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  • Missionary church on the island of Manga Reva, Gambier Islands, coloured lithograph after a drawing by Louis Le Breton, 1818-66, 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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  • Ancient temple with idols, on the island of Manga Reva, Gambier Islands, coloured lithograph after a drawing by Louis Le Breton, 1818-66, 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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  • Soldier stopping and searching civilian on the street in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, photography by Daily Mirror, published in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moment when a shot is fired from a window on the Nevsky Prospect, main street in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, photograph by Daily Mirror, published in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Negros' Dance, watercolour engraving, c. 1830-40, with a small group of slaves made to dance on the deck of the ship whilst whipped, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Slaves working on a tobacco plantation, engraving, 1722, from Nouveau Voyage aux Iles de l’Amerique, by Jean-Baptiste Labat, 1663-1738, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Although not as important as sugar or coffee, tobacco was grown in the colonies and exported to France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Slave working at the sugar cane harvest, with master looking on, sepia wash, c. 1800, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sketch for the menu for Els Quatre Gats cafe, made in Barcelona, 1899-1900, charcoal drawing on paper, (donation by Pablo Picasso 1970), in the Museu Picasso, an art gallery featuring over 4000 works by Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, in La Ribera, in the Old City of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum opened in 1963 and is housed in 5 adjoining medieval palaces on the Carrer de Montcada. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearances required for reproduction (artist's copyright)
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  • Peche de Nuit, or Night fishing, ink on paper, 1946, by Francois Bernardi, b. 1922, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Indigo industry, including working the land, planting the crop and harvesting, engraving from the Art of the Indigotier, 1770, by Gauthier de Beauvais-Raseau, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Slaves worked the land and processed crops on large plantations, and illustrated manuals were published to inform settlers of working methods and profitable exploitation. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Indigo industry, including threshing and grinding of the pods and drying the leaves, engraving from the Art of the Indigotier, 1770, by Gauthier de Beauvais-Raseau, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Slaves worked the land and processed crops on large plantations, and illustrated manuals were published to inform settlers of working methods and profitable exploitation. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Whipping, overseer punishing a slave, hand coloured drawing, early 19th century, by Jean-Baptiste Debret, 1768-1848, from the Musee des Salorges fund, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The 6th angel delivers the 4 angels that had been bound at the river Euphrates; an altar appears in the heavens as the enthroned Christ raises his hand in blessing, illustrated Beatus manuscript page, detail, c. 1180, Spanish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The manuscript describes the Apocalypse according to St John in the Book of Revelation, written by Beatus of Liebana, an 8th century Asturian monk. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The 6th angel delivers the 4 angels that had been bound at the river Euphrates; an altar appears in the heavens as the enthroned Christ raises his hand in blessing, illustrated Beatus manuscript page, c. 1180, Spanish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The manuscript describes the Apocalypse according to St John in the Book of Revelation, written by Beatus of Liebana, an 8th century Asturian monk. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barques et poulets, or Boats and hens, ink drawing on paper, 1906, by Henri Matisse, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Record book made from paper and cardboard, used by pearl merchants, 20th century, in a temporary exhibition on pearl diving, which has been practised in Bahrain for over 2000 years, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weight reference booklet, made from paper and cardboard, used by pearl merchants, 20th century, in a temporary exhibition on pearl diving, which has been practised in Bahrain for over 2000 years, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustration of the food market at Les Halles in Paris, France, on 14th July 1887, printed in a French publication. In front of the food stalls, a man sells hats and flags, and women make paper chain decorations and sew tricolore flags, in celebration of Bastille Day. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Slaves working in the fields near Havana, Cuba, early 19th century, by Ambroise Louis Garneray, 1783-1857, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Slaves working at the sugar cane harvest, Chinese ink wash, c. 1800, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Peace - Burial of Wilkie, engraving by John Cousen after a painting by JMW Turner, chalk print in black and white on paper, c. 1880, commemorating the burial at sea of Turner's friend, the Scottish painter David Wilkie, who died on a boat in Gibraltar in 1841, 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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  • Angel, 1901-2, charcoal and wax crayon on paper, by Ramon Casas, 1866-1932, in Casa Rocamora, the Isabelline mansion of art collector Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, where he lived from 1935, on the Carrer de Ballester in El Putxet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house is open to the public, managed by the Fundacion Rocamora, and houses the private collection of Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, 1892-1976, including Modernist art, figureheads and ceramics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman reading, 1901-2, charcoal and wax crayon on paper, by Ramon Casas, 1866-1932, in Casa Rocamora, the Isabelline mansion of art collector Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, where he lived from 1935, on the Carrer de Ballester in El Putxet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house is open to the public, managed by the Fundacion Rocamora, and houses the private collection of Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, 1892-1976, including Modernist art, figureheads and ceramics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman with red scarf, 1901-2, charcoal and wax crayon on paper, by Ramon Casas, 1866-1932, in Casa Rocamora, the Isabelline mansion of art collector Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, where he lived from 1935, on the Carrer de Ballester in El Putxet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house is open to the public, managed by the Fundacion Rocamora, and houses the private collection of Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, 1892-1976, including Modernist art, figureheads and ceramics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plundering of the Hotel de Castries on the rue de Varennes in Saint-Germain, Paris, France, 13th November 1790, drawing on paper, from the Musee Carnavalet in Paris. The building was pillaged by a mob during the French Revolution. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Famous Men and Women from Classical and Biblical Antiquity, from the Universal Chronical, also known as the Cockerell Chronicle, c. 1450, pen and ink with watercolour on paper, attributed to Barthelemy D'Eyck, 1420-70, Dutch painter and manuscript illuminator, from the Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York, USA. The figures depicted are Minos, Jephthah sacrificing his daughter, Agamemnon, Menelaus, Priam, Helen of Troy, Paris, Jason with the Golden Fleece, and Hector. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Joan of Arc, 1873, by Paul Dubois Fusain, drawing on paper, from the collection of the Musee de Reims, 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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  • 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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  • Sharecropper and Shepherd from the Landes region on stilts, from the Bordeaux region, by Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauveur, 1757-1810, from the 'Gens du Petit Peuple', late 18th century, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The Landes region was marshy and boggy, and peasants in the area often used stilts to walk from place to place. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Africans attacking a slave ship in canoes and repelled with cannon fire, on the African coast, watercolour painting, late 18th century, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 3 and 4, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 26, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 25, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 8, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Town and harbour of Nantes, seen from Chantenay in 1724, attributed to Jacques-Andre Portail, 1695-1759, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. From the Butte de Chantenay, the view of the port and the river Loire shows the amount of seafaring vessels in the city at this time. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Port of Painbeuf, 1776, engraving, by Nicolas Ozanne, 1728-1811, part of a series of French ports for King Louis XVI, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Town and harbour of Nantes, seen from Chantenay in 1724, attributed to Jacques-Andre Portail, 1695-1759, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. From the Butte de Chantenay, the view of the port and the river Loire shows the amount of seafaring vessels in the city at this time. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 27 and 28, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 25 and 26, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 22, 23 and 24, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, page 21, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 19 and 20, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 16, 17 and 18, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 14 and 15, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 12 and 13, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 8 and 9, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 10 and 11, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 6 and 7, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, page 2, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 5 and 6, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, page 1, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 28, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 30, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 29, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 27, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 24, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 23, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 22, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 21, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 20, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 16 bis, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 16, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 17, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 15, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 13, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 14, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 12, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 10 bis, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 11, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 9, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 7, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 6, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 5, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 3, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 4, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 2 (addition), by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 2 (addition), by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 2 bis, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 2, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 1, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Signatures of senators, from the handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, detail of covering page, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. This covering page is signed by senators Victor Hugo, A Peyrat, A Esquiros, V Schoelcher, Laurent Pichat, A Scheurer-Kestner and J Errouillat. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, covering page, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. This covering page is signed by senators Victor Hugo, A Peyrat, A Esquiros, V Schoelcher, Laurent Pichat, A Scheurer-Kestner and J Errouillat. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, page 1, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwritten notes for a speech supporting a bill offering amnesty to the communards (participants in the Paris Commune), 1876, page 10, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Archives du Senat, in the Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. Hugo was a senator for Seine 1876-85, and gave this speech on 22nd May 1876. Although this bill was not passed, a general amnesty was granted in 1880. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Napoleon, Josephine and their retinue in the gardens of Isola Bella, listening to a singing performance, etching, in Napoleon's Room, formerly the Alcove Room, where Napoleon and Josephine de Beauharnais stayed on 17th August 1797, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 292 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published March 1971, featuring an article on the French president Georges Pompidou, whose portrait is on the cover, and articles on Jesus and the Paris Commune. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Expulsion of Jewish catalans from Collioure in 1493, illustration in the collection of the Chateau Royal, in the village of Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. On 21st September 1493, a year after the royal edict of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, the last unconverted Jews from the former French provinces were expelled from Roussillon, bound for Naples or Constantinople. The castle building contains remnants of castles built by the Templars, the Kings of Majorca, the Habsburgs and the Bourbons, from 12th - 17th centuries. In the 20th century it became a prison and a detainment camp. It is now a tourist attraction and historic monument. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by 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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  • Map of the city an university of Angers, 1576, in the Musee des Beaux Arts, opened 2004 on Place Saint Eloi, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum is located in the Logis Barrault, and displays fine arts of the 19th and 20th centuries and exhibitions on the history of Angers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King of Monomotapa, engraving, late 17th century, by Francois Gerard Jollain, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Monomotapa is on the coast of present-day Mozambique, trading since the 10th century with the Middle East and India, and in the 16th century with the Portuguese. French slave traders came here after 1693 when the West coast kingdoms no longer supplied so many slaves. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 12 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published November 1947, featuring an article on memories of the 11th November, Armistice Day, by General Weygand, with Dancers in Blue by Edgar Degas, 1890, on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 30 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published May 1949, featuring an article on the end of Hitler by A Francois-Poncet, with a painting of Marie Antoinette and her children by Vigee Le Brun on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 75 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published February 1953, featuring an article on the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944 during the Second World War, with the portrait of Madame Recamier by Antoine Gros on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 94 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published September 1954, featuring an article on 40 years since victory on the Marne, in the Battle of the Marne in 1914 during the First World War, and a portrait of the explorer Cavelier de la Salle. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 98 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published January 1955, featuring an article by G Houot and P Willm on 4050m beneath the Atlantic Ocean, with Portrait of Jacques Amalric, 1804 by Antoine Gros on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 105 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published August 1955, featuring an article on the centenary of Queen Victoria's visit to Paris in 1855, with Claude Monet's painting Garden at Sainte-Adresse on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 215 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1964, featuring articles on Pizarro in South America, and France's 80 oldest families, with a portrait of Virginia, Countess of Castiglione, on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 280 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published March 1970, featuring an article on the bombing of Tokyo on 9th March 1945. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. 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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  • 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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