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Place De La ConcordeThe Place de la Concorde in Paris, looking toward the Hotel de Crillon (left) and the French Naval Ministry (right) on either side of the Rue Royale, circa 1850
Holiday SketchesA lively cafe on the boulevards of Paris, 1879. Original Publication : Illustrated London News - pub. 6th September 1979. By Barnard. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
French Declare WarThe Senate of France declares war on Russia at the start of the conflict in the Crimean Peninsula, Paris, 28th March 1854. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Eiffel ElevatorThe elevator at the first level of the Eiffel Tower, during its construction. The elevator is still used for conveying sightseers. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
St Etienne du MontThe parish church of St Etienne du Mont in Paris is regarded as a masterpiece of French Gothic architecture. Work began on the church in 1492 and was completed in 1626
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Tranquil MontmartreOld houses with wooden verandahs in the Montmartre district of Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Paris OperaHorse-drawn buses amongst traffic outside the opera house in Paris. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)
Dying Empire1870: French troops marching to the Place de la Concorde in the last days of the Empire. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)
Desperate DefenceMarch 1814: Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) (1769 - 1821) commanding his troops in the defence of Paris after his withdrawal from Russia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Pasteurs Labcirca 1880: French chemist Dr Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), the father of modern bacteriology, pursues his studies in his laboratory at the Ecole Normale in Paris
Balloon Rides4th October 1863: French caricaturist, writer, portrait photographer, balloonist and showman Gaspard Felix Tournachon Nadar (1820 - 1910) flies his giant balloon, Le Geant
Garden Execution1871: Taking place in a back garden, the execution by firing squad of Generals Thomas (without hat) and Lecomte which started the Paris Commune
Barricade18th March 1848: A barricade erected in the Rue St Martin, Paris, during fighting beteen moderate and radical Republicans during the first few months of the Second Republic
Bon MarcheIllustration depicting Le Bon Marche( the good market, or the good deal in French. One of the most famous department stores in Paris, France)
Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Vendor
Place De La ConcordeThe Place de la Concorde in Paris, looking toward the Hotel de Crillon (left) and the French Naval Ministry (right) on either side of the Rue Royale, 1878
Place De La ConcordeThe Place de la Concorde in Paris, looking toward the Hotel de Crillon (left) and the French Naval Ministry (right) on either side of the Rue Royale, circa 1880
French Exhibits In TransitCrates containing items destined for the French pavillion leaving Paris for the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London, March 1851
Elegant StaircaseLooking up a European Staircase
Paris GendarmeA French policeman watches a pair of young lovers walking down a Paris street on a hot spring day
GendarmesFrench policemen patrolling the Champs-Elysees in Paris, during a period of unrest between politicians General de Gaulle and Guy Mollet
By The Seinecirca 1954: A couple sit for a while by the river Seine in Paris. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
Paris UnderworldAn inhabitant of the Parisian underworld inspects a photograph of three camels. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)
Military Towercirca 1930: A tower commemorating the military exploits of French colonisation, with names of generals and principal battles engraved on the four white pillars, at the Exhibition International
Antique illustration of fencing lesson
FranAzois Arago (1786 - 1853), wood engraving, published in 1880Dominique FranAzois Jean Arago (1786 - 1853), French physicist and politician. Wood engraving, published in 1880
AndrA -Marie AmpAšre (1775-1836), wood engraving, published in 1880Andre-Marie AmpAšre (1775 - 1836), French physicist and mathematician. According to him, the international unit of current ampere is named. Wood engraving, published in 1880
Lamartine (1790-1869), French poet, steel engraving, published in 1868Alphonse Marie Louis Prat de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), French poet, writer and politician. Steel engraving, published in 1868
Mirabeau (1749 - 1791), steel engraving, published in 1868HonoreGabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749 - 1791), a leader of the early stages of the French revolution. Steel engraving by Auguste Raffet (French engraver, 1804 - 1860), published in 1868
Antique illustration of toilette
Antique illustration of people indoor playing game
Antique illustration of people indoor
Antique illustration of people with book
Beach BellesTwo fashionable ladies and a young girl playing croquet on a beach. Original Artwork: A engraving from the Journal des Demoiselles. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Press RepressionGendarmes arrive to seize printing presses in an attempt to limit freedom of expression during the July Revolution which deposed Charles X
Classroom ChaosA view of French education before the Guizot reforms of 1833 - a classroom rife with indiscipline and disorder. Original Artwork
Flauberts StudyThe study, at Croisset in Normandy, of French novelist, Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880). Original Artwork: Drawing by Lecomte (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Antique illustration of store
