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PCT4282657: A child soldier presents the main French honorary decorations: Legion d'honneur (national order) instituted by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, Medaille de Sainte-Helene (Sainte Helene), first French commemorative medaille created in 1857 under the Second Empire, Military Medaille (1852), Rescue Medaille, Palme d'Academie (Palmes academiques) ). France - Republic - honour - reward - Chromo late 19th-20th century / Bridgeman Images
PCT4283347: Radical-Socialists (socialist radicals): cartoon by Achille Lemot (1846-1909) in Le Pelerin (1909) - a worker crashes under the burden of taxes, taxes and inconveniences resulting from the mismanagement of the government and Georges Clemenceau - strikes, demonstrations, deficit, anticlericalism, disasters theft, confiscation, evictions, Dreyfus case..., Lemot, Achille (1846-1909) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4284269: Letter letter letter C by Montader, opening the first chapter of Paul Largilliere's book “” Cerisette”, late 19th century. The illustration on this first page is boldly housed inside and above this gigantic letter occupying the height of about fifteen lines of the text - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4284879: frontispiece of the book: “” Les voyages de Gulliver””” by Jonathan Swift, French edition Parmantier 1826 in two volumes - “” I was tied to the ground with very thin ligatures by arms, legs and hair”” - Gulliver a Lilliput - adventures - giant - Lilliput - Lilliputiens - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4284907: Unsigned illustration for the musical score of a work by Emile Fischer entitled “Polka des hamteaux””, late 19th - early 20th century - this anonymous composition evokes as much the inventions of the precursor Grandville as those of future surrealists such as Max Ernst -, Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4285082: The depute makes a speech at the regional agricultural competition (honour and gastronomy) - the first prize is a rooster, the prize of honour a pig (pig) still alive despite a knife plant in the echine and a piece of meat already cut on its back - Drawing (caricature) by Albert Robida (1848-1926) in his book “The twentieth century” (20th century) edition Decaux 1884 - political - politician - elected -, Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4285562: Illustration of the book by Leo Taxil and J. Vindex “Marat ou les heros de la revolution””, Librairie anti-clericale (anti clerical, anticlerical) 1883 - Revolution Francaise - prison - Queen Marie Antoinette (Marie Antoinette) imprisoned at the Temple wrote a letter to La Fayette and handed it over to the municipal officer Lepitre - Cardon - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4285713: Illustration of the book by Leo Taxil and J. Vindex “Marat ou les heros de la revolution””, Librairie anti-clerical (anti-clerical, anticlerical) 1883 - Revolution Francaise - transport to the Mint of sacred utensils from the churches (crosses, statues of saints, chalices, orstensoirs, ciboires, reliquaries, etc.) this useless gold - religion - outrage - blaspheme - sacrilege act - Cardon engraving - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4285753: First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): three French soldiers (hairy) layers inside their “cagna” (makeshift shelter in the trench, made of recuperation materials) - a play of checkers, books and victuals (bottles of sparkling wine and dry cakes) sent by the families of the fighters - trench - front - negative photographic anonymous, private collection - see similar view: GUT6662 -, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4285758: First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): French soldier (hairy) at rest, lying in his cagna (makeshift shelter brought in the trenches of the front or near). In the foreground: the famous Pigeon lamp, working with mineral essence and able to illuminate for more than 15 hours - Anonymous negative of the period., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4286503: War of 14-18 (1914-1918) - Stereoscopic photographic glass plate LSU (L.S.U. Universal Stereoscopy): Argonne, drum of 90 in action - cannon, gunners, gunners, artillery - The editors during the First World War, published in newspapers calls for hairy people to transmit their photos. These produced in large quantities were sold by the publishing companies. LSU is one of the most important (if not the most) for the sale of these series of positive glass clicks -, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4286504: War of 14-18 (1914-1918) - Stereoscopic photographic glass plate LSU (L.S.U. La Stereoscopie Universelle): stage under the snow of French soldiers in Artois - The editors during the First World War, published in newspapers calls for hairy people to transmit their photos. These produced in large quantities were sold by the publishing companies. LSU is one of the most important (if not the most) for the sale of these series of positive glass clicks -, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4286613: First World War 14-18 (1914-1918) - Our Blue Devils in Alsace (Alpine Hunter) - The Alpine Hunters set up a canteen (cambuse - cagna) among the trees and humorously named it “Hotel Alpin” (sign) - French army - restaurant - postcard ELD (E. Le Deley), Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4286630: La legende de Sainte Odile (Odile de Hohenbourg, ca. 662- ca. 720) pulling out a spring from the rock - Illustration by Joseph Kuhn Regnier (Kuhn-Regnier) (1873-1940) for “Legendes et contes d'Alsace”, ed. Fernand Nathan debut 20th century - Mont Sainte Odile -, Kuhn-Regnier, Joseph (1873-1940) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4286722: Franco-German War of 1870 - 1871 - France, Prussians - Illustration of the book by Emile Lavisse “Tu seras soldat”, Armand Colin 1899 - History of a French soldier, stories and patriotic lecons of military training and education - German soldiers and officers invaded a French house. They plunder food supplies and drive the inhabitants to ripple before burning the house - / Bridgeman Images