EditorialShoving bread into the oven. Mosaic (1st half 3rd CE) from a series showing agricultural work throughout the year, from Saint Romain-en-Gal, France.
EditorialWomen waiting for stage coaches in Paris, 1839. Women in lace bonnets, shawls and wide-sleeved dresses. The courtyard of the Messageries Nationales diligences. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzann...
EditorialLes repr?sentants du peuple en mission pr?s les arm?es, 1791-1797, d'apr?s le d?pot de la guerre, les s?ances de la Convention, les archives nationales : Bonnal de Ganges, Edmond, 1839-1915.
EditorialLes repr?sentants du peuple en mission pr?s les arm?es, 1791-1797, d'apr?s le d?pot de la guerre, les s?ances de la Convention, les archives nationales : Bonnal de Ganges, Edmond, 1839-1915.
EditorialTomb of a knight who had participated in a crusade, with crucifix and cupid. Copied from Aubin-Louis Milin's Antiquites Nationales, 1791. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal P...
EditorialTomb of a knight who had participated in a crusade, with crucifix and cupid. Copied from Aubin-Louis Milin's Antiquites Nationales, 1791. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal P...
EditorialSeal of Raymond VII, count of Toulouse (1197-1249) He was excommunicated by Pope Honorius VIII for his support of the Cathars, but under pressure from the Pope, he became their worst enemy.
EditorialA baby goat. Bone figure from St. Michel d'Arudy, Basses-Pyrenees, France. Superior Magdalenian, beginning of Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic). Size 4 cm.