Category Archives: French

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1606

Louis Duke of Orleans and count D’Angouleme

Louis d’Orléans was born on 13 March 1372 in the Hôtel Saint-Pol, Paris, France, to Charles V de Valois (1338-1380) and Jeanne de Bourbon (1338-1378), and died on 23 November 1407 in Le Marais, Paris, France, of unspecified causes. He married Valentina Visconti (1371-1408) on 17 August 1389 in Melun, France.
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Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00

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738

Pasquale Paoli 1725-1807

Filippo Antonio Pasquale de’ Paoli FRS was a Corsican patriot, statesman, and military leader who was at the forefront of resistance movements against the Genoese and later French rule over the island.
Artist: Drolling
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Size 10 x 12 cms
Price £14.00

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1453

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse 1741-1788

Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, often called simply Lapérouse, was a French naval officer and explorer. Having enlisted at the age of 15, he had a successful naval career and in 1785 was appointed to lead a scientific expedition around the world.
Artist: Pigeol
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Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00

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2471

Abbé Prévost 1697-1763

Antoine François Prévost d’Exiles, usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French author and novelist.
Artist: J.F.Selamidt
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Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £28.00

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2327

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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2105

Francoise de Grafigny 1695-1758

Françoise de Graffigny, born Françoise d’Issembourg of Buisson d’Happoncourt, better known as Madame de Graffigny, was a French novelist, playwright and salon hostess.
Artist: Leveque
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Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £28.00

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1679

Pierre de Ronsard 1524-1585

French poet known in his generation as a “prince of poets”. His works include Les Amours de Cassandre, Les Hymnes, Les Discours, La Franciade, and Sonnets pour Hélène. Ronsard was born at Manoir de la Possonnière in the village of Couture-sur-Loir, Vendômois.
Artist: Delpech

Size 10 x 14 cms
Price £28.00

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