XEE4191254: The Marquis de Nangis (interpreted by Dumaine) and Marion (by Sarah Bernhardt) imploring King Louis XIII (Garnier). Theatre piece “” Marion Delorme””, drama by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) depicts at the theatre of the door of Saint Martin after being banned by censorship for two years. Marion Delorme (Marie de Lon also known as maiden de Lorme (1611-1650) was a courtesan of great beauty. Engraving in “” Le Monde illustrious””, 1886. Private collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193131: La Seine Inferieure, now Seine Maritime (76), Haute Normandy (Haute-Normandie), France. Local specialities: cotton, cider, saur herring. Portrait of Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193160: L'Aude (11), Languedoc Roussillon (Languedoc-Roussillon), France. Local specialte: Wine, flour, leather, figs and sheets. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193018: First World War 1914-1918: nurse (Therese Pavillou?) in a blouse on the grave of French pilot sergeant Roux, who died at the age of 21, at Couville, Manche, Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy), France. Anonymous photograph July 1917. Private collection, Stella., Anonymous / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193097: Le Calvados (14) Basse Normandy (Lower Normandy), France. Portrait of Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) French explorer. Local speciality: cod, lace, cheese, brandy, herring, butter, fishing and canvas. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193125: Department of Seine and Marne (Seine-Et-Marne, 77), Ile de France (Ile-De-France), France. Local speciality: chocolate factory Menier chocolaterie in Noisiel sur Marne (Noisiel-sur-Marne), glassware, millstone. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193181: Lot et Garonne (Lot-et-Garonne, 47), Aquitaine, France. Tobacco factory, turkey breeding, wine, corks, plums, brandy, therebentine gasoline. Portrait of Bernard Germain Etienne de Laville-sur-Illon, Count of Lacepede (or de la Cepede, 1756-1825). Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4150147: Isabella of Bavaria (1371-1435) entering Paris in 1389 - Entree de la Reine de France Isabeau (Isabelle, Elisabeth) de Baviere (1371-1435) a Paris - Engraving of 1842 in “Histoire des popes: crimes, murders, poisonings, parricides, adulteres, incest...” by Maurice Lachatre - Collection privee, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images