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Blaise Pascal (1623-62) French philosopher, mathematician, physicist and theologian. Stipple engraving 1821
Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist. Reverse of medal issued in 1967 to commemorate the centenary of her birth. Po and Ra refer to Polonium and Radium which she isolated
Jean le Rond D Alembert (1717-1783) French philosopher, mathematician and encyclopedist. (18th century). Collaborated with Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of Sedan, 1 September 1870. View of battlefield from where the King of Prussia stood (Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany from 1871)
War of the Spanish Succession: John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), mounted and holding fieled marshals baton, at the Battle of Blenheim (Hochstadt), 13 August 1704
James of Molay (French: Jacques de Molay) (c. 1240 / 1250 - March 1314) 23rd and lastJames of Molay (French: Jacques de Molay) (c. 1240/1250 - March 1314) 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, leading the Order from 1292 until the Order was dissolved by order of Pope
Building Tower of Babel: Bible Genesis 11. God coming down to see tower (v5) and deciding to confound universal language (v6) and scatter people over the earth (v7)
Frederick II, The Great (1712-1786) king of Prussia from 1740. Frederick at the Battle of Rossbach, November 1757, at which the Prussian army defeated a French army twice its size
Louis XV (1710-1774) king of France from 1715: great grandson of Louis XIV. Lithograph published France c1820
American War of Independence: Battle of Yorktown, 1781. Two lines of battleships firing broadsides. From a French logbook. Henry Huntingdon Museum. Watercolour
Napoleon (1769-1821) French soldier and emperor as General Bonaparte during his Egyptian campaign 1798-1799. Engraving
Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular Campaign, Battle of Corunna (La Coruna) Spain, 16 January 1809, viewed from the sea. English under Sir John Moore defeated French. Moore was mortally wounded
Pierre-Simon Ballanche (1776-1847) French social and religious philosopher whose ideas influenced the Romantic writers. Wood engraving
Napoleon (1769-1821) French soldier and emperor, fleeing from the battlefield of Waterloo after his defeat. From drawing by Captain George Jones
Louise Edvina (1880-1940) Canadian soprano in title role of the courtesan in Massenet sLouise Edvina (1880-1940) Canadian soprano in title role of the courtesan in Massenets opera Thais, a role she played in the London premier at Covent Garden in 1911
Jean Antoine de Baif (1532-1589) French poet: member of the Pleiade, seven French poets devoted to reforming French language and ennobling French literature. Engraving
Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist in her laboratory in 1912, the year after she received here second Nobel prize, this time for chemistry
Fanny (Frances) Burney, Madame D Arblay (1752-1840) English novelist, 1843. Daughter of the musicologist Dr Charles Burney, in 1793 she married General d Arblay, a French refugee
Louis Jean Lumiere (1864-1948), French chemist and pioneer of cinematography. Collaborated with his elder brother, Auguste. From obverse of commemorative plaquette
Marie CURIE (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist during her tour of the United States in 1921 with Dean Pegram of the School of Engineering, Columbia University
Madam Sklodowska mother of Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist. Photograph
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult (1769-1851) French soldier: created Marshal of France by Napoleon 1804: French commander in Spain and Portugal. Lithograph c1830
Henry IV (1553-1610) King of Navarre 1572: King of France from 1589. Engraving c1830
Roland and Ferragus. The hero Roland killing the giant Ferragus. From the old French romance Valentine and Orson set in the times of Charlemagne. The artist has shown the giant as a Saracen
Joan of Arc (c1412-31) St Joan, St Jeanne d Arc, the Maid of Orleans. French patriot and martyr. Joan before Charles VII at Chinon, 1429. Wood engraving c1880
Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon) 1808-1873. Emperor of the French 1852-1870. Portrait engraving at the time of the Crimean War (1853-1856)
Battle of Fleurus, 16 June 1794. Marshal Jean Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833) victorious against the Austrians. This was the first use of a hot air balloon (Montgolfier) in warfare
Cycling: Lady in Rational cycling dress of knickerbockers and gaiters, giving small daughter a ride on the saddle. French illustration c1890
St Joseph and Jesus walking hand-in-hand. 18th / 19th century French coloured woodcutSt Joseph and Jesus walking hand-in-hand. 18th/19th century French coloured woodcut
Jean Francois Champollion (1790-1832) French historian, linguist and Egyptologist. Engraving
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Pyramids 21 July 1798. Napoleon defeated Mamelukes. Painting by Louis Francois Lejeune (1776-1848): oil on canvas
Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798. English fleet under Nelson destroyed French fleet in Abuokir or Abu Qir Bay. Battle fought at night. French vessel L Orient exploding at about 10 o clock. Engraving
Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) French novelist and literary critic
Fernand Ansseau (1890-1972) Belgian operatic tenor, active 1913-1939. Ansseau as Don Jose in Bizets Carmen, based on novel by Prosper Merimee
Empress Eugenie presented with bouquet by peasant girl. Eugenie de Montijo (1826-1920) Spanish-born wife of Napoleon III of France. J Carand. Oil on canvas
The Death of Gaston de Foix in the Battle of Ravenna on 11 April 1512 (oil on canvas) State Hermitage Museum c. 1824 by Ary Scheffer
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem)
William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 1905) Charity (1878) French artist
Bas-relief depicting the Battle of Pavia (1525) by Juan de Orea. The Battle of Pavia, February 24, 1525, was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521-25
Poster for French Credit National fund for reconstruction after World War I, showing a ruined village church and cottages, 1920. Constant Leon Duval (born 1877) French artist
Germany annexed Alsace-Lorraine in 1871 after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. The administration of the province was difficult
(Francois) Auguste (Rene) Rodin (1814-1917) French sculptor. From Fifty Caricatures by Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) (London, 1913). Copyright to be cleared
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist in 1852. Photograph. Scientist
A French aeronaut falling to his death from a balloon over Beuzeville, France. From Le Petit Journal 30 June 1899. Aeronautics Aviation Accident Ballooning
French poster for the Autogiro, the invention of the Spanish engineer Juan de la Cievra (1895-1936). First successful model, 1923. Aviation Aeronautics Gyroplane
Soldier of the French ballooning corps, accidentally carried up on a captive army balloon, falling to his death when he could no longer hold on. Le Petit Journal, 12 May 1901
Death of the French aviators Godard and Panis when their balloon was struck by lightning over Chicago. From Le Petit Journal, 15 July 1891. Accident Ballooning
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