Frenchwoman known for her philanthropy in Toulon, featured in a book celebrating useful people, circa 1820-1830s
Artist: Letuaire de Toulon
Date:
Size 10 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:729
Tag Archives: French
Francois-Antoine Jecker 1765-1834
French manufacturer of scientific instruments,
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Boilly
Date:
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2322
Louis Armand de Bourbon 1661-1685
Prince of Conti from 1666 to his death. He was the son of Armand de Bourbon and Anne Marie Martinozzi, the daughter of Girolamo Martinozzi and Laura Margherita Mazzarini, elder sister of Cardinal Mazarin. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince of the Blood. He was a son-in-law of King Louis XIV of France, who was his namesake.
Artist: Larmessin
Date:1661
Size 17 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1588
Henry II de Lorraine, 5th Duke of Guise 1614-1664
Henry II de Lorraine, 5th Duke of Guise was the second son of Charles, Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse.
Size 16 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2043
Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg 1615-1690
Friedrich Hermann von Schönberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, 1st Count of Mertola, KG PC was a Marshal of France and a General in the English and Portuguese Army. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
Size 13 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:913
Jean-Baptiste Rousseau 1671-1741
French playwright and poet, particularly noted for his cynical epigrams.
Size 9.5 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:343
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy 1371-1419
John I was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his assassination in 1419.
Size 9.3 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:464
Charles Francois Panard 1689-1765
Charles-François Panard, or Pannard, was an 18th-century French poet, chansonnier, playwright and goguettier
Artist: Du Roncerai
Date:
Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2109
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
Date:
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2458
Gaspard III de Coligny, duc de Châtillon 1584-1646
Gaspard III de Coligny, duc de Châtillon, was a French Huguenot, who served under Louis XIII, and was appointed Marshal of France in 1622. He was described as “a mediocre general, but absolutely loyal”
Artist: Buchhorn
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1544