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PCT4288608: Cadaques: Portlligat (Port Lligat) - In front of the house of the painter Salvador Dali (Casa Dali) you can see this old fishing boat with a cypre forming the mat, without knowing whether the tree has grown through the boat, or whether the latter has been demanted and rebuilt around the trunk - Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain - photo Patrice Cartier -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
LSE4331216: The departure of the Alert sleds, ship of the polar expedition, drawing by Riou, to illustrate the story of a voyage to the polar sea in 1875-1876, by Captain G.S.Nares. Engraving in Le tour du monde, 1878, directed by Edouard Charton, Paris. Selva Collection., Riou, Edouard (1833-1900) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332090: portrait of the author and traveler Edmondo de Amicis (1846-1908), Italian writer, engraving by E.Ronjat, to illustrate the story of Morocco by Edmondo de Amicis, in 1875, published in the tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1879, Paris. Selva Collection., Ronjat, Etienne Antoine Eugene (b.1822) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332204: Children's dances in Marken (Netherlands), engraving after a drawing by E.Ronjat, to illustrate the story of the Neerlande, by Charles de Coster, in 1878, published in the tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1880, Paris. Selva Collection., Ronjat, Etienne Antoine Eugene (b.1822) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4282905: Excerpt from the almanac Hachette 1916 (“small popular encyclopedia of practical life” during the First World War 1914-1918 - 14-18): comparison of the food needs of the civilian and the soldier - The soldier consumes more than double meat than the civilian (164 kilos per year versus 73 kg, or 450 grams per day versus 200 gr), accompanied by 750 grams of bread per day - this meat is served in sliced cans in the form of so-called “monkey” - food - meat diet - consumption / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332384: The cafe at the convent, engraving by the author, to illustrate his story Les Meteores (Greek monasteres), by M. de Dree, circa 1860, published in the Tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1881, Paris. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4283082: Panel of La Morale by example by Lecerf and Dumoulin (Librairie d'Education Nationale) early 20th century - “” Work ensures well-being and leads to honor””: social duties, fraternity in study - students of the faculty of letters meet workers going to adult classes of the Popular University - A teacher of letters shakes the hand of a worker - hand handle - salute - respect - politeness; two children welcome a lady - The boy greets her by discovering herself (removing her beret) and the girl brings her a chair to sit - Devouement: one child saves from drowning another child falls into the water of a river (from a canal) - danger of lying: illustration of the adage “” shouting wolf”” - young shepherd of sheep (sheep) attacked by a wolf / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332530: The Sova Mavanda (king), surrounded by his men who psalmodify a monotonous song, dancing in front of the major. Engraving by Emile Bayard, to illustrate the story how I've traversed Africa, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean, by Major Serpa Pinto, in 1877-1878, published in the Tour du monde, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1881, Paris. Selva Collection., Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332552: The estaminet, a typical place of conviviality and sociability in Brussels. Engraving by J. de la Hoese, to illustrate the story of Belgium by Camille Lemonnier, published in the tour du monde, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), Paris, 1881. Selva Collection., Hoese, Jean de la (1846-1917) / Bridgeman Images