Valentin Haüy was the founder, in 1785, of the first school for the blind, the Institute for Blind Youth in Paris. In 1819, Louis Braille entered this school.
Artist: Boilly
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Size 12 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
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Francois-Antoine Jecker 1765-1834
French manufacturer of scientific instruments,
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Boilly
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Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
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Baron Georges Cuvier 1769-1832
French naturalist and zoologist
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Mirabel
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Size 12 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
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Dr Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp 1747-1811
Military officer, doctor and philosopher who became a missionary in South Africa.
Subject gender: Male
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Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
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Gaudenzio De Pagave 1776-1833, Italian benefactor
The Gaudenzio De Pagave Institute was founded in Novara in 1833 from the will of the Knight Gaudenzio De Pagave who, upon dying, left all his property as an inheritance to the citizens of Novara, so that they could take care of alleviating the terrible ” scourge of poverty “.
Artist: Geille
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Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
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Antoine Petit and Jean-Nicolas Corvisart-Desmarets French physicians
Jean-Nicolas Corvisart-Desmarets was a French physician. Born in the French village of Dricourt in 1755, Corvisart translated Leopold von Auenbrugg’s Inventum Novum from Latin into French. Corvisart was especially fond of Auenbrugg’s use of chest percussion as a diagnostic tool, and began to perfect the technique.
Antoine Petit was a French physician, master of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin and Félix Vicq d’Azyr.
Size 13 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
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Louis Charles Victor de Riquet de Caraman 1762-1839
Louis Charles Victor de Riquet de Caraman is the older brother of Maurice Gabriel (1765-1835), Count of Caraman, and François Joseph, Duke of Caraman. He distinguished himself early in his diplomatic career. His family took him on trips to the main parts of Europe for this purpose. Mr. de Vergennes, Minister of External Relations, had recommended it to his diplomatic agents: it was also well received by Frederick the Great, Joseph II, and Catherine II. He became close with Prince Kaunitz, Potemkin, Poniatowski, Pitt and Fox. He met the Count of Saint-Priest in Constantinople. His travels lasted five to six years. Returning to France, in 1785 he married Mademoiselle de Mérode Westerloo, from a prominent Dutch family, and while waiting for a mission abroad, followed a military career.
Artist: Goutierre
Size 12 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
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Baron Johann von Beck 1588-1648
Imperial field sergeant general and from 1642 civil and military governor of the Duchy of Luxembourg and the County of Chiny.
Size 13.5 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
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Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1550-1606 Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg,
Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, was an army commander in service of the Dutch Republic. Philip was the son of Ludwig Kasimir von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg and Anna zu Solms-Lich. On 7 February 1595 he married Maria of Nassau at Buren
Artist: Arhem
Date:1626
Size 13 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
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Sebastien Erard 1752-1831 piano maker
Sébastien Érard was a French instrument maker of German origin who specialised in the production of pianos and harps, developing the capacities of both instruments and pioneering the modern piano.
Artist: Hardiviller
Date:
Size 11 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
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