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  • Royal ball in the Salle du Bal in the Petit Parc in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, copper engraving, 1676, by Jean Le Pautre, 1618ñ82, French engraver. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau des Ponts-de-Ce, engraving, a 15th century keep on the river Loire, originally a summer residence of King Rene, duke of Anjou, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The castle also served to protect the only crossing point of the Loire between Saumur and Nantes. It was built in the 13th century on the site of an earlier 9th century fortress, and reworked in the 15th century under King Rene. It is listed as a historic monument and is now the Musee des Coiffes et des Tradition. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Episcopal Palace or Bishop's House and ruins, seen from the hill leading from Lower Town to Upper Town, engraving by Antoine Benoist, 1632-1717, after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Archives du Seminaire de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Notre Dame de la Victoire, built in honour of the end of the 1695 siege, demolished in 1759, engraving by Antoine Benoist, 1632-1717, after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Musees du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Engraving of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, 18th century, by an unknown artist, from the collection of the Carmelitas Descalzos or Order of the Discalced Carmelites, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Engraving of Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician, in the Centro Cultural y Museo Casa de Sefarad, a museum and cultural centre opened 2006 in the Jewish quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the city and port of Marseilles, France, 17th century, engraving, by unknown artist, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of Quebec City from Point Levy, with embarking troops, engraving by P Canot after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Archives du Seminaire de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. This print is dedicated to the Honourable Sir Charles Saunders, Vice Admiral of the Blues and Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedral, Jesuits' College and Recollect Friars' Church, or Eglise des Recollets, on the Place des Armes, with soldiers on parade, seen from the Government Gate, engraving by P Canot after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Musees du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The wing to right of Church was the monastery, used as a State prison. To the right is Tressor Lane, and the ruins of the French cathedral, now the basilica. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Death Napoleon the Great, engraving, 1828, in the Antechamber, housing displays relating to Franco-British relations during the revolutionary period of the First Empire, in the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. The current chateau dates from 1865-72, when its owner, Henry Guy, rebuilt it in Neo-Tudor style. Since 2009 the building has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colliers workshop, perspective view engraving, c. 1785, by Claude Nicolas Ledoux, 1736-1806, French architect, in the Musee Ledoux, in the Cooperage or Tonnellerie, part of the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale, begun 1775 in Neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux, at Arc-et-Senans, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. These plans were never realized, but formed part of Ledoux's Ideal City of Chaux, a huge saltworks on a circular plan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Te Fata Aiai, engraving of the fata or raised wooden offering platform at Marae Arahurahu, Paea, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The offerings consisted of food for the gods, prepared by priests. The gods would take the essence of the food and the rest would be shared amongst the chiefs and warriors. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King Otoo of O-Taheite, or Tahiti, wearing a cloak, engraving, 1776, by John Hall, after a drawing from nature by William Hodges, published in London on July 16th 1776, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reception of the missionary Reverend John Williams, 1796-1839, at Tanna, Vanuatu, in 1839, the day before he was massacred, coloured engraving, 1841, by George Baxter, 1804-67, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massacre of the missionaries Reverend John Williams, 1796-1839, and James Harris, at Erromango, Vanuatu, when they were attacked and eaten by cannibals in 1839, coloured engraving, 1841, by George Baxter, 1804-67, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Captain James Cook, 1728-79, British explorer, attending a human sacrifice at Otaheiti on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, French Polynesia, in 1777, detail of an engraving after John Webber, 1751-93. John Webber accompanied Captain Cook on his 3rd Pacific expedition. In times of war or famine, a man would sometimes be sacrificed to the gods. He would be killed with a club or by stoning and attached to a pole while the priest (sitting here at his feet) recited incantations, then the body buried in a pit in the ground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Engraving of the Chateau de Rully, a 14th century Burgundian castle, given by the Duke of Burgundy to Robert de Saint-Leger, a knight returning from the Crusades, in the collection of the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. The chateau de Germolles was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 'Quatrieme chambre des appartements', 4th room of the royal apartments in the Palace of Versailles, France, with the Duke of Burgundy, Duchess of Chartres, Duke of Chartres, Duchess of Maine and Princess of Conti, engraving, 1694, by Antoine Trouvain, 1653-1708. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Maintenon, entrance side (top) and garden side (bottom), engraving, by Nicolas Langlois, 1640–1703, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orphans' Hospital in the Ursuline Convent, seen from the ramparts, engraving by James Mason after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Musees du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the North West part of Quebec City, seen from the St Charles River, engraving by P Benazech after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Archives of the Seminaire de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palais Episcopal, or Bishop's Palace, seen from the hill leading from Upper Town to Lower Town, engraving by J Fougeron after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Musees du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jesuits' Church and College (now the site of the Hotel de Ville), seen from the entrance to the Seminaire de Quebec, engraving by C Grignion after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Musees du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Robert Schumann, 1810-56, German composer of the Romantic Era, engraving, 1840, by Josef Kriehuber, 1800-76, German lithographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Arrival of the Royal Navy gun-boat flotilla at Madeira, en route for China during the Opium Wars, 17th May, 1857, from the Illustrated London News, 20th June 1857, wood engraving. The Second Opium War, 1856-60, was fought by the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing dynasty of China. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Moliere, 1622-73, French playwright and actor, 18th century engraving by Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, 1731-97, French engraver, after a portrait by Sebastien Bourdon, 1616-71, French painter and engraver. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside of the Recollect Friars' Church, or Eglise des Recollets, with damaged roof, on the Place des Armes, engraving by C Grignion after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Musees du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Treasury and Jesuits' College, engraving by C Grignion after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Musees du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside of the Jesuits' Church after the renovations of 1666, with damage to the ceiling, engraving by Anthony Walker after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Musees du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Internal courtyard of the Palais de l’Intendant, engraving by William Elliott after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Musees du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Intendant's Palace was destroyed in the late 18th century, and in 1852 the Doswell-Bow Brewery was built on the site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • House of the Agricultural Guards of Maupertuis, perspective view engraving, c. 1785, by Claude Nicolas Ledoux, 1736-1806, French architect, in the Musee Ledoux, in the Cooperage or Tonnellerie, part of the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale, begun 1775 in Neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux, at Arc-et-Senans, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. These plans were never realized, but formed part of Ledoux's Ideal City of Chaux, a huge saltworks on a circular plan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cessation of the district of Matavai in the island of Otaheite to captain John Wilson to the use of the Missionaries Sent Thither by that Society in the Ship Duff, engraving, 1803, after a drawing by T S Mirke, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cessation of the district of Matavai in the island of Otaheite to captain John Wilson to the use of the Missionaries Sent Thither by that Society in the Ship Duff, engraving, 1803, after a drawing by T S Mirke, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pomare, Queen of Tahiti, the persecuted Christian surrounded by her family at the afflictive moment when the French forces were landing, detail of an aquatint engraving, 1845, by George Baxter, 1804-67, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Pomade is depicted as anglicised, wearing Western clothes and resembling a Madonna and child with her baby in her arms, to appeal to Victorians in Britain. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hand-tinted engraving of the Chateau de Germolles at the time of the Dukes of Burgundy, in the collection of the Chateau de Germolles, built 1385-1400, Burgundy, France. The chateau de Germolles was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Engraving of the Chateau de Brancion, a 12th century Burgundian castle bought in 1259 by Hugues IV de Bourgogne or Hugh IV of Burgundy, in the collection of the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. The chateau de Germolles was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Engraving of the tomb of Philippe le Hardi (Philippe II, duc de Bourgogne) or Philip the Bold (Philip II, Duke of Burgundy), 1342-1404, from the antechamber on the first floor of the Chateau de Chateauneuf, or Chateauneuf-en-Auxois, a 12th and 15th century castle in Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The tomb consists of a painted alabaster effigy with lion and angels, and below, figures of pleurants or weepers among Gothic tracery. The tomb was made 1381-1410 by Jean de Marville, Claus Sluter and Claus de Werve, with polychrome and gilt decoration by Jean Malouel. It was originally placed in the Chartreuse de Champmol but is now in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, housed in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy, or Palais des Ducs de Bourgogne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hand-tinted engraving of the Chateau de Germolles at the time of the Dukes of Burgundy, in the collection of the Chateau de Germolles, built 1385-1400, Burgundy, France. The chateau de Germolles was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Antonio Stradivari or Stradivarius, 1644-1737, Italian luthier and a crafter of stringed instruments, 19th century engraving after A Camp, 1681. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Machine used to print the daily Parisian newspaper 'Le Petit Journal', published 1863-1944, invented by H Marinoni, engraving after E Bourdelin, late 19th century. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction of Strasbourg cathedral, Alsace, France, engraving after a pen and ink drawing by Theopile Schuler, 1821-78, French Romantic illustrator and painter. Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg was begun in the 11th century and completed in 1439. The drawing shows the flying buttresses outside the nave and many medieval construction processes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Maintenon, entrance side (top) and garden side (bottom), engraving, by Nicolas Langlois, 1640–1703, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Houses of the native Taino Indians, engraving, exhibited in the Centro Leon, or the Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes, a museum housing a collection of Dominican art from the 20th century, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses displays on Dominican art and culture, biodiversity, photography and Taino history, along with temporary exhibitions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Internal courtyard of the Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, engraving from the collection of the Chateau de Chateauneuf, or Chateauneuf-en-Auxois, a 12th and 15th century castle in Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The buildings, set around an internal courtyard, are in Northern Renaissance and Flamboyant Gothic style, with half-timber galleries, ornate rooftops with Burgundian glazed tiles in geometric patterns and dormer windows. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Almanach for the year 1665, with New Year's gifts presented to the Dauphin Louis de France, by a figure of Virtue, with Louis XIV, 1638-1715, King of France, and his wife Maria Theresa of Spain and his Court above, engraving by Nicolas de Poilly, 1626-98, French engraver. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Joseph Bernard, engraving after Andre Bouys, 1656-1740, French portrait painter and mezzotint engraver. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Hector Berlioz, 1803-69, French Romantic composer, engraving by Emile Pierre Metzmacher, 1815-90, French engraver, after a photograph by Felix Nadar, 1820-1910, French photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, German Classical and Romantic composer and pianist, engraving after a drawing by Edouard Hamman, 1819-88, Belgian painter and engraver. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • The royal abbey at Poissy seen from the St Germain forest, engraving, at the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Francois Couperin, 1668-1733, French Baroque composer and organist of the King's Chapel, engraving by Flipart after a painting by Andre Bouys, 1656-1740, French portrait painter and mezzotint engraver. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegory of the inspiration of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, German Classical and Romantic composer and pianist, engraving by Francois Joseph Aime de Lemud, 1817-87, French artist. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, 1710-84, German composer and oldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, 18th century engraving. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Second day of the 7 days of festivities held at the Palace of Versailles in May 1664 to celebrate the birth of a son to Louise de La Valliere, mistress of King Louis XIV, engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1621-91, French artist. As Versailles did not have its own theatre, stages were set up around the palace and its gardens for the festivities. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman bathing in a state of undress with a man entering the room shielding his face, a scene of life at the Palace of Versailles under king Louis XIV, late 17th century engraving by Nicolas Bazin after a painting by Jean Dieu de Saint Jean Delin. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Fete galante scene set in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, with a couple kissing in an arbour and a female looking on, engraving. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegfried slaying the dragon with his sword, illustration from the myth of Siegfried by Ludwig Schroeter, engraving c. 1880. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Slave auction in Richmond, Virginia, America, in 1859 or 1860, from Le Monde Illustre, March 1861, engraving after a drawing by Bourcier. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Slaves packed below and on deck, showing the cramped position the slaves were forced to adopt in the slave ship, illustration from the Illustrated London News, 20th June 1857, engraving after a photograph. In April 1857 a British naval vessel captured the slave ship Zeldina and brought it to Port Royal, Jamaica, freeing the 370 survivors of the 500 Africans who boarded in Angola 46 days earlier. The slaves had been kept in appalling squalid conditions, which were outlined in a letter to the editor which accompanied several illustrations. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • 'Bal a la Francaise', a French ball with King Louis XIV, 1638-1715, and his court, and in the foreground Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 1643-1704, French Baroque composer, holding the score of his piece 'Strasbourg Menuet', engraving, 1682, published by Landry. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, German Classical and Romantic composer and pianist, engraving, early 19th century, by Tejeek. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegory of the inspiration of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, German Classical and Romantic composer and pianist, engraving, 1860, after the portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1781-1858, German painter. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Pastoral concert, with a lute player, a guitarist and a woman singing, in a garden setting with children and a pet dog, late 19th century engraving. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-47, German Romantic composer, engraving, c. 1840, printed by Kaeppelin. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Masked ball in the Diana Hall in the Diana Baths in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria, c. 1880, engraving. When not used for bathing, the swimming pool would be covered and the hall used for concerts or dances. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Members of the Court of King Louis XIV, 1638-1715, at a gambling table in the second room in the royal apartments in the Palace of Versailles, with (left - right), Monseigneur, the Princesse de Conty Douairiere, the Duc de Bourbon, Madame la Duchesse de Bourbon and Monsieur de Vandome, Grand prieur de France, engraving. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman at her toilet in the Palace of Versailles, engraving of 1690 by Jean Dieu de Saint Jean Delin. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • High class man at the Theatre de l'Opera in Paris, engraving by Jean Dieu de Saint Jean Delin, 1687. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Acis, the spirit of the Acis river in Sicily, playing a flute, a white marble statue in a niche in the grotto in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, by Jean Baptiste Tuby, 1635-1700, French sculptor, in a 17th century engraving by an unknown artist. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Pantheon in Rome, Italy, with the rotunda above, 18th century engraving. The Pantheon was built in the 2nd century AD under Emperor Hadrian, and its rotunda has a diameter and a height of 43.3m. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside a cafe in the Tophane district, Instanbul, Turkey, with men smoking long pipes and an ablutions fountain in the centre, engraving, c. 1860. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • The Tophane fountain, a public water fountain built by Sultan Mahmud I in Ottoman Rococo style in the 18th century, in Tophane Square, Instanbul, Turkey, engraving, c. 1860. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • The Raft of the Medusa, engraving after the painting of 1818-19 by Theodore Gericault, 1791-1824, from Le Monde Illustre, March 1861. The picture depicts the 15 survivors of the shipwreck of the French naval frigate the Meduse, 132 of whom died on the raft during 13 days at sea, enduring starvation, dehydration and practising cannibalism. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Douglas Jerrold, 1803-57, English dramatist and writer, published accompanying his obituary in the Illustrated London News, 20th June 1857, engraving after a photograph by Dr Diamond. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Slaves at Fort Augusta, Port Royal, Jamaica, illustration from the Illustrated London News, 20th June 1857, engraving after a photograph.  In April 1857 a British naval vessel captured the slave ship Zeldina and brought it to Port Royal, freeing the 370 survivors of the 500 Africans who boarded in Angola 46 days earlier. The slaves had been kept in appalling squalid conditions, which were outlined in a letter to the editor which accompanied several illustrations. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of King Louis XIV, 1638-1715, wearing the costume of a Roman Emperor, engraving by Le Bossu after Corneille. Copyright Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Alexander Borodin, 1833-87, Russian Romantic composer, Russian engraving, c. 1890, after a painting by Ilya Repin, 1844-1930, Russian Realist painter. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Carl Czerny, 1791-1857, Austrian composer and pianist of Czech origin, engraving, 1856. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, German Classical and Romantic composer and pianist, engraving after the painting by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1781-1858, German painter. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • The Mozart family, with Maria Anna and Wolfgang playing a duet at the piano and Leopold Mozart with his violin, engraving by Jos Lacroix, 1780-81. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • 'Reunion de 35 tetes diverses', or '35 Expressive Heads', engraving after the painting of 1824 by Louis-Leopold Boilly, 1761-1845, featuring 35 heads with varying comical expressions and grimaces. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Joan of Arc entering Orleans, engraving on paper, displayed in the Tour Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc Tower, the donjon or keep and only remaining part of the Chateau de Rouen, built 1204 by Philippe Auguste or King Philip II of France, in Rouen, Normandy, France. Joan of Arc was tried and tortured in this tower. It is a 3-storey building with one room per floor and a pointed roof which was rebuilt in the 19th century. The Tour Jeanne-d'Arc is listed as a monument historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ceres fountain representing Summer, in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, with a white marble basin and metalwork by Regmandin, based on designs by le Brun. Engraving by Maurice Baquoy after drawings made in situ by Girard,  royal fontanier in 1714. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural group of 2 horses of the sun (celestial horses who pulled the sun across the sky) and 2 tritons or messengers of the sea, as grooms, white marble statue by Gilles Guerin, 1611-78, French sculptor, in the grotto in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, in an engraving of 1676. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • The Theatre d'Eau or Water Theatre in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, decorated with fountains and statues of the infancy of the gods, destroyed in 1779-80, in an engraving of 1689 by L Simonneau the Younger, after a painting by J Cotelle. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • The Colonnade in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, built 1684-85 by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, a circular double arched peristyle originally with 32 arches and 31 fountains, and a statue of the Abduction of Persephone in the centre, placed there in 1696, in a late 17th century engraving. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Concert champetre or pastoral concert, with group of musicians in a countryside setting, 18th century engraving after a painting by Antoine Watteau, 1624-1721, Rococo painter. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the town of Strasbourg, France, with the Saint Thomas Church, completed 1521 in late Gothic style, engraving, c. 1850. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Sleeping position of slaves in the pack, showing the cramped position the slaves were forced to adopt in the slave ship, illustration from the Illustrated London News, 20th June 1857, engraving after a photograph. In April 1857 a British naval vessel captured the slave ship Zeldina and brought it to Port Royal, Jamaica, freeing the 370 survivors of the 500 Africans who boarded in Angola 46 days earlier. The slaves had been kept in appalling squalid conditions, which were outlined in a letter to the editor which accompanied several illustrations. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jacques Offenbach, 1819-80, German-born French Romantic composer, playing the cello in 1850, engraving after Alexandre Laemlein, 1813-71, French artist. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Joan of Arc entering Orleans to liberate the city and save France, engraving, 1647, by P Le Moygn after a drawing by Claude Vignon, from the collection of La Galerie des Femmes Fortes (Gallery of Strong Women), displayed in the Tour Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc Tower, the donjon or keep and only remaining part of the Chateau de Rouen, built 1204 by Philippe Auguste or King Philip II of France, in Rouen, Normandy, France. Joan of Arc was tried and tortured in this tower. It is a 3-storey building with one room per floor and a pointed roof which was rebuilt in the 19th century. The Tour Jeanne-d'Arc is listed as a monument historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of King Louis XIV, 1638-1715, seated on a chair in the Palace of Versailles, late 17th century engraving by J D de Saint Jean Pinxit<br />
after a work by Jean Dieu de Saint Jean Delin. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • An 'homme de qualite' or upper class man, wearing a dancing costume, in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, late 17th century engraving. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Ladies of the Court of King Louis XIV, 1638-1715, in the royal apartments at the Palace of Versailles, 1667, engraving. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman dressing for a ball with maids in attendance and a harlequin entering the room, 17th century engraving from a series of life at the Palace of Versailles. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • The Court of Louis XIV around a gambling table in the first of the royal apartments at the Palace of Versailles, with (left - right), the Duc d'Anjou and the Duc de Berry, grandsons of Louis XIV, and the Prince of Wales and the Comte de Brionne, in an engraving of 1694. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Slave auction in Richmond, Virginia, America, in 1859 or 1860, from Le Monde Illustre, March 1861, engraving after a drawing by Bourcier. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Group of slaves on the parade, Fort August, Port Royal, Jamaica, illustration from the Illustrated London News, 20th June 1857, engraving after a photograph. In April 1857 a British naval vessel captured the slave ship Zeldina and brought it to Port Royal, freeing the 370 survivors of the 500 Africans who boarded in Angola 46 days earlier. The slaves had been kept in appalling squalid conditions, which were outlined in a letter to the editor which accompanied several illustrations. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Opera dancer wearing costume of Flora, goddess of Spring, in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, late 17th century engraving. Copyright © Collection ParticuliËre Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Joan of Arc with her sword, engraving by Noel Le Mire, 18th century, displayed in the Tour Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc Tower, the donjon or keep and only remaining part of the Chateau de Rouen, built 1204 by Philippe Auguste or King Philip II of France, in Rouen, Normandy, France. This engraving was inspired by a portrait commissioned in 1581 by the Echevins of Orleans, hence the low-necked, high-waist dress and slash sleeves, the chains worn around the neck, the plumed beret, the sword and the handkerchief. Joan of Arc was tried and tortured in this tower. It is a 3-storey building with one room per floor and a pointed roof which was rebuilt in the 19th century. The Tour Jeanne-d'Arc is listed as a monument historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC0013.jpg
  • Portrait of Joan of Arc, engraving by Noel Le Mire, 18th century, displayed in the Tour Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc Tower, the donjon or keep and only remaining part of the Chateau de Rouen, built 1204 by Philippe Auguste or King Philip II of France, in Rouen, Normandy, France. This engraving was inspired by a portrait commissioned in 1581 by the Echevins of Orleans, hence the low-necked dress and slash sleeves, the chains worn around the neck and the plumed beret. Joan of Arc was tried and tortured in this tower. It is a 3-storey building with one room per floor and a pointed roof which was rebuilt in the 19th century. The Tour Jeanne-d'Arc is listed as a monument historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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