Nord Pas De Calais Collection (#5)

Calais: La Gare Maritime (b/w photo)
8639999 Calais: La Gare Maritime (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Gare Maritime)

Calais: Vue d'ensemble des Nouveaux Ponts conduisant au Casino (b/w photo)
8639996 Calais: Vue d'ensemble des Nouveaux Ponts conduisant au Casino (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Calais: Le Phare (colour photo)
8653740 Calais: Le Phare (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Phare. Illustration for booklet of postcards, Album Artistique Calais (LL)

Calais: Le Musee et la Rue Royale (colour photo)
8653734 Calais: Le Musee et la Rue Royale (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Musee et la Rue Royale)

France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59), Fives-Lille (fives lille): Meunier workshop and company, in Fives-Lille
LUX4758574 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59), Fives-Lille (fives lille): Meunier workshop and company, in Fives-Lille, workers pose in front of a boiler, 1920; (add.info.: France)

France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais (62), Boulogne-sur-Mer: trawlers load the ice
LUX4776003 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais (62), Boulogne-sur-Mer: trawlers load the ice, animated view with horse cart on the edge of the quay lined with fishing boats

France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais: a family poses in front of a beach cabin, on a pebble beach of a northern city, 1895
LUX4781803 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais: a family poses in front of a beach cabin, on a pebble beach of a northern city, 1895; (add.info.: France)

France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais (62), Boulogne-sur-Mer: industrial landscape of the north with a canal
LUX4773443 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais (62), Boulogne-sur-Mer: industrial landscape of the north with a canal

France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais (62), Boulogne-sur-Mer: 2 men with a draught horse pulling a peniche in an
LUX4773404 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais (62), Boulogne-sur-Mer: 2 men with a draught horse pulling a peniche in an urban landscape, 1910; (add.info.: France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais: pebble beach, a family sets feet in the water in bathing suit, 1890
LUX4781794 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais: pebble beach, a family sets feet in the water in bathing suit, 1890; (add.info.: France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais: pebble beach)

The Battle of Agincourt, 1773. Creator: William Walker
The Battle of Agincourt, 1773. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). The Battle of Agincourt in of 1415 of the Hundred Years War

The Pipers at Longueval... July 14, 1916, First World War, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Pipers at Longueval: how the Highlanders were led into battle on July 14, 1916, First World War, (c1920). Scots pipers of the 9th (Scottish)

Map illustrating the German Retirement after the Battle of the Somme, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Map illustrating the German Retirement after the Battle of the Somme, (c1920). The First World War Battle of the Somme, fought between the armies of the British Empire

The Duchess of Westminster with nurses, Le Touquet, First World War, 1914, (c1920). With the Red Cross in France: the Duchess of Westminster (on the right)

He was very thin, 1930. Creator: Unknown
He was very thin, 1930. Il Etait Tres Maigre. Skinny man escaping through the bars of the prison at Loos near Lille, France. Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

The English army defeating the French at Agincourt in 1415, 1836 (engraving)
7235746 The English army defeating the French at Agincourt in 1415, 1836 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); © Florilegius

Coal mining accident: Courrieres Mines, Pas de Calais, France. From Le Petit Journal Paris March 1906
541357 Coal mining accident: Courrieres Mines, Pas de Calais, France. From Le Petit Journal Paris March 1906. by French School

First World War (1914-1918): The belfry of the town hall of Arras, in 1914
XEE4167754 First World War (1914-1918): The belfry of the town hall of Arras, in 1914, before it was shaved by German shells during the First World War that same year

Roses, 1917-18 (oil on canvas)
7381548 Roses, 1917-18 (oil on canvas) by Pankiewicz, Jozef (1886-1940); 42 x 33 cm; National Museum, Krakow, Poland; (add.info.: by Jozef Pankiewicz (1866-1940))

The English Army of Henry V preparing for the Battle of Agincourt in 1415
ELD4891558 The English Army of Henry V preparing for the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, illustration from Histoire Populaire de France, by Lahure, 1866 (engraving) by French School

Burghers of Calais in front of Edward III in 1346, Epinal Picture 19th century (engraving)
ELD4927045 Burghers of Calais in front of Edward III in 1346, Epinal Picture 19th century (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Queen Philippa interceding for the Burghers of Calais in 1347 (engraving)
3783292 Queen Philippa interceding for the Burghers of Calais in 1347 (engraving); (add.info.: Queen Philippa interceding for the Burghers of Calais')

The wife of King Edward III, queen Philippa of Hainault, intercedes before her husband to ask that the lives of
3033753 The wife of King Edward III, queen Philippa of Hainault, intercedes before her husband to ask that the lives of the seven Burghers of Calais be spared (print) by English School

Queen Philippa interceding for the Burghers of Calais in 1347 (print)
3783846 Queen Philippa interceding for the Burghers of Calais in 1347 (print); (add.info.: Queen Philippa interceding for the Burghers of Calais')

Mill on the plain of Lille. 1877 (oil on canvas)
7312336 Mill on the plain of Lille. 1877 (oil on canvas) by Lansyer, Emmanuel (1835-93); Musee Lansyer, Loches, France; (add.info.: Emmanuel Lansyer, born February 19)

Battle of Bouvines (1214): Philippe Auguste: "My crown in the bravest and most dignified"
7304542 Battle of Bouvines (1214): Philippe Auguste: "My crown in the bravest and most dignified", 1896 (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville

Marche sur les quais sur les coasts du Nord - in "Garirlande des dunes"by Emile Verhaeren, ill. by H
LSE4084779 Marche sur les quais sur les coasts du Nord - in " Garirlande des dunes" by Emile Verhaeren, ill. by H. Cassiers, ed

Return of fishing on the northern coasts - in "Garirlande des dunes"by Emile Verhaeren, ill. by H
LSE4084774 Return of fishing on the northern coasts - in " Garirlande des dunes" by Emile Verhaeren, ill. by H. Cassiers, ed

View of the army in Boulogne-sur-Mer camp, 19th century (painting)
1755848 View of the army in Boulogne-sur-Mer camp, 19th century (painting) by Gautier, Jean-Rodolphe (1764-1820); (add.info)

View of Boulogne-sur-Mer camp : Napoleon observing english fleet, 19th century (painting)
1755828 View of Boulogne-sur-Mer camp : Napoleon observing english fleet, 19th century (painting) by Gautier, Jean-Rodolphe (1764-1820); (add.info)

Accidental explosion of a war mine, Arras (Pas de Calais, 62), October 6, 1885
XEE4134674 Accidental explosion of a war mine, Arras (Pas de Calais, 62), October 6, 1885: cut of the ground showing " the oule"

London: Henry V after Agincourt (litho)
7155945 London: Henry V after Agincourt (litho) by Fenn, William Amor (1863-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry V after Agincourt)

Les "Roufions"(colour litho)
2779330 Les " Roufions" (colour litho) by Jonas, Lucien Hector (1880-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les " Roufions". Striking miners in Northern France)

The dunes at Le Touquet, c. 1896 (watercolor)
7228455 The dunes at Le Touquet, c.1896 (watercolor) by Bernier, Charles (1857-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bernier, Charles (1857-1936)); Photo © Isabelle Eshraghi

Walls and Gates on the French Side of St Omer (engraving)
7192316 Walls and Gates on the French Side of St Omer (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Walls and Gates on the French Side of St Omer)

Entree de Philippe Auguste a Paris (engraving)
7194048 Entree de Philippe Auguste a Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entree de Philippe Auguste a Paris)

Philippe Auguste ordonne de paver Paris (engraving)
7194044 Philippe Auguste ordonne de paver Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Philippe Auguste ordonne de paver Paris)

Moonlight on the Port of Boulogne, 1869 (Oil on Canvas)
7212091 Moonlight on the Port of Boulogne, 1869 (Oil on Canvas) by Manet, Edouard (1832-83); Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: Moonlight on the Port of Boulogne, 1869)

Etudiants au treizieme siecle (engraving)
7194043 Etudiants au treizieme siecle (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Etudiants au treizieme siecle)

Lille (vue de la Grande-Place) (engraving)
7179393 Lille (vue de la Grande-Place) (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lille (vue de la Grande-Place)

Place de l Hotel-de-Ville a Valenciennes (engraving)
7179560 Place de l Hotel-de-Ville a Valenciennes (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Place de l Hotel-de-Ville a Valenciennes)

Vue de Marly (engraving)
7179371 Vue de Marly (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vue de Marly. Illustration for Dictionnaire Populaire Illustre by Decembre-Alonnier (c 1880)

Combat dans Paris (engraving)
7194100 Combat dans Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Combat dans Paris)

Henry V of England, with Military Attendants, under their appropriate Banners (engraving)
7192279 Henry V of England, with Military Attendants, under their appropriate Banners (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry V of England)

Plan of the Battle of Azincourt (engraving)
7192277 Plan of the Battle of Azincourt (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of the Battle of Azincourt)

Entree des Bourguignons a Paris (engraving)
7194101 Entree des Bourguignons a Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entree des Bourguignons a Paris)

Still Life with Flowers in a Vase, 1911-14 (oil on canvas)
7074542 Still Life with Flowers in a Vase, 1911-14 (oil on canvas) by Gilman, Harold (1876-1919); 25.5x30.5 cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Triptych of the Adoration of the Child Jesus, 1528 (oil on wood)
7110248 Triptych of the Adoration of the Child Jesus, 1528 (oil on wood) by Bellegambe, Jean the Elder (c.1470-c.1534) (attr)

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"Nord Pas de Calais: A Tapestry of History, Art, and Courage" Step back in time to September 25, 1915, when Piper Laidlaw etched his name into history by winning the Victoria Cross. His bravery and valor still inspire us today. In the enchanting moonlight of 1869, Edouard Manet captured the ethereal beauty of the Port of Boulogne. His brushstrokes bring alive a moment frozen in time. Witness the fearless British Territorials as they charged towards German trenches at Loos on that fateful day in 1915. Their hooded figures embody determination and sacrifice. Georges Irat of Ernest Andre showcased his prowess at the Boulogne Motor Week in France during 1928. Bill Brunell's artistry immortalizes this thrilling event for generations to come. Travel even further back to witness The Jousts of St Inglevert between 1470-1475 through Master of Harley Froissart's masterpiece. It transports you to an era filled with chivalry and pageantry. Georges-Pierre Seurat's Beach at Gravelines painting from 1890 captures a serene moment along Nord Pas de Calais' coastline. Its vibrant colors evoke a sense of tranquility amidst nature's beauty. The First World War Vimy Canadian Memorial near Lens stands tall as a poignant reminder of sacrifice and remembrance. It serves as a testament to those who fought bravely for freedom. Explore Lens, where bustling streets intertwine with its rich coal industry heritage—a city that thrived on hard work and resilience throughout history. Le Touquet beckons with its sandy shores inviting people from all walks of life to bask under the warm sun while creating cherished memories along Nord Pas de Calais' coastlines. A figure on a sign marks the hallowed ground where Agincourt witnessed one of history's most significant battles.