French engineer, significant to the development of the science of hydraulics and ballistics.
Artist: Pierre Maleuvre 1740-1803 after Louis Vigee
Date:
Size 17 x 25 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:3027
Category Archives: French
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar 1643-1690
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 13 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1050
Louis XVI, the last king of France 1774–1792
Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died in 1765. In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette.
Size 16 x 22.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:26
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar 1643-1690
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 8 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:85
Jules Dumont d’Urville 1790-1842
French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer he gave his name to several seaweeds, plants and shrubs, and places such as d’Urville Island in New Zealand.
Artist: Alboth
Date:
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1190
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte 1856-1879
Napoléon, Prince Imperial, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, was the only child of Emperor Napoleon III and his wife, Eugénie de Montijo. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he relocated with his family to England.
Size 15 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2234
Charles de Valois, duke d’Angoulême 1573-1650
Charles de Valois was an illegitimate son of Charles IX of France and Marie Touchet. He was count of Auvergne, duke of Angoulême, and a memoirist
Artist: Nicolas de Larmessin
Date:
Size 12 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1636
Charles De Bourbon. Cardinal De Rouen 1523-1590
Charles de Bourbon, known as the Cardinal de Bourbon, was a French noble and prelate. He was the Archbishop of Rouen from 1550 and the Catholic Ligue candidate for King of France from 1589. Born the third son of Charles of Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme and Françoise d’Alençon he was destined for a career in the church:
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:635
Charles IV De Loraine. Duke of Mayene
Charles IV (5 April 1604 – 18 September 1675) 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.
Artist: P.Aubry
Date:
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1568
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
Date:
Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1453