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
Category Archives: French
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
Carl Linnaeus 1707-1778
Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the “father of modern taxonomy”.
Artist: Bertonnier
Date:1833
Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1454
Louis of Lorraine 1622-1654 Duke of Joyeuse
Subject nationality: French
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Balthazar Moncornet 1630-1670
Date:1657
Size 11 x 15.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2670
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon 1674 -1762 French poet
French poet and tragedian. He is sometimes known as Crébillon père or Crébillon le Tragique to distinguish him from his son Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon.
Artist: De la Tour
Date:
Size 19 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2470
Victor Jacquemont 1801-1832 botanist explorer
Victor Vincelas Jacquemont was a French botanist and geologist known for his travels in India. Born in Paris on August 8, 1801, Victor Jacquemont was the youngest of four sons of Venceslas Jacquemont and Rose Laisné. He studied medicine and later took an interest in botany. His early travels took him around Europe.e
Artist: Miumie
Date:
Size 13 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2319
Henri François d’Aguesseau 1668-1751 Chancellor of France
Henri François d’Aguesseau was Chancellor of France three times between 1717 and 1750 and pronounced by Voltaire to be “the most learned magistrate France ever possessed”
Artist: R.Tourniere
Date:1720
Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2104
Étienne Delessert 1735-1816
French banker, insurer and industrialist
Artist: Blanchard
Date:
Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1459
Savary
Subject nationality: French
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Delpech
Date:
Size 11 x 13 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1677