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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Tag Archives: French
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
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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
Price £14.00
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Claire Charlotte Eugénie d’Ailly Duchess de Chaunes
Claire Charlotte Eugénie d’Ailly was a French aristocrat, born in Chaulnes on April 26, 1606, died in Magny (now Guiscard) on June 15, 1681, married to Honoré d’Albert, first Duke of Chaulnes, Marshal of France.
Artist: B.Moncornet
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Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
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Antoine-Augustin Parmentier
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier 12 August 1737 – 13 December 1813) was a French pharmacist and agronomist, best remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe. His many other contributions to nutrition and health included establishing the first mandatory smallpox vaccination campaign in France
Artist: A.Dulilloin
Date:
Size 10 x 14 cms
Price £28.00
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Claude-Nicolas Le Cat 1700 – 1768
Famous French surgeon and urologist of the 18th century
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Benoit Louis Henriquez, After Jean-Bernard Restout (1732 – 1796)
Date:1771
Size 18 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
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Lucas Trelcatius 1542-1602 Theologian
He died in the Leiden plague epidemic of 1602. His son Lucas Trelcatius the younger replaced him as preacher and professor in 1603, but died himself in 1607 after publishing Institutiones Theologicae.
Size 12 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
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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
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Jacques Charles Dupont (Dupont de l’Eure ) 1767-1855
French lawyer and statesman. He is best known as the first head of state of the Second Republic, after the collapse of the July Monarchy as a result of the French Revolution of 1848.
Size 12 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
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