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Louis XVI, 1754-1793 Flight to Varennes

The royal Flight to Varennes ( Fuite à Varennes) during the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant event in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, Queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris to Montmédy, where the King wished to initiate a counter-revolution by joining up with royalist troops. They escaped as far as the small town of Varennes-en-Argonne, where they were arrested after being recognized at their previous stop in Sainte-Menehould.
Size 16 x 11 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:2875

François Certain de Canrobert 1809-1895

François Marcellin Certain de Canrobert (born François Certain Canrobert) was a French Marshal. He demonstrated ability during the Second French Empire while participating in the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Magenta, the Battle of Solferino and the Battle of Gravelotte.

Artist/Engraver W.J.Edwards
Size 25 x 16 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3668

Casimir-Pierre Périer 1777-1832

Casimir-Pierre Périer was a prominent French banker, mine owner, political leader and statesman. In business, through his bank in Paris and ownership of the Anzin Coal Co. in the Department of Nord, he contributed significantly to the economic development of France in the early stages of industrialization

Artist/Engraver Adolphe Alexandre Joseph Caron after Louis Hersent.
Size 25 x 16 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3667

Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz 1613-1679

French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde.
The Florentine banking and noble Gondi family had been introduced into France by Catherine de’ Medici; Catherine offered Jérome (Girolamo) de Gondi in 1573 the château that he made the nucleus of the Château de Saint-Cloud; his hôtel in the Faubourg Saint-Germain of Paris became the Hôtel de Condé in the following generation. The Gondi acquired great estates in Brittany and became connected with the noblest houses of the kingdom.

Artist/Engraver Picart
Size 19 x 14 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3658

Jean-Gilbert Victor Fialin, Duc de Persigny 1808-1872

Duke de Persigny (born 1808, Saint-Germain-Lespinasse, France) French statesman who helped pave the way for Louis-Napoléon’s rise to power as the emperor Napoleon III.Born of a petty noble family, he served in the hussars from 1825 to 1831, when he was dismissed for participation in a political rebellion. Thereafter he devoted himself to the restoration of the empire and to the cause of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.

Artist/Engraver
Size 26 x 18 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3644

IMG

Napoleon III, the Empress Eugènie and their son

Napoleon III was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew of Napoleon I, he was the last monarch to rule over France. His wife was Eugénie de Montijo

Engraver. Johann Haller. Vienna
Size 35 x 27 cm

Price £28.00

Ref:3549

Philip III Duke of Burgundy 1396–1467


Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonged. During his reign, the Burgundian State reached the apex of its prosperity and prestige, and became a leading centre of the arts
Size 12 x 7 cm

Price £12.00

Ref:3534

3654

Guy-Crescent Fagon 1638-1718

French physician and botanist. He came from nobility and his uncle, Guy de La Brosse, had founded the Royal Gardens. Fagon was director of the gardens too. His substitute professors were Gilles-François Boulduc, Antoine de Saint-Yon and Étienne François Geoffroy.

Artist/Engraver Forestier
Size 28 x 21 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3654

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