EditorialAntoine Bovy, Louis Phillipe I (1773-1850), King of France 1830-1848, 1842, copper, 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm.), This medal, depicting King Louis Philippe I, commemorates the 1842 establishment of the French Railway System. The neoclassical rendition of Loui...
EditorialCapture of Conde by Louis XIV, Bronze Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: three water jars depicting the Scheldt, Aisne and Haisne rivers with Mercury staff in between, with palm and laurel branch inside, Cond?-sur-l'Escaut, Nord, Loui...
EditorialWoman of Madrid, Spain, 19th century. She wears the traditional black mantilla veil trimmed with blue check and tassels, black basquina dress, and carries a fan. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Loui...
EditorialFashionable woman with fan, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century, Cagnon, Paris, 1875. Original illustration by Francois Loui...
EditorialFashionable bonnet from the era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century, Cagnon, Paris, 1875. Original illustration by Francois Loui...
EditorialWoman in bonnet wtih flowers, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century, Cagnon, Paris, 1875. Original illustration by Claude Loui...
EditorialFlorence. Court of the Palazzo Vecchio and Florence. Pazzi Chapel in the Cloister of Sta. Croce, Courtyard of the Palazzo Vecchio and Pazzi Chapel in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence, signed: Audot edit, Durau sc, Fig. 15, after p. 56, Durau, Loui...
EditorialThe Simmen Valley or the Roetsliberg Cluster, Canton Bern, Glacier view in Simmental, signed: J. H. Koch; A. Zingg, Fig. 12, X, after S. 372, S. 407, Koch, J. H. (gezeichnet nach der Natur); Zingg, Adrian (gegraben), 1759, Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner; Loui...
EditorialPortrait of Louis XIV, King of France Louis XIV in the year 1649 (title on object), Half-length portrait in oval of Louis XIV, king of France at about the age of eleven. He is wearing a harness and a lace collar. In the margin is his family crest, Loui...
EditorialAir pressure rifle, The mechanism of the lock is mounted outwards against an iron plate which in turn is attached to a gold-plated brass lock case, the left side of which also serves as a (removable) screw plate, engraved with rococo style work, a Loui...
EditorialRedingote or Great-Coat Dress Redingote or frock, frock or 'redingote' made of moss green and soft pink silk, consisting of a frock with open skirt (a) and a skirt (b) embroidered with lily of the valley. This dress was worn on October 18, 1881 by Loui...
EditorialDunkirk purchased by the French, Silver Medal. Obverse: bust of a young man (Lodewijk XIV) within a circle. Reverse: Dunkirk in the shape of a kneeling woman offers France a map of the city within a circular, cut off: inscription, Dunkirk, France, Loui...
EditorialLouis XIV allows Philip of Anjou to accept the Spanish crown, Bronze Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: Spanish envoy kneels in front of a new king, whose hand he kisses, in addition Louis in a circular, above inscription, Spain, Loui...
EditorialCapture of Conde by Louis XIV, Bronze Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: three water jars depicting the Scheldt, Aisne and Haisne rivers with Mercury staff in between, with palm and laurel branch inside, Cond?-sur-l'Escaut, Nord, Loui...
EditorialSiege of Strasbourg, emergency coin minted by Louis XVIII, king of France, Copper emergency coin. Obverse: crowned letter L between three lilies within an oak wreath. Reverse: indication of value, year and letters BB within oak wreath, Strasbourg, Loui...
EditorialFran?ois de Lorraine, Duke of Guise and Aumale, Fran?ois de Lorraine, duc de Guise, Duke of Aumalle and Prince of Joinville, signed: Sergent (del.); Mde De Cernel (sculp.); chez Blin, G no. 11, Sergent, Antoine Louis Fran?ois (del.); Cernel, Marie-Loui...
EditorialWoman in the Kiss bonnet, Bonnet au Becquot, with tails hanging behind. Becquot was a slang term for a kiss among the gallants. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzanne's Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of King Loui...
EditorialOponthoud bij de Grotte delle Capre aan de grens bij Nemorosa en Fredda. Halte ? la grotte delle Capre aux confins des deux R?gions Nemorosa & Fredda (title on object). Voyage en Italie, en Sicile et ? Malte - 1778 (series title). Draughtsman: Loui...
EditorialOntwerp op koperen vaas in herberg te Avellino en twee vrouwen in klederdracht. Dessin d'un Vase de Cuivre dans l'auberge d'Avellino, Costumes d'Avellino (title on object). Voyage en Italie, en Sicile et ? Malte - 1778 (series title). Draughtsman: Loui...
EditorialZijaanzicht van Concorde tempel binnen muren van oude Agrigentum. Vue lat?rale du Temple de la Concorde, prise de dessous les murs de l'ancien Agrigentum (title on object). Voyage en Italie, en Sicile et ? Malte - 1778 (series title). Draughtsman: Loui...
EditorialWoman in the Kiss bonnet, Bonnet au Becquot, with tails hanging behind. Becquot was a slang term for a kiss among the gallants. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzanne's Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of King Loui...
EditorialWoman of Madrid, Spain, 19th century. She wears the traditional black mantilla veil trimmed with blue check and tassels, black basquina dress, and carries a fan. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Loui...