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XEE4192631: By lifting a door, he showed the husband his own wife lying naked. Louis I of Valois Duke of Orleans (1372-1407), made Raoul d'Ocquetonville believe that a courtesan awaits him in bed. It is in fact the latter's wife, Yolande (known as Mariette) d'Enghien, a veil on his face. Engraving from 1871 in “Histoire Des Cocuses Celebres”” by Henry de Kock (1819-1892)., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4192954: Mucius Scaevola before Porsenna (Mucius Scaevola before Porsenna). Caius Mucius Scaevola, a young Roman patrician captured by the royal guard of Porsenna (Porsinna, Porsena), (Etruscan king, VIth century BC) who siege Rome (Italy), plunged his hand into the fire, in order to prove his determination and courage., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193090: Le Nord (59), Nord Pas De Calais (Nord-Pas de Calais), France. Portrait of Jean Bart (Jan Bart or Jan Baert, 1650-1702) Dunkirk privateer and local speciality: salt, cotton, cod, sulphide, fabrics of Roubaix and Tourcing (textile industry). Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193102: Pas de Calais (62), Nord Pas de Calais (Nord-Pas-De-Calais), France. Local specialities: black soap, dirty fish, cider and tobacco. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193104: L'Aube (10), Champagne Ardenne (Champagne-Ardenne), France. Local speciality: cold cuts, calico, paper, wool and cotton hosiery and breeding. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193130: Department of the Cote d'Or (21) in Burgundy, France. Series on the French Departments. Local speciality: blackcurrant cream, burgundy wine, Dijon mustard. Portrait of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon, (1707-1788) French naturalist. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193144: Seine-Et-Oise (Seine Et Oise), now the department of Essonne (91), Val-d'Oise (Val d'Oise, 95) and Yvelines (78), Ile de France (Ile-De-France), France. Local speciality: flour, soap, oil, enghien water and chemicals. Portrait of General Lazare Hoche (1768-1797) Serie sur les departements francais. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193157: Le Doubs (25), Franche Comte (Franche-Comte), France. Portrait of Georges Cuvier (1764-1832), French paleontologist. Local speciality: kirsch, wormwood, watchmaking, wire and agriculture. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193165: Hautes Alpes (Hautes-Alpes, 05), Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur), France. Local speciality: furskins, game, raptor and butter. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193173: Alpes Maritimes (06), Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur), France. Local speciality: oil, olive oil, honey, jujube, rose essences, oranges, figs, wine (pink) and soap. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193199: L'Ardeche (07), Rhone-Alpes (Rhone Alpes), France. Local speciality: sheets, paper, chestnuts, plaster, gloves and bristles. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193231: Le Puy Du Dome (Puy-Du-Dome, 63), Auvergne, France. Portrait of Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (1768-1800), cutlery, wine, apricot compote. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images