of France, possibly poisoned by political enemies

NOTRE DAME, PARIS
A Te Deum is sung in Notre Dame to celebrate the glorious capture (with the help of God) of Algiers Date: 11 July 1830

First Paris Omnibuses
The first omnibuses to ply the streets of Paris - in the foreground, an Ecossaise, in the background, a Dame Blanche Date: circa 1830

CHARLES FECHTER / FUN 1868
CHARLES FECHTER actor in, inter alia, La Dame aux Camelias Date: 1824 - 1879

Reims Cathedral
Cathedral of Notre Dame: the principal facade. Date: circa 1880

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France, Ile de France, Paris, Padlocks attached to the Pont de Sully that according to tradition lock as a statement a couples eternal love, with the famous Notre Dame Cathedral in the background

For The Benefit of The Champion, May 20, 1784. May 20, 1784. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
For The Benefit of The Champion, May 20, 1784

Dame Vera Lynn with Lord and Lady Montagu at Beaulieu party, mid 1970 s. Creator: Unknown
Dame Vera Lynn with Lord and Lady Montagu at Beaulieu party, mid 1970 s

Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn in Facade
Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) - ballet dancer - as A Dago in Facade with Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) - prima Ballerina. Music by Walton, choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton. Date: 1936

Notre Dame, Paris
A small boy runs through the Jean XXIII Park and Garden beneath Cathedral Notre Dame in Paris. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Paris, France - The River Seine upstream of Notre Dame (view from the Cathedral) Date: circa 1940

Melba, 1895. Creator: Dover Street Studios
Melba, 1895. From " The Musical Educator Vol. 4" edited by John Greig, M.A. Mus. Doc. [Caxton Publishing Company, Limited, London, 1895]

Paris, France - Notre Dame Cathedral. Date: circa 1890s

Cannes, France - French Riviera. Notre Dame de l Esp鲡 nce clocktower Date: 1899

Paris, France - Eglise Notre-Dame. Date: circa 1904

Lyon, France - Le Pont Lafayette. View over the River Rhone toward Fourviere Hill and Basilique Notre Dame de Fourviere in the distance. Date: circa 1908

John Dankworth, Tim Garland, Cleo Laine and Alec Dankworth, The Globe, London, 2000
Sir John Dankworth (jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist), Tim Garland (soprano saxophonist and clarinetist) Dame Cleo Laine (jazz singer and actress)

Alec Dankworth and Cleo Laine, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales
Alec Dankworth, jazz bassist and composer with his mother, Dame Cleo Laine, jazz singer and actress, at Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales

Alec Dankworth and Cleo Laine, The Globe, London, 2000. Artist: Brian O Connor
Alec Dankworth, jazz bassist and composer with his mother Dame Cleo Laine, jazz singer and actress, at The Globe, London, 2000

Young woman reading in Front of an Advertising Column, ca 1880-1885. Private Collection

Dame Emma Albani (1847-1930) Canadian soprano, 1911
Dame Emma Albani (1847?1930) was a leading Canadian soprano, often refered to as Madame Albani. Taken from Wills Cigarette card, Musical Celebrities series, 1911

Fofty Years a Favourite, Miss Marie Tempest, 1935. A print for People of Punch, Punch, 29th May 1935

Lilian Braithwaite (1873-1948), English actress, 1907

Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme
The dame made a curtsey ?. Date: circa 1770

Ornate door, Church of Notre Dame, Hal (Halle), Belgium, dating back to the 14th century. Date: circa 1910

The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville
Dame Margaret Helen Greville, Hon Mrs Greville, DBE (18631942), British society host and philanthropist, born Margaret Helen Anderson

Barbara Cartland in her wedding dress
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (1901-2000), married name Mrs Barbara McCorquodale, British novelist. Pictured in the wedding gown she designed herself for her marriage to Alistair McCorquodale

France. Amiens. Cathedral of Our Lady
FRANCE. Amiens. Notre Dame cathedral. Bas-reliefs. North wall of the choir. Scenes depicting the life of John the Baptist. Gothic art. Relief

Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Reims. 1211-1311. FRANCE. Reims. Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Western fa硤 e. Gothic art. Architecture

Judi Dench as Ophelia and Coral Browne as Gertrude
Dame Judi Denchs professional stage debut as Ophelia with Coral Browne as Gertrude in Hamlet, produced by the London Old Vic Company. Date: 1957

Clementine Churchill receiving Insignia of the Dame Grand Cr
Clementine Churchill, wife of Sir Winston Churchill, pictured with her two daughters, Mrs Oliver (Sarah Churchill, on the right)

Abelard Castrated
ABELARD is castrated on the orders of Fulbert, canon of Notre Dame and uncle of Heloise whom he has secretly wed

Notre Dame De Paris; Paris, France

Statue Of Charlemagne In Front Of The Notre Dame Cathedral; Paris, France

Notre Dame Cathedral At Night; Paris, France

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