French officer under King Louis XIV and Minister of War,
in the background the burning of Heidelberg
Engraver Johann Friedrich (the Elder), 1668-1716
Size 20 x 15 cm
Price £28.00
Ref:3538
Category Archives: French
Philipp III von Burgund 1396–1467
Duke of Burgundy
Size 12 x 7 cm
Price £12.00
Ref:3534
Papal Procession Rome Saint John Lateran by Picart 1723
“ Le pape va en cérémonie prendre possesion du Pontificat dans l’Eglise St Jean de Latran qui est la capitale de toute celles qui relevent de la juridiction du Pape dans la Chrétieneté ”
from Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde.
by Bernard Picart 1673-1733
Large antique copper plate engraving on paper 43 x 54 cm
Full margins original centre fold.
Price £68.00
Ref:3519xl
Francis I of France 1494-1547
King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his cousin and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a son.
Size 9 x 8 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3515
Jean Astruc 1684-1766
Professor of medicine at Montpellier and Paris, who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases, and also, with a small anonymously published book, played a fundamental part in the origins of critical textual analysis of works of scripture.
Artist: Louis Halbou.,
Size 15 x 9 cms
Price £10.00
Ref: 3103
Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle
Comte de Lasalle 1775-1809, French cavalry general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, often called “The Hussar General”. He first gained fame for his role in the Capitulation of Stettin. Over the course of his short career, he became known as a daring adventurer and was credited with many exploits; some true, others probably fanciful. Eventually, he fought on every front and was killed at the Battle of Wagram.
Artist/Engraver: Antoine-Jean Gros 1771-1835
Size 27 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref: 3493
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
Charles IV 1604-1675 was Duke of Lorraine from 1624 to 1634, when he abdicated under French pressure in favor of his younger brother, Nicholas Francis, and again from 1661 until 1675 (his death).
Size 33 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref: 3485
LOUIS PHILIPPE COMTE DE SEGUR 1753-1830
French diplomat and historian, son of Philippe Henri, marquis de Segur, was born in Paris in December 1753. He entered the army in 1769, served in the American War of Independence in 1781 as a colonel under Rochambeau
Subject gender: Male
Artist:
Size 14 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:3046
Charles IV 1316
Subject nationality: French
Subject gender: Male
Artist:
Date:
Size 4.5 x 7 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2756
Jean Racine 1639-1699
Jean-Baptiste Racine, was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, and an important literary figure in the Western tradition.
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Sanlerre
Date:
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £22.00
Ref:2448