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XEE4417205: Representation of Clio, muse of History, as a young girl crowned with laurels, holding in her hand a roll of papyrus to record historical facts (Clio (or Kleio), muse of History, crowned with laurels and holding a parchment scroll). From “Mythology of Youth” by Pierre Blanchard 1803., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4417209: Myth of the Ages of Humanity: representation of the Golden Age, as a young virgin with perfect beauty, crowned with flowers and holding a horn of abundance (Golden Age depictes as a young and pretty woman, holding a cornucopia and crowned with flowers). From “Mythology of Youth” by Pierre Blanchard 1803., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4417317: Representation of Parques (Cabinets), Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, deities of human destiny, from birth to death, as very old women spinning. (Parcae, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, personification of human destiny, represented as old women spinning). From “Mythology of Youth” by Pierre Blanchard 1803., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4288210: Campaign of Egypt, 1798: At the foot of the pyramids, the soldiers of the army of General Bonaparte look at the grave hieroglyphs on the wall of a temple - a young drum wrote from above: “” live the Republic “” - egyptology - graffiti - tag - Illustration of Job (Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville) (1858-19131) for the book “La Cantiny” “” by G. Montorgueil, circa 1900 - Napoleonic countryside - egyptology - Napoleon -, Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4288344: Bertrand-Francois Mahe de La Bourdonnais (1699-1753), French admiral, administrator at the service of the Compagnie francaise des Indes Orientales and governor of the Mascareignes - engraving of the book “Les colonies perdues” by Charles Canivet - bookshop Furne & Jouvet 1896 - French colonies, colonialism - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4288354: Portrait of Rolland Michel Barrin, Count of La Galissoniere (1693 - 1756) naval officer, colonial administrator and French aristocrat of the 17th and 18th centuries. He was governor of New France from 1747 - 1749 - engraving of Charles Canivet's book “Les colonies perdues” - bookshop Furne & Jouvet 1896 - French colonies, colonialism - / Bridgeman Images