TAD1748269: Hudson Lowe (1769-1844) British general, he was Governor of Saint Helena in 1816-1821, watercolor / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748298: walk of Edmond de Talleyrand and his wife Dorothee of Courlande duchess of Dino , in 1836 in Valencay / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748300: sketch by French architect Villard de Honnecourt (c.1225-c.1250) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748309: the gorges of Franchard in the Forest of Fontainebleau in France, muche visited by George Sand and Alfred de Musset c. 1833-1835 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748310: the gorges of Franchard in the Forest of Fontainebleau in France, muche visited by George Sand and Alfred de Musset c. 1833-1835 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748325: Cartoon about French politician Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), by Gill / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748331: the Penkovsky Affair : Oleg Penkovsky a KGB member standing in the center left, with British businessman Greville Wynne standing in the center right, early 60's / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748332: Visit of French emperor Napoleon III at Passy water wells, drawing by Francois Bonhomme / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748351: The Fox and the Grapes, illustration from 'Fables' by Jean de la Fontaine, 1905-06 (colour litho), Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939) (after) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748370: cartoon against French king Louis Philippe as peacemaker c. 1830-1848, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748388: View of the village Aunay sur Odon in Normandy , France after the Liberation, drawing by Gross / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748394: map the New-France (Virginia estate) in America, dedicated to Colbert (French king's adviser), engraving by Franquelin, 1688 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748395: View of boat in hull , engraving from Atlas of Colbert, 17th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748398: A miser counting his money under look of devil and death, engraving by Abraham Bosse (1602-1676) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748409: scale model by spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, Smolenskaya Moscow Russia, Bofill, Ricardo (b.1939) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748430: Letter from French soldier Paul Breton to Anatole France, in 1917 (sentenced to death he was finally pardonned) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748438: Roger Van der Weyden (c.1400-1464), Flemish painter, also known as Roger de la Pasture and Rogier of Brussels / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748455: Jacques Cathelineau (1759-1793), one of the leaders at the time of the wars of the Vendee, France / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748456: four japanese boats sank by the russian in front of Port Arthur during the russian-japanese war, published in French newspaper march 13, 1904 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748458: cartoon about the entente cordiale in 1904 : arrival of French president Emile Loubet in London, greeted by king Edward VII of England , postcard / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748467: cobbler "who in the past, worked for the aristocracy", engraving by L.Malteste in 1891 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748468: cobbler in the 19th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748470: judges general Cochet, Fuler, president of jury Verin, general Chadebec de Lavalade during the trial of collaborator Pierre Pucheu (1899-1944) in Algiers march 1944 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748473: medal at the effigy of Victor Pisano called Pisanello (1395-1455) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748475: Battle of Dien Bien Phu : Vietminh with 105 mm cannon gun, 1954 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748484: cemetery of the Martyrs in the forest of Maulevrier (it was from the castle of Maulevrier that vendean leader Nicolas Stofflet left early march 1793), at the time of the wars of the Vendee, France, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748486: english army in the desert during the war / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748495: Fonteclose manor in the Vendee, France, house of the Charette family (one of the leaders of the revolt), 18th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748543: poster of the Free France / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748549: women and chldren at the bath, drawing by Primatice 16th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748553: cartoon of the english society c. 1910, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748563: The harbour of Canton, China in 1730 , engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748566: Maurice Thorez , general secretary of the French communist party, here in the 50's / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748582: View of Prague in Czechslovakia in the 19th century, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748596: Armand Behic, French minister of Agriculture and trade, Victor Duruy, French minister of Education , and Paul Boudet, French minister of Interior, appointed june 24, 1863 under NapoleonIII , engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748598: Marshal Philippe Petain and Amiral Darlan attending veterans ceremony in Vichy, France september 04, 1941 / Bridgeman Images