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PCT4297028: Preparation of a representation of the play Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) - engraving (1874) by August von Kreling (1819-1876) - actors (comedians), accessorists (machinists), blower and director during a repetition in the presence of the author who is still working on his text - theatre metiers, comedy - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297144: Colorized postcard of the period, showing a scene of the silent film “” Faust “” by Gaumont (sound and speaking thanks to the chronophone process) - The various paintings this adaptation to cinema (made between 1903 and 1906) are taken from the opera by Charles Gounod (libretto by Jules Barbier), himself inspired by Goethe's play - Quartet du jardin ( third act): Doctor Faust, Margarita, Mephistopheles and Lady Martha, governess of Margarita - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297172: From left to right, guitarist and bassist Ron Wood (Ronnie, Ronald David Wood), singer Rod Steward, keyboarder Ian McLagan (1945-1994) and bassist and singer Ronnie Lane (1946-1997) gather on stage and sing together at a concert of the British rock and Roll (Rock & Roll) band The Faces in 1972 - photo Urve Kuusiusius K- / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297220: Hurricane in Martinique the ruins of the Dillon factory (rum distillery) after the cyclone of August 1891. In the 19th century, four cyclones were ahead of the Caribbean coast: On September 3, 1804, a raz de maree caused by a cyclone hit the Martinique coast. At Saint-Pierre, seventeen boats sink or are thrown at the coast. At Fort de France, seven ships disappeared in the harbor. On July 23, 1813, a hurricane blowing from the northwest passed north of Martinique. The churches of Robert and Macouba were destroyed as well as many houses. In Saint-Pierre, warehouses and shops set up on the seafront are carried away by the waves. In the harbor about 40 boats are sinking. On the night of September 4 to 5, 1883, a new cyclone hit Martinique. At Saint-Pierre, twenty boats are thrown at the coast and many roofs are torn by the wind. At Morne Rouge, most buildings are damaged. In St. Mary the roof of the church is partly washed away, and from Carbet to Lamentin the plantations are either flooded or torn by the wind. On the night of August 18 to 19, 1891, a powerful cyclone ravaged Fort de France and much of the island. More than 400 people died during this cyclonic episode and more than 60,000 were homeless, more than one third of the population of the period (175,000 inhabitants). Economically, the cyclone is a disaster. Banana and sugar cane plantations were ravaged, as were most sugar and rum factories - engraved by the Journal des voyages 1891 - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297385: Carnival of Limoux Languedoc-Roussillon, France - Carnival of Limoux (11, Aude, Languedoc, Occitanie): exit of the Meuniers (with their whips) in the city center, on the first day of Carnival - a Meunier masks “” china”” an inhabitant - masquerade, disguisise - Photo Patrice Cartier - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297448: Homage from a Johnny Hallyday fan. On the day of the announcement of the disappearance of the singer (December 6, 2017, the postmark of La Poste being authentic), one of his admirers sends another fan a postage letter with a stamp with the effigy of their idol. See also ref. GUT9368. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297449: Homage of a fan to Johnny Hallyday: on the day the singer's disappearance is announced (died on the night of December 5-6, 2017), one of his admirers sends another fan a postage letter with a fictional stamp with the effigy of their idol, accole to another stamp representing the Eiffel Tower. Two French monuments! N.B. For the sake of confidentiality, the name and address on the envelope have been changed. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297524: Portrait of man in the mid-19th century (between 1840 and 1850): daguerreotype. Photo on copper plate covered with a layer of silver, directly exposed to light using a camera obscura. This is the first photographic method employed commercially. Patrice Cartier Collection - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297536: First World War 1914-1918 (War 14-18). American sailors sailing at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the Grand Defile de la Victoire (Fete, fetes de le Victoire) July 14, 1919 - American soldiers sailors during grand victory parade, Paris, France, July 14, 1919 - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297539: Monument raised to the memory of Aristide Boucicaut (1810-1877) in front of his home in Belleme (Orne) - A. Boucicaut and his wife Marguerite, traders, entrepreneurs and philanthropists, are the creators of the department stores of Bon Marche - the sculptor of the bust, Henri Chapu, put the bump that afflicted him on the right temple and which is the origin of the popular expression “” busse du commerce “” - postcard beginning 20th century - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297579: Monument raised by his friends to the memory of Aristide Boucicaut (1810-1877, entrepreneur and businessman) in his hometown of Belleme (Orne) - A. Boucicaut and his wife Marguerite, traders and philanthropists, are the creators of the department stores of Bon Marche - the sculptor of the bust, Henri Chapu, has shown on the right temple of the man of business the bump that afflicted him and that is at the origin of the popular expression “” busse du commerce “” - postcard ND beginning 20th century - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297748: The great comet of October 1528 describes and thus figured by Ambroise Pare in his “Book of Monsters and Wonders”” (1573): “The elders have left us by escrit that the face of Heaven has been so many times defigured of bearded Comettes, hair, torches, torches, coulonnes, spears, shields, battle of nukes, dragons, duplication of Moons & Suns, & other things... This Comette is so horrible and unbearable, that it provoked so great terror to the vulgar that none of them died of fear. The others got sick. This strange Comette lasted an hour & a quarter, and commended to perform from the coste of the rising sun, then fired towards the midnight. It appears to be of excessive length, and if it is of blood color. At the top of this one sees the figure of a curved arm, holding a great espee in the hand as if he had wanted to strike. At the end of the tip there were three estoiles. But the one that is right on the tip, is clearer and brighter than the others. At both sides of this comet's rays, he sees himself a great number of axes, cousteals, espees, bloodshed, parmy which there were many hideous human faces with beards, and hair hairise, as seen by this figure.” Ambroise Pare reproduces in reality a description and an engraving published in 1560 by Pierre Boaistuau (or Pierre Launay) in his “Histoires prodigieuses”, copying those published in 1557 by Conradus Lycosthenes (in fact the German erudit Conrad Wolfhart), who draws these elements from a book published the same year by astrologer Peter Zer- celestial prodigy, sword, mysterious star, mystery, meteore - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297813: A dish from the south of France: Cassoulet, a traditional recipe for stew from the south west (Southwest, Languedoc, Midi-Pyrenees, Occitanie) - beans (white bean), Toulouse sausage, poultry confit and pork meat, cooked in a terrine (cassole). There are special recipes for three cities competing for the paternity of this Occitan feast: Castelnaudary, Carcassonne and Toulouse - meals, local cuisine, tradition, Midi - photo Patrice Cartier - see also GUT2289, 2290 and 2291 - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297839: Hand holding a small blank pinch, which the image user can fill by writing a text of his choice and directing the image horizontally, panel to the right or left. Specimen of “” mat-partout”, printing character late 19th or early 20th century - printing, writing, information, demonstration - / Bridgeman Images
XEE4417358: A representation of the goddess of chance Fortune (Fortuna), she decides the good and evil of human beings, holds a horn of abundance, and stands on a wheel. (Representation of Fortuna, goddess of luck, she decides about what happen to human beings, she holds a cornucopia and stand on a wheel). From “Mythology of Youth” by Pierre Blanchard 1803., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4417371: Representation of centaur Chiron, half man half horse, master of archery, he teaches this art in Achilles. (Representation of the centaur Chiron (Cheiron or Kheiro), half human half horse. He teachs the young Achille the art of archery). From “Mythology of Youth” by Pierre Blanchard 1803., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images