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French Culture Collection (page 2)

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Saint Catherines Monastery at Mount Sinai

Saint Catherines Monastery at Mount Sinai
Saint Catherines Monastery commonly known as Santa Katarina lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai in the city of Saint Catherine in Egypts South Sinai

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Mont Saint-Michel (France)

Mont Saint-Michel (France)
Mont Saint-Michel ( English: Saint Michaels Mount) is an island commune in Normandy, France. One of Frances most recognisable landmarks

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Notre Dame Sprint Sunset

Notre Dame Sprint Sunset
Spring sunset in Paris with the Notre-Dame Cathedral and people relaxing on the Seine riverbanks seen from the bridge Pont de la Tournelle. The Notre-Dame

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Christian art in France. Stained Glass

Christian art in France. Stained Glass
Our Lady of Strasbourg Cathedral. Stained glass window 14th century. Palm Sunday, Entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: French satirical cartoon - Victor Henri Rochefort

French satirical cartoon - Victor Henri Rochefort
Vintage engraving of a French satirical cartoon, of Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Lucay. 1831 to 1913. Henri Rochefort et sa patronne la bonne Sainte Pelagie

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Antique map of Algeria and Tunisia

Antique map of Algeria and Tunisia

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Coat of Arms of France, 1898

Coat of Arms of France, 1898. A woman holding a Fasces, a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Silence, a la fin, les mauvais polissons

Silence, a la fin, les mauvais polissons
Vintage french satirical cartoon. Silence, a la fin, les mauvais polissons ! Laissez-moi travailler et ne faites pas de moi tous les voisins ! silence at the end, evil pranks

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Caricature of General Emile Zurlinden

Caricature of General Emile Zurlinden
Vintage Caricature of General Emile Zurlinden. French Minister of War between 5 September 1898 and 17 September 1898

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: French satirical cartoon - Three heads under one hat

French satirical cartoon - Three heads under one hat
Vintage engraving of a French satirical cartoon - Three heads under one hat, Trois tetes sous un meme bonnet... A Poil

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: French satirical cartoon of Emile Zola

French satirical cartoon of Emile Zola
Vintage engraving of a French satirical cartoon of Emile Zola. A French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: French satirical cartoon of General Felix-Gustave Saussier

French satirical cartoon of General Felix-Gustave Saussier
Vintage engraving of a French satirical cartoon of Felix-Gustave Saussier. A French army general who became involved in Dreyfus affair

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: French satirical cartoon - Les Poires

French satirical cartoon - Les Poires
Vintage engraving of a French satirical cartoon, Les Poires. An old man pinches the bottom of the maid as she talks to his wife. 19th Century, C Leandre

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Tower of Goetz in Heilbronn, Germany Circa 1887

Tower of Goetz in Heilbronn, Germany Circa 1887
Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Illustration of Tower of Goetz in Heilbronn, Germany Circa 1887. Source: Original edition from my own archives

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: The Paris Royal Academy of Music

The Paris Royal Academy of Music
"Academie royale du Musique, Paris, France, 1849". One of the most emblematic institutions of the Baroque period

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Chaumont viaduct

Chaumont viaduct

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - Madame de Pompadour

18th Century Fashion - Madame de Pompadour
Vintage engraving of Madame de Pompadour during the Reign of Louis XV, 1746. Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - Paris

18th Century Fashion - Paris
Vintage engraving of a caouple in the fashion of Paris during the Reign of Louis XV, 1763. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Aristocratic couple traditional clothing from 18th century

Aristocratic couple traditional clothing from 18th century
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Background imageFrench Culture Collection: History of Fashion, French upper class family 1760

History of Fashion, French upper class family 1760
Vintage engraving of a French upper class family and military officer from 1760

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette
Vintage engraving of Marie Antoinette during the Reign of Louis XVI, 1788. Marie Antoinette 1755 to 1793, born an Archduchess of Austria

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Paris Fashion of the late 18th Century

Paris Fashion of the late 18th Century
Vintage engraving of Paris Fashion during the Directoire, 1798. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Princess of Lamballe

Princess of Lamballe
Vintage engraving of the Princess de Lamballe during the Reign of Louis XVI, 1788. Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy-Carignan (Marie ThA©rA¨se) (8 September 1749 to 3 September 1792)

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - Baroness

18th Century Fashion - Baroness
Vintage engraving of a Baroness during the Reign of Louis XVI, 1783. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Paris Fashion of the 18th Century

Paris Fashion of the 18th Century
Vintage engraving of Paris fashion during the Reign of Louis XVI, 1787. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: History of Fashion, French men and woman from 1760

History of Fashion, French men and woman from 1760
Vintage engraving of 18th century French woman wearing a elegant dress with large Pannier. And young gentlemen wearing hunting suits

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - The Baskets

18th Century Fashion - The Baskets
Vintage engraving of a lady wearing a Hoop skirt (Pannier) during the Reign of Louis XV, 1729. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - Duchess

18th Century Fashion - Duchess
Vintage engraving of a Duchess during the Reign of Louis XVI, 1783. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - Marie Salle

18th Century Fashion - Marie Salle
Vintage engraving of Marie Salle during the Reign of Louis XV, 1730. Marie Salle(1707 to 1756) was a French dancer and choreographer known for her expressive

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Blanchards balloon and apparatus

Blanchards balloon and apparatus
The French balloonist Jean Pierre Blanchard in his balloon, which had flapping wings. From aAThe Leisure HouraA, a British aJournal of Instruction and RecreationaA

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Gustave Dore - French Artist

Gustave Dore - French Artist
Engraving from 1894 showing the French artist and illustrator, Gustave Dore

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Interior of the Exchange, Paris

Interior of the Exchange, Paris
" Vintage engraving from 1849 showing the Interior of the Exchange, Paris, France"

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Frenchmen at a 19th century cafe

Frenchmen at a 19th century cafe
Two men having drinks, smoking and chatting at a 19th century French cafe. From a bound volume of copies of " Punch Almanack" for 1865-79

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: 'Minotaur'English ship in Malta

"Minotaur"English ship in Malta
HMS Minotaur was an armoured frigate built for the Royual Navy during the 1860s, taking nearly 4 years to build. The ship spent most of her active career as the flagship for the Channel Squadron

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: English ship 'Devastation'in Ismidt Gulf

English ship "Devastation"in Ismidt Gulf
English ship " Devastation" in Ismidt Gulf

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Jean Bart (1650-1702), French privateer, wood engraving, published in 1881

Jean Bart (1650-1702), French privateer, wood engraving, published in 1881
Jean Bart (1650 - 1702), naval commander and privateer from Flanders in the service of the French king Louis XIV. Woocut engraving after a contemporary copper engraving (c. 1680/90), published in 1881

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Antique illustration of 18th century famous French dancer Mademoiselle Salle

Antique illustration of 18th century famous French dancer Mademoiselle Salle, performing on stage with a boy playing the flute next to her (original portrait by Lancret)

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Antique illustration of 18th century acrobat on the tightope (Slacklining)

Antique illustration of 18th century acrobat on the tightope (Slacklining)
Antique illustration of a 18th century French acrobat performing during a show or training a tightrope-walking exercise (Slacklining)

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Belle Epoque - The Interrupted Letter 1890

Belle Epoque - The Interrupted Letter 1890
Vintage photogravure engraving of a young french woman writing a love letter. Les Saisons: Le Panorama 1890

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of the French

Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of the French
Napoleon I ( 1769-1821) Meditating on the Eve of the battle of Austerlitz. engraved on steel by Geo.F.Perine for the Ecletic Magazine

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: King Louis XIV

King Louis XIV
Portrait of King Louis XIV (1638-1715)

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Mazarin

Mazarin
Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661) engraved by James Hopwood(1752-1819) and published par Furne & Cie (Paris) in 1837.Very high resolution available ( +36 Megapixels)

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Louis XI

Louis XI
Portrait of king Louis XI of France (1423-1483)

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Pierre-Simon La Place, french Astronomer

Pierre-Simon La Place, french Astronomer
" Portrait of Pierre Simon de Laplace (1749-1827). French Astronomer and Marquis.Engraved by J.Pofselwhite and published in The Gallery of Portraits with Memoirs encyclopedia, United Kingdom

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Marie de Medicis

Marie de Medicis
" Portrait of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France and Navarre (1575-1642). Lithography engraved in 1820 by FranAois sAraphin Delpech (1778-1825)Henri IV:"

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Napoleon III and Empress EugA©nie

Napoleon III and Empress EugA©nie
" Vintage engraving of Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie and Prince Imperial.Engraved for the Eclectic magazine by Perine&Giles.NY in April 1859.Digital restoration by PictoreVery high resolution

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Talleyrand

Talleyrand
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord 1754-1838 French politician and diplomat

Background imageFrench Culture Collection: Cardinal Richelieu, French Prime Minister

Cardinal Richelieu, French Prime Minister
Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642)



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