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PCT4272149: The army of Quaresmeprenant. Soldiers are represented as fish, some of which have only the aretes, by reference to Careme's lean (young) meal. Illustration by Albert Robida (1848-1926) for an episode of the Fourth Livre by Francois Rabelais - Librairie Armand Colin debut 20th century., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272195: During the picrocholine wars (against Picrochole), Gant Gargantua received a flock of cannonballs that he drove from his hair with his comb. Illustration by Albert Robida (1848-1926) for an episode based on the work of Francois Rabelais - Librairie Armand Colin debut 20th century., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272230: Photograph taken from the magazine 'Le nu ideal' 1905 (print) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272232: Photograph taken from the magazine 'Le nu ideal' 1905 (print) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272398: Illustration by Gustave Dore for a tale by Charles Perrault: Sleeping Beauty. The princess is gonna sting herself at the cattail of an old woman running away in the spindle., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272621: A dwarf named Fortune, like garlands, participates in a wedding meal. Frontispice of the novel “La Fortune du Poor” by Francois Mussat, edition Mame 1878. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272874: A book that underwent censorship, a forbidden one: Atala Rene (Atala-Rene), the last Abencerage. News by Francois Rene de Chateaubriand (1768-1848). / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272894: Alexandre Dumas pere (1802 - 1870) traveling with a friend. Coppin engraving illustrating the first page of the book “Impressions de voyage” (in Switzerland) 1855. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273043: Harvest in the Gers in the middle of the 19th century. Armagnac brandy. Engraving from “La France Illustree”” by V.A. Malte-Brun (Malte Brun), edition Barba 1870. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273271: Saint Victor (Victricius), archaic of Rouen. Party on August 7. Victor, soldier of the Roman army in the 4th century, refuses to serve an apostate emperor. Page of “” Life of the Saints of the Calendar for Every Day””, mid 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273394: Entertainment and festivities in the Middle Ages (Middle Ages): great knighthood tournament in Rome (Italy) for the coronation of an emperor. Advertising chromolithography (chromo - claim) of Liebig meat extract, late 19th, early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273395: Entertainment and celebrations in the Middle Ages: great regattas in Venice in the presence of the Doge. Advertising chromolithography (chromo - claim) of Liebig meat extract, late 19th, early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273401: Entertainment and celebrations in the Middle Ages (Middle Ages): the winner of a crossbow shooting competition in Switzerland. Advertising chromolithography (chromo - claim) of Liebig meat extract, late 19th, early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273547: Scapin's Furries. Moliere's theatre piece, act 2. This scene is one of the most often represented in the illustrations of the work. Argante, hiding behind Scapin, attends the threats of Silvestre, who shouts with his sword, “” By blood! By the head! if he were there, i would give him a sword in his belly. Who is this man?” Scapin: “It's not him, sir, it's not him.” Illustration of Francois Boucher (1703-1770) engraved by Laurent Cars for the famous edition of 1734 of Moliere's works., Boucher, Francois (1703-70) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273578: Scapin's Furries. Piece of theatre (comedy) by Moliere, act 3, scene 3: Zerbinette and Geronte. The piece, first presented on 24 May 1671, was played 16 consecutive times. Engraving by Janet-Lange, popular Barba edition, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4274023: Practical guide of the French gardener, full treatment of horticulture by Th. Desmoulins, edition Taride 1912., Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4274124: Portrait of Pasquale or Pascal Paoli (1725-1807), Corsican patriot, end of 19th century (chromo) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4274161: Cover of the Great European Military Alphabet (abecedary) - Imaging of Pont-a-Mousson (Pont a Mousson) late 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4274523: The sand merchant has passed! Child asleep after eating. Sleep. “” They say he's a little old man who comes to throw sand at night...” Drawing by Albert Robida (1848-1926) in a book of children's readings 1920-1930., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4274597: Victor Hugo, “The Miserables”. Illustration of A. De Neuville in the frontispiece of volume 5 of the edition Ollendorff 1906: Jean Valjean fled to the gouts of Paris by carrying Marius inanimate on his back. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4274650: Nordic mythology: Songs of Edda, Icelandic legend (chromolithograph), Kuhn-Regnier, Joseph (1873-1940) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4274791: Baby sleeping in his little bed with his dog watching over him. Detail of a 19th century English engraving. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4262298: Illustration for the novel 'Un Autre Monde' by Henri Fournier, 1844 (engraving), Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4262300: Illustration for the novel 'Un Autre Monde' by Henri Fournier, 1844 (engraving), Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4262324: Illustration for the novel 'Un Autre Monde' by Henri Fournier, 1844 (engraving), Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4262481: Pope Urban II (1042-1099) prepped the first Crusade in 1056 at Marmoutier, near Tours. Engraving of a book on the Crusades, editions Alfred Mame & Fils 1892: / Bridgeman Images
PCT4262489: The Knight Tancrede cuts into pieces a band of Saracens, when taking Antioch in 1098. Engraving of a book on the Crusades, editions Alfred Mame & Fils 1892. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4262507: Death of Saint Louis (Louis 9) on 25 August 1270 in Tunis. Engraving of a book on the Crusades, editions Alfred Mame & Fils 1892. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4262593: 3 large Tonkin mandarins (Tong-King, Annam) at the beginning of the 20th century: Quan Bo, Tong-DocCao and Quanam. Photograph by Ch. Lemire published in the magazine “” Around the World”” / Bridgeman Images
PCT4262603: Cartoon of “modern” transport by Gustave Dore around 1850:2 trains hit each other and a passenger train derails and falls from the top of a bridge; a carriage is divided into 2 and overturns after the horse pulling it has been packed; only the wheelchair seems to find grace in the eyes of the artist., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4262605: Tonkin (Tong-King, Annam) at the beginning of the 20th century: Mandarin junk with a young European-looking woman sheltering under an umbrella at the bow (or stern). Photograph by Ch. Lemire published in the magazine “” Around the World”” / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263117: Child returning home with a donkey cap and a “lazy” sign, late 19th century (chromo) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263337: Diligence travel in the Pyrenees, between Spain and France around 1850. Engraving without author identification, illustrating a book from the end of the 19th century: “” Vie de Mme Postel””, by Cardinal Foulon- / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263702: Cover of the illustrated supplement of the Petière Journal n° 882 of 13 October 1907: inundations in the Midi of France (engraving) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263769: Passing the cliff, winter scene. Apsaroke Indians riding along a cliff in the snow on the Pryor River, Montana. Photo taken from volume 4 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263784: A dandy piegan. Around 1855, the young men began to make a parting in their hair from one temple to the other and to curl their back with a wand of a pre-heated rifle. Some made nates, others didn't. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images