UTD6238411: Exiting the Factory, this 1895 short black and white silent film documentary is credited as being the first real motion picture ever made. Also known as Workers Leaving The Lumière Factory in Lyon, it was directed and produced by the Lumière brothers, 1895 (b/w photo), French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4160629: Cardinal Richelieu founding the Academie Francaise, 1635 - Cardinal Richelieu receiving the first academicians - - Fondation de l'Academie Francaise in 1635 by Louis XIII (1601-1643) and Cardinal Richelieu (Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu) (1585-1642)., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4417195: Representation of Janus, deity of the beginning and passages, he is represented with two faces (Janus (or Ianus) is the god of gates, doors, beginnings and endings, represented with two faces and a key). From “Mythology of Youth” by Pierre Blanchard 1803., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images