19th Collection (page 11)

Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier - portrait standing
3919294 Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier - portrait standing; (add.info.: Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier - portrait standing. Vanity Fair caricature by T)

Temple of the Sibyl, Castle of Pulawy, Poland (engraving)
3600056 Temple of the Sibyl, Castle of Pulawy, Poland (engraving); (add.info.: Castle of Pulawy. Poland. Temple of the Sibyl. Engraving of the 19th century.); PHAS/UIG.

Malbork, Poland, 19th century (engraving)
3600053 Malbork, Poland, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Malbork. Poland. City founded in 13 th century by Teutonic knights with the name of Marienburg)

Spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae, grayling, Hipparchia semele, gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus, and common white wave
FLO4638962 Spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae, grayling, Hipparchia semele, gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus, and common white wave, Cabera pusaria

Puss moth, Cerula vinula, and heath or pearl-bordered likeness fritillary butterfly, Melitaea athalia
FLO4638901 Puss moth, Cerula vinula, and heath or pearl-bordered likeness fritillary butterfly, Melitaea athalia. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Moses Harris from "The

Angle shades moth, Phlogophora meticulosa, oak hook-tip, Watsonalla binaria, Mother Shipton moth, Callistege mi
FLO4638892 Angle shades moth, Phlogophora meticulosa, oak hook-tip, Watsonalla binaria, Mother Shipton moth, Callistege mi, speckled wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria, barred hook-tip

Green hairstreak butterfly, Callophrys rubi, dark green fritillary, Argynnis aglaia
FLO4638801 Green hairstreak butterfly, Callophrys rubi, dark green fritillary, Argynnis aglaia, black oval or lesser silver water beetle, Hydrocharis caraboides

Greasy fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia, high brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe, treble-bar moth, Aplocera plagiata
FLO4638784 Greasy fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia, high brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe, treble-bar moth, Aplocera plagiata, speckled yellow, Pseudopanthera macularia, and crimson and gold moth

Scarce vapourer moth, Orgyia recens, nut beetle, Strophosomus coryli, and mottled umber moth, Erannis defoliaria
FLO4638704 Scarce vapourer moth, Orgyia recens, nut beetle, Strophosomus coryli, and mottled umber moth, Erannis defoliaria

Woman on a horse with whip and silver spurs, delivering a lecture on magnetism with a magnet and iron dish
FLO4671747 Woman on a horse with whip and silver spurs, delivering a lecture on magnetism with a magnet and iron dish, accompanied by a drummer. Entertainers near Orleans cathedral, circa 1815

English postboy with pigtail tied with ribbon and pomade, and large, heavy boots of wood, leather and iron, circa 1815
FLO4671737 English postboy with pigtail tied with ribbon and pomade, and large, heavy boots of wood, leather and iron, circa 1815

Passengers boarding a room pot (hackney cab) near the Tuileries Garden, circa 1815
FLO4671721 Passengers boarding a room pot (hackney cab) near the Tuileries Garden, circa 1815. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Benjamin Rotch's " Manners

A Horse and Mule Palanquin used by the Chinese aristocracy in China in the 19th century
3742704 A Horse and Mule Palanquin used by the Chinese aristocracy in China in the 19th century, from the book From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows pub

Cauchoise
5855659 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Woman of Caux in white dress, tall bonnet with lace tails. All the elegant women of St. Clair are assembled for a harvest festival in an apple orchard)

Servant in Caen
5855701 Servant in Caen; (add.info.: Servant girl in Caen. She wears a tall bavolet bonnet, and carries a basket. In the background can be seen the fish market and part of the church of Saint Pierre)

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855690 Costume of Bois d'Embourg; (add.info.: Costume of Bois d'Embourg. Rear view of the tall bavolet bonnet with lace tails. The model is the mother of the girl in plate 32)

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855688 Costume of Bois d'Embourg; (add.info.: Costume of Bois d'Embourg, three leagues from Rouen. Tall bonnet with lace tails hanging forward over the face)

Costume of Coutances
5855684 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in costume of Coutances. Rear view of a very tall bavolet bonnet showing the artful lacing with pink and silver ribbon)

Oyster shucker of Le Havre
5855681 Oyster shucker of Le Havre; (add.info.: Oyster shucker of Le Havre. She wears a low bonnet decorated with lace only to the ears)

Bouquet-maker at Rouen cathedral
5855678 Bouquet-maker at Rouen cathedral; (add.info.: Bouquet-maker at the plaza in front of Rouen cathedral. She wears a shawl with all its edges decorated and a capuchon)

Pair of honor pistols offered to General Desaix, 1701-1799 (object)
5944673 Pair of honor pistols offered to General Desaix, 1701-1799 (object); 40 cm; Musee-Hotel Bertrand, Chateauroux, France; (add.info)

Pair of pistols that belonged to General Desaix, 18th century (object)
5944654 Pair of pistols that belonged to General Desaix, 18th century (object); Musee d'Art Roger Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand; (add.info)

Louvre restored, Library Pavilion 19th century (engraving)
5944487 Louvre restored, Library Pavilion 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Photo Josse.

View of the Church of St. Eustatius in the 19th century (engraving)
5944434 View of the Church of St. Eustatius in the 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Engraving View of the Church of Saint Eustatius in the 19th century Private Collection)

Description of Egypt: view of the water intake of the Cairo Canal, 18th century (engraving)
5944378 Description of Egypt: view of the water intake of the Cairo Canal, 18th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Engraving Description of Egypt)

Church of Saint Germain l'Auxerrois in the 19th century (engraving)
5942959 Church of Saint Germain l'Auxerrois in the 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Church of Saint Germain l'Auxerrois in the 19th century); Photo © Photo Josse.

The so-called Bishat tower of the St, 19th century (engraving)
5942894 The so-called Bishat tower of the St, 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: The so-called Bishat Tower of St. John's Lateran Commandery of St)

Shining-leaved sage, Salvia formosa
5856393 Shining-leaved sage, Salvia formosa; (add.info.: Shining-leaved sage, Salvia formosa, with scarlet flowers from Peru)

Winged-podded sophora, Sophora tetraptera
5856390 Winged-podded sophora, Sophora tetraptera; (add.info.: Winged-podded sophora, Sophora tetraptera, with pale green flowers)

Bastard foxglove, Maurandya semper florens
5856381 Bastard foxglove, Maurandya semper florens; (add.info.: Climbing maurandya or Bastard foxglove, Maurandya semper florens, with pale lilac flowers)

Received heath, Erica retorta
5856371 Received heath, Erica retorta; (add.info.: Received heath, Erica retorta, with pale pink flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants" (1807)

Ivy-leaved geranium, Geranium pettatum
5856368 Ivy-leaved geranium, Geranium pettatum; (add.info.: Ivy-leaved geranium, Geranium pettatum, with pale lilac and pink flowers)

Snow-white cornflag, Gladiolus blandus (var. B)
5856364 Snow-white cornflag, Gladiolus blandus (var. B); (add.info.: Snow-white cornflag, Gladiolus blandus (var. B), with white flowers tinged with pink and yellow

Day-smelling or sea-green coronilla, Coronilla glauca
5856359 Day-smelling or sea-green coronilla, Coronilla glauca; (add.info.: Day-smelling or sea-green coronilla, Coronilla glauca, yellow flowered shrub with evergreen foliage)

Costume of Granville
5855762 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. A woman in her finery. Rear view of the conine headdress showing the tasteful manner of folding the tails)

Costume of Granville
5855756 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. The women of Granville dress in very fine fabrics, but never wear lace in their bonnets)

Costume of Etrepagny
5855751 Costume of Etrepagny; (add.info.: Costume of Etrepagny. The village is famous for its lace, and we have here a lace-maker. She wears a small bonnet, a very short jacket over a long dress)

Costume of Honfleur
5855750 Costume of Honfleur; (add.info.: Costume of Honfleur. The bonnet is poorly set, but that is the fashion in this region. The port is visible in the background)

Woman of Polet, Dieppe
5855729 Woman of Polet, Dieppe; (add.info.: Woman of Polet, Dieppe. Polet is a suburb inhabited principally by sailors. This woman is in her Sunday best, on her way back from church)

Fish merchant at Dieppe
5855728 Fish merchant at Dieppe; (add.info.: Fish merchant at Dieppe. All the women at the port wear short petticoats. The background shows the main dock)

Costume of the area of Dieppe
5855724 Costume of the area of Dieppe.; (add.info.: Costume of the area of Dieppe. Rear view of a bonnet with its papillon (butterfly) wings folded toward the front, giving it a very different air

Costume of Saint Aubin
5855721 Costume of Saint Aubin; (add.info.: Costume of a woman of Saint Aubin, near Dieppe. Looking at this figure one realizes why the women of Normandy are fond of the bridle that is part of almost)

Young woman of Bayeux
5855708 Young woman of Bayeux; (add.info.: Young woman of Bayeux. The bodice of this dress is much shorter in the back than in the front)

Cauchoise
5855658 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Woman of Caux in white dress, tall blue bonnet with long lace veils, carrying a bouquet of roses in the village of Yvetot)

Costume of Caen
5855700 Costume of Caen; (add.info.: Costume of Caen. The bonnet is of great height, with the veils twisted over the crown of artificial flowers up to a point like a mitre)

Costume of the Dieppe area
5855686 Costume of the Dieppe area; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the Dieppe area. She wears a bonnet covered in silk, set on a velvet band. Her white dress is trimmed with embroidered roses)

Costume of Coutances
5855680 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Coutances, in the department of Manche. She wears a tall bonnet trimmed with lace, a plain red shawl and simple white dress)

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1836-1908
5614449 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1836-1908; (add.info.: Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1836-1908. British statesman of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)

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"19th Century Charm: Exploring the Beauty of Polperro, Cornwall" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the enchanting world of 19th-century Polperro, Cornwall. This captivating coastal village is a treasure trove of history and natural beauty. As you stroll through the narrow streets lined with picturesque houses on the hillside, you'll be greeted by an array of vibrant flowers, including hortensias and lilacs that fill the air with their sweet fragrance. Plate 113 captures a delightful scene from this era - five little girls joyfully playing amidst the charming backdrop of Polperro. Their innocence and laughter echo through time. Hannah Rowett's portrait transports us to around 1860 when her grace and elegance were immortalized on canvas. Her presence adds a touch of refinement to this quaint fishing village. Five young ladies pose gracefully for another snapshot, showcasing both their fashionable attire and the timeless allure of Polperro during the 1860s-1870s. In Plate 127 lies a hidden gem - a wine cellar brimming with aged bottles waiting to be uncorked. Imagine savoring exquisite wines while surrounded by centuries-old stone walls steeped in history. Speaking of masterpieces, we can't forget Ludwig van Beethoven's manuscript page from his String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 dating back to 1806. The delicate notes penned by one of history's greatest composers remind us that art transcends time itself. And let's not overlook Strawberry Wilmots Superb - a delectable treat that tantalizes taste buds even today. This luscious fruit variety has stood the test of time as it continues to delight generations with its sweetness. So come along on this journey through time as we uncover Polperro's rich heritage captured within these glimpses from yesteryears.