Paris Collection

Young lady paying calls by personal airship among a maze of telegraph and telephone wires. Robidas idea of world in 1953. From A Robida Le Vingtieme Siecle Paris 1883

Death, the grim reaper. Turkish army defeated by Cholera, not by enemy, approaching Luleburgaz in disorder: 100 deaths per day. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1 December 1912

Jean-Francois Millet (October 4, 1814 - January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school. The Gleaners, 1857. Musee d Orsay, Paris

Revolution in France, 1830: Uprising in Paris 27, 28 and 30 July. Glory to the Barricades, Cradle of Liberty Allegorical print supporting Louis Philippe.Hand-coloured engraving

Byzantine art. The Monk James (James of Kokkinobaphos) Homilies on the Virgin (12th century). Ascension (centre), David (right, wearing crown) and Isiah (left). Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale

The Angelus (c1857-1859). At the sound of the Angelus bell from the church in the distance, peasants pause in their work to say an evening prayer. Jean Francois Millet (1817-1875) Musee d Orsay, Paris

Gilles as Pierrot by Jean-Antoine WATTEAU (1684-1721) French artist. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris. Pierrot (Pedrolino in original Italian commedia dell arte), naive, unsuccessful lover

Arthurian legend. Gautier Romance of Lancelot of the Lake 1344. Count des Broches in combat with King Nabor and Sir Gawain. In centre knights in armour are fighting with lances and swords

Anne of Austria (1601-1666) married Louis XIII of France 1615. Mother of ouis XIV. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Flemish artist. Louvre, Paris

Brewer: Ancient Egyptian model. Louvre, Paris

Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, Sumeria. Ur Dynasty I (2650-2350 BC) Detail of limestone relief showing Ur-Nanshe wearing traditional fur skirt or Kaunakes. Louvre, Paris

Lazaro Spallanzani (1729-1799), Italian naturalist and biologist, investigating the digestive system of the chicken. Engraving published Paris 1874

Robert Fulton, American inventor and engineer (1765-1815): His submarine Nautilus. 1)Travelling on surface: 2)Submerged. Fulton demonstrated the vessel on the Seine, May 1801. Boat powered manually

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist and mathematician. Reflecting telescope: differential calculus: gravitation. Newtons dog knocking over a candle and setting fire to Newtons papers

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1894) French chemist, demonstrating his discovery of oxygen, 1776. On the table in the right background of the picture is his calorimeter

A corner of Pierre and Marie Curies laboratory, Paris. Engraving published 1904

New Flower Market, Paris. Flower sellers filling their water cans at the fountain. From The Illustrated London News, 4 July 1874

The destruction of the aquaduct. Illustration of an incident in Jean-Jacques Rousseau Confessions, Paris, 1782-1789

Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist in 1925 in her office at the Radium Institute, Paris, of which she was director of research from 1918-1934

Aztec warriors defending the temple of Tenochtitlan against Conquistadors. Biblioteque Nationale, Paris

Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist, and her daughter Irene, with pupils from the American Expeditionary Corps at the Institute of Radium, Paris, in 1919

Phonautograph (c 1857) apparatus for studying sound vibrations graphically, invented by (Edouard) Leon Scott de Martinville

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist. Bacteriology. Hydrophobia. Inoculation by attenuated culture. Popular tribute from French Le Petit Journal, Paris, at the time of his death

Boer War: Boer forces under General Dewet surprising encampment of British soldiers at Tweefontein, 25 December 1901. 368 British killed, wounded or taken prisoner and their guns

Emergency in the padded interior of the space capsule. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865 wood engraving

Making a recording on the first model of Edisons Phonograph. Here the tinfoil cylinder on which the recording is being made is having to be turned by had

Occupants of the space capsule experiencing zero gravity conditions. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865. Wood engraving

Germaine de Stael (1766-1817), 1843. French writer, novelist and political propagandist born in Paris, was the only child of Jacques Necker, French statesman and financier

The Snake Man: A contortionist entertaining his fellow French soldiers by performing seemingly impossible contortions. From Le Flambeau, Paris, September 1915

Washerwomen. Hand-coloured lithograph from L Inde francaise, Paris, 1828. Laundresses at work in a stream. Man carrying away a bundle of clean laundry. Hygiene

World War I 1914-1918: Front cover of Le Flambeau, Paris, 18 September 1915, showing an idealised Gaulish warrior urging on French troops against the Germans. Patriotism Jingoism Allegory

World War I 1914-1918: French villagers returning to their devastated village after the retreat of German forces. From Le Flambeau, Paris, September 1915. Women Children Ruins

World War I 1914-1918: French soldiers examining a trench damaged by enemy action. From Le Flambeau, Paris, 18 September 1915

World War I 1914-1918: Windmill destroyed by German shellfire. Barbed wire defences in foreground. France World War I. From Le Flambeau, Paris, September 1915

Apple Picking by Paul Serusier (9 November 1864, Paris - 7 October 1927, Morlaix) was a French painter who was a pioneer of abstract art and an inspiration for the avant-garde Nabi movement

World War I 1914-1918: French observation post in an oak tree in the Woevre region of Lorraine, northeastern France. From Le Flambeau, Paris, September 1915

Ploughing and harrowing with horses and sowing seed broadcast. In background is a postmill for grinding corn. From French La Nouvelle Maison Rustique 8th edition Paris 1762. Copperplate engraving

World War I 1914-1918: French soldiers resting in a grotto in a trench complex. Most are sleeping on improvised beds and one is writing a letter. From Le Flambeau, Paris, September 1915

Fishermen using canoes and nets in a river. Man carries catch on pole and woman balances a basket of fish on her head. Hand-coloured lithograph from L Inde francaise, Paris, 1828. Food

World War I 1914-1918: French farmhouse set on fire by German shellfire. From Le Flambeau, Paris, 18 September 1915

The Palanquin Porters. Hand-coloured lithograph from L Inde francaise, Paris, 1828. Porters resting while European passenger interrupts journey by a small temple. Transport India

Honour is saved... caricature of the bourgeoisie by Albert Guillaume. But you, Madame, you have no one at the frontja Oh Excuse me, I have my chauffeur.... From Le Flambeau, Paris, September 1915

Man suffering from tertiary Syphilis. From Jules Rengade Le Grands Maux et les Grands Remedes, Paris, c1890

High voltage equipment used by Pierre and Marie Curie to investigate the electrical conductivity of air exposed to radium. Engraving published Paris 1904

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856: Battle of Alma, 20 September 1854. 26, 000 troops under Raglan, 24, 000 French under St Arnaud. French command with advancing infantry

Title page of Oeuvres de Pierre Curie, Paris, 1908. Pierre Curie (1859-1906) French chemist

Opening of the London to Paris telegraph link. Instrument room at the Submarine Telegraph Company, Cornhill, London, showing the Wheatstone needle telegraph instruments

World War I 1914-1918: Inflating a French military captive balloon with hydrogen from contained in metal cylinders. From Le Flambeau, Paris, September 1915. Aeronautics Ballooning Gas

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