Jean-Louis de Rabutin , Count of Bussy, born in 1642 and died November 15, 1716 in Vienna , French military officer.
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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
Antoine Petit and Jean-Nicolas Corvisart-Desmarets French physicians
Jean-Nicolas Corvisart-Desmarets was a French physician. Born in the French village of Dricourt in 1755, Corvisart translated Leopold von Auenbrugg’s Inventum Novum from Latin into French. Corvisart was especially fond of Auenbrugg’s use of chest percussion as a diagnostic tool, and began to perfect the technique.
Antoine Petit was a French physician, master of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin and Félix Vicq d’Azyr.
Size 13 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
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Jacques Denis Cochin 1757-1837 politician
Baron Jacques-Denis Cochin, born in Paris July 27, 1757 and died in Paris October 12, 1837, was French lawyer and politician.
He was appointed mayor of the 12th arrondissement of Paris in 1815, during the Restoration. He was elected on February 25, 1824, deputy for the 7th arrondissement of the Seine, by 636 votes against 421 for Claude-Louis Salleron.
Artist: Nargeol
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Size 10 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
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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
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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
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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
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou 1714-1792
French lawyer, politician, and chancellor of France, whose attempts at reform signalled the failure of enlightened despotism in France.
Size 24 x 30 cms
Price £28.00
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Louis-Nicolas d’Avout 1770-1823
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
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