Philippe, Duke of Orléans was the younger son of Louis XIII of France and his wife, Anne of Austria. His older brother was the famous “Sun King”, Louis XIV. Styled Duke of Anjou from birth, Philippe became Duke of Orléans upon the death of his uncle Gaston in 1660
Size 19.5 x 30 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2091
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
Ref:2326
Louis, Dauphin of France, commonly known as le Grand Dauphin, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Louis XIV and his spouse, Maria Theresa of Spain. He became known as the Grand Dauphin after the birth of his own son, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, the Petit Dauphin.
Artist: Sysang
Date:
Size 18 x 25 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:163
Charles IV was Duke of Lorraine from 1624 until his death in 1675, with a brief interruption in 1634, when he abdicated under French pressure in favor of his younger brother, Nicholas Francis.
Size 6 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:910
Henry II de Lorraine, 5th Duke of Guise was the second son of Charles, Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse.
Size 16 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
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Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675; both duchies were occupied by France from 1634 to 1661 and 1670 to 1697. Born in exile in Vienna, Charles spent his military career in the service of the Habsburg monarchy.
Size 9.3 x 15.3 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:239
Commonly known as Bussy-Rabutin, was a French memoirist. He was the cousin and frequent correspondent of Madame de Sévigné.
Born at Epiry, near Autun, he represented a family of distinction in Burgundy, and his father, Léonor de Rabutin, was lieutenant general of the province of Nivernais.
Artist: Syfang
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Size 9 x 13.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:826
Frenchwoman known for her philanthropy in Toulon, featured in a book celebrating useful people, circa 1820-1830s
Artist: Letuaire de Toulon
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Size 10 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:729
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675; both duchies were occupied by France from 1634 to 1661 and 1670 to 1697.
Size 6 x 11.5 cms
Price £14.00
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Marguerite de Navarre, also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, and Queen of Navarre by her second marriage to King Henry II of Navarre.
Artist: Delpeek
Date:
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1665