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Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of Reichshoffen also called Battle of Worth, 5 August 1870. French Cuirassiers gallping through Reichshoffen. Decisive Prussian victory. Germany France Cavalry
Benjamin Constant 1845-1902, French artist. The Entry of Mehmet II into Constantinople 1876
French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Siege of Poitiers 24 July-7 September 1569. Huguenots under Gaspard de Coligny (1519-1572)
Bar at the Folies Bergere, 1882, the artists last major work. Oil on canvas. Edouard Manet (1832-1883) French artist, transition from Realism to Impressionism
St Luke the Evangelist writing his gospel watched by his symbol, an ox. French School, 17th century
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-88) French naturalist, being waited on by his trained chimpanzee. French trade card issued c1890. Chromolithograph
Death of Sardanapolis by Eugene Delacroix, (1798-1863) French Artist. The painting is based on the tale of Sardanapalus, last king of Assyria, from the library of Diodorus Siculus
(Joseph) Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) French composer. After a photograph
Joan of Arc (c1412-31) St Jeanne d Arc, the Maid of Orleans, French patriot and martyr. Tried for heresy and sorcery and burnt at stake in market place at Rouen, 30 May 1431
British Military decorations: left to right, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Victoria Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal. Right: French Croix de Guerre
Henri Philippe Omer Petain (1856-1951) French soldier and statesman c1916. Commander-in-Chief 1917: Marshal of France 1918: Minister of War 1934: Head of French Vichy government from 1940
St Vincent de Paul (c1581-1660) French priest and philanthropist: Franciscan. Patron saint of charitable societies. Engraving 1663
Crusaders embarking for the Holy Lane. Detail from 15th century Statutes of the Order of Saint Esprit. Banners show Papal arms, those of Holy Roman Emperor, and kings of England, France and Sicily
Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist. Engraving published 1904
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823) French revolutionary: member of National Convention: organiser of victory in the French Revolutionary Wars
Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800. French under Bonaparte defeat the Austrians. French charge led by Francois Kellermann (1770-1835), son of Marshal Kellermann. Early 19th century Sevres plate
Pierre Curie (1859-1906) French chemist. Awarded Nobel prize for physics in 1903 jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel. Engraving
Jean Baptiste Kleber (1753-1800) French soldier: enlisted French Revolutionary army (1792) Left in command of Egypt by Napoleon. Assassinated by an Egyptian fanatic. Lithograph c1830
French map of Central and South America, showing Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Islands and Antilles, River Plate, Conquistadors in Peru, Cannibals, Gold Mines, Parrots, etc. 1550. British Museum
Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist in her laboratory, 1912, the year after she was awarded her second Nobel prize (for chemistry)
Rene Francois Armand Sully-Prudhomme (1839-1907) French poet, 1902. He was awarded the first Nobel prize for Literature in 1901. Engraving
Charles VII (1403-1461) king of France from 1422. Portrait by Jean Fouquet (1403-1461)
La Bouillotte, early 19th century. Scene of men and women in French Empire fashons at an evening entertainment watching a game of Bouillotte in progress at the card table
Etienne Jules Marey (1830-1903) French physiologist. Pioneer of cinematography. Engraving, 1904
Robert Nivelle (1857-1924) French general. Commander-in-Chief December 1916 to May 1917. Superceded by Petain
Battle of Busaco, 27 September 1810: British and allied troops under Wellington repulsed French under Massena. Early 20th century book Illustration
Involuntary movement. Descartes idea of how impulses from limbs reach the brain. He believed all nerves to be hollow. From Rene Descartes Opera Philosophica, 1692. Woodcut
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Albuera 16 May 1811, Beresford defeats Soult. Sergeant of 18th Hussars (British) takes French officers prisoner. Hand-coloured aquatint after W Heath 1817
Battle of Villa Viciosa, 11 December 1710. Louis Joseph, Duc de Vendome (1654-1712) victorious against the Austrians. Jean Alaux, Galerie des Batailles, Versailles
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) French chemist, discovered oxygen. Lavoisier investigating respiration. He discovered the interchange of gases in the lungs
Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) French silk-weaver and inventor showing his loom to Lazare Carnot (1753-1823) at Lyon (1801). Punched cards on which pattern encoded are at right of loom
Draisien or Velocipede shown replacing horses in the French post service. Coloured lithograph cartoon, 1818
George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) English soldier, cousin of Queen Victoria, commander-in-chief of army 1887. Commanded division in Crimea 1854
Children of the Sklodovski family. Left to right: Zosia, Hela Manya (Marie Curie 1867-1934), Joseph and Bronya
Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist. Picture published 1917
Pierre Marcellin Boule (1861-1942) French paleontologist. First reconstruction of Neanderthal skeleton (1921). Obverse of commemorative medal
Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Strasbourg Cathedral during the final bombardment of the city, 1870. From The Graphic (London, 15 October 1870). Wood engraving
Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon) 1808-73. Emperor of the French 1852-70. Portrait engraving from cover of sheet music published at the time of his visit to London with Empress Eugenie
Smallpox victim. From French medical book c1890
George Sand (1804-1876) (Amandine Aurore Lucie Dudevant) French Romantic novelist, Chopins lover for 8 years: also of Prosper Merimee and Alfred de Musset
A Bird. Watercolour. Aurore Amadine Lucie Dupin (1804-1876) French novelist and feminist who wrote under the name of George Sand
Bertrand du Guesclin or Gueselin (c1320-1380) Eagle of Brittany, French military commander. Guesclin defeating Captal de Buch, 16 May 1364. French military commander during the Hundred Years War
Igloos and Esquimaux. Watercolour. Aurore Amadine Lucie Dupin (1804-1876) French novelist and feminist who wrote under the name of George Sand
First Franco-Hova War 1883-1886: French troops attacking Marvoay. War ended with the Treaty of Tamatave, January 1886. France Colonisation Battle Solar Topee Malagassy Madagascar Chromolithograph
World War I 1914-1918: The Liberator of France Soldier reporting to Marshal Joseph Joffre in the French headquarters on night of 6 September 1914. 1st Battle of the Marne 6-10 September
View of a Fantastic Chateau by Moonlight. Watercolour and gouache. Aurore Amadine Lucie Dupin (1804-1876) French novelist and feminist who wrote under the name of George Sand
Marchand Mission, French expedition under Jean Baptiste Marchand to prevent British expansion in north eastern Africa. Battle at Kimbedi, Congo, 19 October 1896. Early 20th Century Trade Card
First Franco-Hova War 1883-1886: Presentation of the flag to the French Expeditionary Force. War ended with the Treaty of Tamatave, January 1886
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