PCT4270102: Spoulga de Bouan (Ariege, Midi Pyrenees, Pays Cathare): remains of a 14th century troglodyte castle belonging to the Lord of Chateau-Verdun (Chateau Verdun), last refuge of the heretics Albigeois chased by the Inquisition. At the beginning of the 21st century, an anonymous hand traces on the wall of the latter refuge a fresco of silhouettes with ochre painting, evoking this dramatic episode of the history of the Midi. Photo by Patrice Cartier, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4269506: Pinocchio by Carlo Chiostri (1863-1939), one of the first Italian illustrators of the work of Collodi (Carlo Lorenzini). Two gendarmes take the wooden puppet. The image on the left is Chiostri's original drawing, the one on the right is the engraving carried out by Adolfo Bongini. We can compare with the same engraved illustration then for the French edition: GUT2729., Chiostri, Carlo (1863-1939) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4270573: cover of the children's book “” Aline in the enchanted forest”” by Pierre de Gastold (pseudonym Told), Touret 1942 edition. Aline and the Elsa Fee, followed by little rabbits. The story, the text, the illustrations, and the first name of the heroine are inspired by the work of Lewis Carroll “Alice in Wonderland”., Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273773: Hunting on the river Teoghe, tributary of the Ngami. Hippo harpoon. Engraving by Gustave Dore illustrating “” les aventures et chasse du voyageur Charles-Jean Anderson dans l'Afrique Australe”, published in the journal “” Le tour du monde”, a new journal of voyages under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1860., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4274009: First World War (1914-1918): Portrait of Douglas Haig, first Earl of Bermersyde, Scottish and English soldier (1861-1928), appointed commander-in-chief of the British forces in France in 1915. Here posing for the photo on his horse on the cover of the newspaper “L'image de la guerre”” n°61, January 1916., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273965: Canal du Midi (Canal des deux mers) - Salleles d'Aude (Aude, Minervois, Languedoc) - Boat (peniche - pinardier) carrying wine barrels, passing a lock. Heclusier. Load on boats, the wine was brought to Sete (Cette) or Bordeaux, in half muids of 600 litres, 220 litre barrels or half pieces of 110 litres. Postcard 1907. / Bridgeman Images