Louis-Nicolas d’Avout better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire
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Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
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Category Archives: French
Marie Amelie de Bourbon, 1782 – 1866. Queen of Louis Philippe of France
Marie-Amélie, Queen of the French (1782-1866) was the sixth daughter of Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, and Maria Caroline of Austria. She married Louis-Philippe, Duc d’Orléans (later King of the French) in 1809
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Size 13 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
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Clémence Isaure
A quasi-legendary medieval figure credited with founding or restoring the Acadèmia dels Jòcs Florals or Academy of the Floral Games. She is supposed to have left a legacy to fund awards in the form of gold and silver flowers that the city would award annually to the best poets.
Artist: Richomme
Date:1836
Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1465
Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette 1554–1642
Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, created Duke of Épernon, was a powerful member of the French nobility at the turn of the 16th century. He was deeply involved in plots and politics throughout his life
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
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Bernard Palissy 1510-1590 Potter
Bernard Palissy was a French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman, famous for having struggled for sixteen years to imitate Chinese porcelain
Artist: Durupt
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Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
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André Masséna, Prince of Essling 1758-1817
André Masséna, Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I. He was nicknamed l’Enfant chéri de la Victoire (the Dear Child of Victory). He is often considered as one of the greatest generals of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.:
Date:1804
Size 13.5 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
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Gilbert de Voisins, Pierre marquis de Villennes 1684-1769
Pierre VI Gilbert de Voisins lord of Voisins, Haute-Isle and Chantenesle (Mantois), marquis de Villennes, lord of Mauger, Bouconvillers, Châtelain de Villennes and de Médan, King’s Advocate at Châtelet (1703), adviser to Parliament (1707), master of requests (1711), member of the Finance Council (1713), 1st Advocate-General (1718, resigned 1737), State Councillor (1740) , 1st President of the Grand-Conseil (1744), ordinary State Councillor (1747), member of the Council for Dispatches (1757).
Artist: Charles Duplessis
Date:1772
Size 17 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2103
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort 1656-1708
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants. The botanist Charles Plumier had been his pupil and accompanied him on his voyages.
Artist: Pigeot
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Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1458
Anthony de Bourbon, Count de Moret
Subject nationality: French
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Van Dyck
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Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £14.00
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Jacques Denis Cochin 1726-1783
French Roman Catholic priest, preacher and philanthropist. He founded in 1780 Paris’s Hôpital Cochin, as the hospice of Saint-Jacques du Haut Pas, in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques.
Artist: E.Conquey
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Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1476