Jean-Louis de Rabutin , Count of Bussy, born in 1642 and died November 15, 1716 in Vienna , French military officer.
Subject gender: Male
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Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:693
Tag Archives: French
Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the younger son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and the younger brother of King Louis XIV. He was the founder of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the ruling House of Bourbon.
Artist: Peter Aubry
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Size 17 x 24 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:192
Madeleine Didion 1798-1836
Barbe Françoise Madeleine Didion, known as Madeleine Didion, born in Nancy in 1798 and died on January 7, 1836, was a Lorraine embroiderer and benefactor of the city of Nancy.
Artist: Durupt
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Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:722
Émilie du Châtelet 1706-1749
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet was a French natural philosopher, mathematician, physicist, and author during the early 1730s until her untimely death due to childbirth in 1749
Artist: Lemperiur
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Size 28 x 25 cms
Price £38.00
Ref:2111
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
Ref:2327
Marie Jeanne Vignon 1792-1832
Frenchwoman who in 1821 pulled her paralysed partner in a handcart from Bordeaux to Paris in hope of finding work there.
Artist: Adle J.de Mance
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Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1467
Anne, Duke de Joyeuse, 1560-1587
Baron d’Arques, Duc de Joyeuse, Admiral of France, Governor of Normandie
Anne de Batarnay de Joyeuse, Baron d’Arques, Vicomte then Duke of Joyeuse was a royal favourite and active participant in the French Wars of Religion. An intimate friend of Henry III of France,
Size 12.5 x 17.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1932
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
Antoine Houdar de la Motte 1672-1731
French author. De la Motte was born and died in Paris. In 1693 his comedy, Les Originaux, was a complete failure, and so depressed the author that he contemplated joining the Trappistse
Artist: de Delpech
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Size 12 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2168