Martinican Collection

Rheuerie JM, since 1845 in Macouba - Martinique, island of the French Antilles
JEB4949971 Rheuerie JM, since 1845 in Macouba - Martinique, island of the French Antilles; (add.info.: Rheuerie JM, since 1845 in Macouba - Martinique)

French West Indies - French Antilles - Fonds Saint Jacques, Sugar Housing du Pere Labat (1663-1736) - Martinique
JEB4950162 French West Indies - French Antilles - Fonds Saint Jacques, Sugar Housing du Pere Labat (1663-1736) - Martinique

Fort de France. Schoelcher Library, architect Pierre Henri Picq. Opened in 1893
JEB4948866 Fort de France. Schoelcher Library, architect Pierre Henri Picq. Opened in 1893.; (add.info.: Fort de France. Schoelcher Library, architect Pierre Henri Picq)

French West Indies - French Antilles - Fort de France copy of the graved rock
JEB4948812 French West Indies - French Antilles - Fort de France copy of the graved rock, petroglyph of the forest of Mon Travail in Sainte Luce

Metisse de Martinique - Mixed-race woman of Martinique, 1865. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet from
FLO4686696 Metisse de Martinique - Mixed-race woman of Martinique, 1865. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers " Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et

Triton (fish man) seen off the coast of Martinique May 23, 1671 - Water forte extracted from the Encyclopedie of
FLO4727366 Triton (fish man) seen off the coast of Martinique May 23, 1671 - Water forte extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite, by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811)

English West Indies - French Antilles - Le Francois, Habitation Clement, Domaine de l'Mahogany
JEB4949605 English West Indies - French Antilles - Le Francois, Habitation Clement, Domaine de l'Mahogany. Homere Clement (1858-1923), Doctor of Medicine in 1878, Mayor of the Francois 1885-1923

French West Indies - French Antilles - Fonds Saint Jacques, Sugar Housing du Pere Labat (1663-1736)
JEB4950121 French West Indies - French Antilles - Fonds Saint Jacques, Sugar Housing du Pere Labat (1663-1736). Cane mill - Martinique

French West Indies - French Antilles - Fonds Saint Jacques, Sugar Housing du Pere Labat (1663-1736) - Martinique
JEB4950068 French West Indies - French Antilles - Fonds Saint Jacques, Sugar Housing du Pere Labat (1663-1736) - Martinique

Trois Ilets, Domaine de la Pagerie, Bust of Josephine de Beauharnais - Martinique, island of the French Antilles
JEB4949222 Trois Ilets, Domaine de la Pagerie, Bust of Josephine de Beauharnais - Martinique, island of the French Antilles; (add.info.: Trois Ilets, Domaine de la Pagerie)

French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion
JEB4949096 French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion, grandson of Pierre du Buc, Sieur de La Caravelle et du Marigot

French West Indies - French Antilles - Fort de France, cathedrale Saint Louis inspired by the Eiffel style
JEB4948748 French West Indies - French Antilles - Fort de France, cathedrale Saint Louis inspired by the Eiffel style. Its construction began in 1893 under the direction of Pierre Henri Picq

Geography map: representation of the island of Martinique in the small Antilles
VEN5030213 Geography map: representation of the island of Martinique in the small Antilles, made by Dutch cartographer Gerard van Keulen (1678-1726) 1709-1713

Geography Atlas: representation of the island of Martinique in the West Indies
VEN5029597 Geography Atlas: representation of the island of Martinique in the West Indies. Map taken from "The west indian atlas or general description of west indies" by Thomas Jefferys

Trois Ilets, Domaine de la Pagerie, portrait of Josephine de Beauharnais - Martinique, island of the French Antilles
JEB4949247 Trois Ilets, Domaine de la Pagerie, portrait of Josephine de Beauharnais - Martinique, island of the French Antilles; (add.info.: Trois Ilets, Domaine de la Pagerie)

French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion
JEB4949178 French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion, grandson of Pierre du Buc, Sieur de La Caravelle et du Marigot

French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion
JEB4949120 French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion, grandson of Pierre du Buc, Sieur de La Caravelle et du Marigot

French West Indies - French Antilles - Fonds Saint Jacques, Sugar Housing du Pere Labat (1663-1736)
JEB4950077 French West Indies - French Antilles - Fonds Saint Jacques, Sugar Housing du Pere Labat (1663-1736). Purgerie or sugar was set to decanter to obtain sugar loaves - Martinique

Macouba, Rheuerie JM, since 1845 in Macouba - Martinique, island of the French Antilles
JEB4949945 Macouba, Rheuerie JM, since 1845 in Macouba - Martinique, island of the French Antilles; (add.info.: Macouba, Rheuerie JM, since 1845 in Macouba - Martinique)

Trois Ilets, Domaine de la Pagerie, Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte - Martinique, island of the French Antilles
JEB4949232 Trois Ilets, Domaine de la Pagerie, Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte - Martinique, island of the French Antilles; (add.info.: Trois Ilets, Domaine de la Pagerie)

French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion
JEB4949177 French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion, grandson of Pierre du Buc, Sieur de La Caravelle et du Marigot

French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion
JEB4949144 French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion, grandson of Pierre du Buc, Sieur de La Caravelle et du Marigot

English West Indies - French Antilles - Fort de France. Library Schoelcher, architect Pierre Henri Picq. opened in 1893
JEB4948818 English West Indies - French Antilles - Fort de France. Library Schoelcher, architect Pierre Henri Picq. opened in 1893.; (add.info)

French West Indies - French Antilles - Fonds Saint Jacques, Sugar Housing du Pere Labat (1663-1736)
JEB4950127 French West Indies - French Antilles - Fonds Saint Jacques, Sugar Housing du Pere Labat (1663-1736). La Chapelle - Martinique

French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion
JEB4949137 French West Indies - French Antilles - La Trinite, Le chateau Dubuc was built in 1721, by Louis du Buc du Galion, grandson of Pierre du Buc, Sieur de La Caravelle et du Marigot

English West Indies - French Antilles - Fort de France. Ceiling of the Schoelcher Library, architect Pierre Henri Picq
JEB4948834 English West Indies - French Antilles - Fort de France. Ceiling of the Schoelcher Library, architect Pierre Henri Picq

Old windmill for sugar cane in the Antilles (Martinique) in the 19th century - view of the interior of the mill - black
PCT4288106 Old windmill for sugar cane in the Antilles (Martinique) in the 19th century - view of the interior of the mill - black at work: men and women taking canes - colony

Black workers, controlled by a white settler, moving barrels of rum in Macouba, Martinique
ELD4846465 Black workers, controlled by a white settler, moving barrels of rum in Macouba, Martinique. End of the 19th century (chromolithograph) by Unknown Artist

Portrait of young woman creole from French Antilles, 18th century Illustration by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926)
ELD4874513 Portrait of young woman creole from French Antilles, 18th century Illustration by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) from "Notre epopee coloniale" by Pierre Legendre

Martinique (overseas department or overseas department) - France and its Colonies
XEE4144385 Martinique (overseas department or overseas department) - France and its Colonies. Atlas illustrates one hundred and five maps from the maps of the depot of war

L Assiette au Beurre, number 164, Satirique en couleurs, 1904_5_21: Colonization, England Great Britain, Algeria
ICA4890386 L Assiette au Beurre, number 164, Satirique en couleurs, 1904_5_21: Colonization, England Great Britain, Algeria, Madagascar, Morocco, Technique, Anticolonialism, Martinique, Tunisia

View of Saint Pierre, in Martinique, drawing by Auguste de Berard (1824-1881)
LSE4324301 View of Saint Pierre, in Martinique, drawing by Auguste de Berard (1824-1881), to illustrate the voyages to the West Indies, in 1858-1859, by Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)

Portrait of Fernand Foureau (1850-1914), French explorer, governor of Martinique
XEE4408271 Portrait of Fernand Foureau (1850-1914), French explorer, governor of Martinique. - in " Le Petit Parisien", 1900 (engraving) by French School

Martiniquaise, 1915 (oil on canvas)
615523 Martiniquaise, 1915 (oil on canvas) by Vallotton, Felix Edouard (1865-1925); 116x89 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Swiss, out of copyright

French colonies: objects of the Arawak, the first inhabitants of Martinique in the West
JLJ4687692 French colonies: objects of the Arawak, the first inhabitants of Martinique in the West Indies. Engraving of the 19th century Chartres, Musee des Beaux Arts by French School

History of the French colonies: view of the water castle or Gueydon canal at Fort de
JLJ4687673 History of the French colonies: view of the water castle or Gueydon canal at Fort de France in Martinique (Antilles), late 19th century Chartres musee des Beaux Arts by French School

View of the houses taken from Boulevard de la Comedie in Saint Pierre in Martinique in
JLJ4687658 View of the houses taken from Boulevard de la Comedie in Saint Pierre in Martinique in the Antilles. Print after photography from the end of the 19th century Chartres musee des Beaux Arts

History of the French colonies: the flibustier Pierre Belain d
JLJ4687646 History of the French colonies: the flibustier Pierre Belain d Enambuc founded the colonies of Saint Christophe (Saint Kitts) and Martinique in the West Indies between 1625 and 1635

Detailed map of the island of Martinique in the West Indies
JLJ4687641 Detailed map of the island of Martinique in the West Indies. Engraving by Matthew Seutter (1678-1757) 18th century Chartres, Musee des Beaux Arts by Seutter

Map of the island of Martinique, the island of Saintes and the island of Marie Galante in
JLJ4687642 Map of the island of Martinique, the island of Saintes and the island of Marie Galante in the West Indies. Engraving of the 19th century Chartres, Musee des Beaux Arts by French School

Installation of the first of a refit basin (which is used for the construction
XEE4164658 Installation of the first of a refit basin (which is used for the construction and repair of boats). Fort de France (Fort-de-France), Martinique, 1864

History of the French colonies: the flibustier Pierre Belain d
GIA4716279 History of the French colonies: the flibustier Pierre Belain d Enambuc founded the colonies of Saint Christophe (Saint Kitts)

Portrait of Francois Auguste Perrinon (1812-1861), Martinique depute Engraving of
JLJ4687805 Portrait of Francois Auguste Perrinon (1812-1861), Martinique depute Engraving of the 19th century Chartres, Musee des Beaux Arts by French School, (19th century); Musee des Beaux-Arts

Behanzins internment in Martinique: the king surrounded by his family and his suite
LSE4103548 Behanzins internment in Martinique: the king surrounded by his family and his suite by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Behanzins internment in Martinique)

Maps of the Caribbean Islands (Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique
LRI4707035 Maps of the Caribbean Islands (Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Barbados, Grenadines and Grenada) (etching, 1730) by Delisle

French colonies: description of the plants, trees and animals of the Caribbean islands
JLJ4687721 French colonies: description of the plants, trees and animals of the Caribbean islands. representation of the morals of the indigenous people and of the manufacture of sugar

View of the Pagerie former sugar estate and birthplace of the future Empress Josephine
LRI4679732 View of the Pagerie former sugar estate and birthplace of the future Empress Josephine, in Trois-Ilets by Unknown artist, (18th century); Les Trois-Ilets, Martinique

View of Martinique. Anonymous painting, 19th century. Brest, Musee Des Beaux Arts
JLJ4675909 View of Martinique. Anonymous painting, 19th century. Brest, Musee Des Beaux Arts by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Brest, France; (add.info.: View of Martinique)

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"Exploring the Martinican Identity: A Glimpse into History and Culture" In the late 19th century, a vivid chromolithograph captures a scene in Macouba, Martinique. Black workers, under the control of a white settler, laboriously move barrels of rum. This image reflects the complex dynamics of power and race that shaped the island during this era. Traveling back further in time to the 18th century, an illustration by Gaston Henry Darien introduces us to a young creole woman from French Antilles. Her portrait offers a glimpse into the rich cultural heritage of Martinique's inhabitants during this period. Shifting our focus to politics, we encounter Cyrille Charles Auguste Bissette - an influential figure who passionately advocated for the abolition of slavery in France. Engravings from both Chartres Museum of Fine Arts and Musee des Beaux-Arts immortalize his dedication towards freedom. A statue erected in Fort de France pays homage to Victor Schoelcher (1804-1893), another prominent figure who fought against slavery. The inscription on its base boldly declares that no French land can bear slaves - emphasizing Martinique's commitment to liberation. Examining historical atlases like M. Vuillemin's "France and its Colonies, " we gain insights into how Martinique was perceived as an overseas department within France during different periods. Satirical illustrations from L'Assiette au Beurre shed light on colonization practices across various regions such as England Great Britain, Algeria, Madagascar, Morocco, Tunisia, Tonkin – including Martinique – highlighting anti-colonial sentiments prevalent at that time. Auguste de Berard's drawing provides us with a captivating view of Saint Pierre - once known as "the Paris of the Caribbean. " Its vibrant streetscapes were tragically destroyed by Mount Pelée's eruption in 1902.