Du Collection (page 5)

Costume of Coutances
5855733 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Costume of Coutances. While the woman in Plate 25 wore an everyday bonnet, this woman is wearing a demi-pare bonnet - the bavolet was for the finest)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855714 Costume of St. Valery en Caux.; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. The decoration of the bonnet is unlike anything we've seen at Rolleville or Bolbec)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855713 Costume of St. Valery en Caux; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. The bonnet is larger but not as tall as that of Bolbec, and the chignon is shorter)

Decorative botanical print with rubber tree, dogwood, loquat and spotted laurel
5855558 Decorative botanical print with rubber tree, dogwood, loquat and spotted laurel; (add.info.: Five shrubs, including caoutchouc or rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)

Mlle. Boulard in "La Fiancee du Diable" at the Opera Comique
5855471 Mlle. Boulard in "La Fiancee du Diable" at the Opera Comique.; (add.info.: Mlle. Boulard in "La Fiancee du Diable" at the Opera Comique)

Mlle. Decroix as Ekimonna in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique
5855463 Mlle. Decroix as Ekimonna in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique; (add.info.: Mlle. Decroix as Ekimonna in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique)

Mlle. Alphonsine as Pouponetta in "Les Sept Merveilles du Monde" at La Porte St. Martin. "
5855447 Mlle. Alphonsine as Pouponetta in "Les Sept Merveilles du Monde" at La Porte St. Martin. "; (add.info.: Actress and courtesan Mlle)

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) in Finland, 1736. 1874 (engraving from Vies des Savants Illustres du)
540692 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) in Finland, 1736. 1874 (engraving from Vies des Savants Illustres du XVIIIe Siecle, Louis Figuier, Paris); (add.info.: In 1736 Maupertuis)

Balloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris, at night, to carry dispatches out of besieged city during Franco-Prussian War
530519 Balloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris, at night, to carry dispatches out of besieged city during Franco-Prussian War

A hussar in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique
5855470 A hussar in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique; (add.info.: A hussar in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique)

Mlle. Duprez as Catherine in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique
5855467 Mlle. Duprez as Catherine in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique; (add.info.: Mlle. Caroline Duprez as Catherine in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique)

Mocker as Danilowitz in L'Etoile du Nord at the Opera Comique
5855466 Mocker as Danilowitz in L'Etoile du Nord at the Opera Comique.; (add.info.: Mocker as Danilowitz in Meyerbeer's comic opera L'Etoile du Nord (The North Star)

Mlle. Lefevre as Prascovia in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique
5855465 Mlle. Lefevre as Prascovia in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique; (add.info.: Mlle. Lefevre as Prascovia in "L'Etoile du Nord" at the Opera Comique)

Mlle. Rosati in "Les Boucaniers" at the Academie Imperiale du Musique
5855461 Mlle. Rosati in "Les Boucaniers" at the Academie Imperiale du Musique.; (add.info.: Mlle. Rosati in "Les Boucaniers" at the Academie Imperiale du Musique)

Henry Du Pre Labouchere, 1831 - 1912
3083180 Henry Du Pre Labouchere, 1831 - 1912.; Private Collection; (add.info.: English politician, writer, publisher and theatre owner)

Cauchoise
5855663 Cauchoise; (add.info.: A country servant woman from Yvetot wearing tall hat, bodice, shawl and scarlet skirt. The people of the ancient province of Normandy eat well: bread, vegetable soup)

Costume of Pont-Leveque
5855745 Costume of Pont-Leveque.; (add.info.: Costume of Pont-Leveque, Calvados. This woman wears bonnet of her village on top of a cornet "a la Parisienne." The cornet is decorated with)

Costume of Cherbourg
5855740 Costume of Cherbourg; (add.info.: Costume of Cherbourg. This young woman appears to be from a rich family. In Cherbourg, the bavolet bonnet is only worn by old women)

Costume of Saint-Lo
5855732 Costume of Saint-Lo; (add.info.: Costume of Saint-Lo. A young woman of a higher class than the person in Plate 74)

Woman of Polet, Dieppe, dressed for a festival
5855730 Woman of Polet, Dieppe, dressed for a festival; (add.info.: Woman of Polet, Dieppe, dressed for a festival. The simple headdress is difficult to reconcile with the decoration of the clothes)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855719 Costume of St. Valery en Caux; (add.info.: Costume of a woman of St. Valery en Caux. Again the simple bonnet, this time covered with a striped toile)

Young girl from Villers-Bocage
5855712 Young girl from Villers-Bocage; (add.info.: Young girl from Villers-Bocage. A new and very coquettish way to fix the tails of the bonnet)

Costume of Rolleville
5855694 Costume of Rolleville; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Rolleville. Side view of the tall bavolet bonnet. The decorations on the front)

Costume of Bolbec
5855692 Costume of Bolbec; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Bolbec. Tradeswoman in blue dress, lace shawl and bonnet. Bolbec is a town seven leagues from le Havre with a population of 5,500)

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855689 Costume of Bois d'Embourg.; (add.info.: Young woman in the costume of Bois d'Embourg, three leagues from Rouen. She wears a tall bavolet bonnet with long tails)

Tradeswoman of Rouen
5855672 Tradeswoman of Rouen; (add.info.: Tradeswoman of Rouen wearing a bonnet called a bavolet. She wears a chocolate brown dress and carries an umbrella)

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1894), French chemist, demonstrating his discovery of oxygen, 1776
539933 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1894), French chemist, demonstrating his discovery of oxygen, 1776. 1874 (engraving from Louis Figuier Vies des Savant Illustres du XVIIIe Siecle)

Sailboats in the harbour of Callao in Peru, engraving, 18th century
1721231 Sailboats in the harbour of Callao in Peru, engraving, 18th century; (add.info.: Sailboats in the harbour of Callao in Peru, engraving, 18th century).

House called Beyt-el-Tcheleby, Cairo, Egypt: Facade overlooking the courtyard, 18th century
544823 House called Beyt-el-Tcheleby, Cairo, Egypt: Facade overlooking the courtyard, 18th century. 19th century (lithograph from 'L'Art arabe d'apres les monuments du Caire')

Client: Kamella - Knitwear in Orlon (Du Pont). The little girl is wearing a long-sleeve pinafore/jersey dress in Orlon. The little boy's two-piece suit is also in Orlon. Date: circa 1966

Client: Kamella - Knitwear in Orlon acrylic fibre (Du Pont). Date: circa 1966

La rue du Carrousel, Paris, France in the 19th century
5614317 La rue du Carrousel, Paris, France in the 19th century; (add.info.: La rue du Carrousel, Paris, France in the 19th century. After the painting by J. Canella)

Costume of a woman at the coutnry festival of St. Gorgon, near Rouen
5855669 Costume of a woman at the coutnry festival of St. Gorgon, near Rouen; (add.info.: Costume of a woman at the country festival of St. Gorgon, near Rouen)

Woman from St. Valery
5855662 Woman from St. Valery; (add.info.: Woman of the port of St. Valery, wearing a card bonnet covered in silk and decorated with lace, carrying a basket)

Cauchoise on horseback
5855661 Cauchoise on horseback; (add.info.: Woman from Caux with tall bonnet and lace veils on horseback, wearing the traditional costume)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855717 Costume of St. Valery en Caux; (add.info.: Costume of a fish merchant at St. Valery en Caux. She wears a simple bonnet in toile. The port can be seen in the background)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855716 Costume of St. Valery en Caux.; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. The bonnet is covered with blue silk and black velvet)

Young woman of Bayeux
5855706 Young woman of Bayeux; (add.info.: Young woman of Bayeux. Many things here to note: the wide parting in the hair, the angles of the tails, the green bib over the pink apron)

Costume of Pont l'Eveque
5855699 Costume of Pont l'Eveque; (add.info.: Costume of Pont l'Eveque. The bavolet bonnet differs slightly from that of Lisieux)

Costume of Lisieux
5855698 Costume of Lisieux; (add.info.: Woman in costume of Lisieux. She wears a cotton bonnet decorated with a ribbon. In the background, laundry women wash linen in the river)

Five ornamental plants, including Japanese coralberry, pink ardisia, blue achimenes, crimson achimenes
5855561 Five ornamental plants, including Japanese coralberry, pink ardisia, blue achimenes, crimson achimenes, and golden dewdrop; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants, including Japanese coralberry)

Decorative botanical print with juniper, cedar and spruce
5855560 Decorative botanical print with juniper, cedar and spruce; (add.info.: Five evergreen trees, including juniper tree with berries (Juniperus communis), Lebanon cedar (Cidri lebani)

Dupuis as Noel Plantier in "Le Pressoir" at the Theatre du Gymnase Dramatique
5855454 Dupuis as Noel Plantier in "Le Pressoir" at the Theatre du Gymnase Dramatique.; (add.info.: Bernard Dupuis as Noel Plantier in George Sand's "Le Pressoir" at)

Lesueur as Valentin Pere in "Le Pressoir" at the Theatre du Gymnase Dramatique
5855451 Lesueur as Valentin Pere in "Le Pressoir" at the Theatre du Gymnase Dramatique.; (add.info.: Lesueur as Valentin Pere in "Le Pressoir" at the Theatre du Gymnase)

Costume of Granville
5855761 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. A woman in her finery. It is not necessary to visit Granville to see this costume)

Costume of Vire
5855749 Costume of Vire; (add.info.: Costume of Vire. The bonnet is a bavolet with short tails, the hair is separated at the front and rolled in curls over the temples, with a short chignon)

Servant of Pont-Audemer
5855746 Servant of Pont-Audemer; (add.info.: Servant of Pont-Audemer. Her bonnet is similar to that of Pont l'Eveque, but the back is folded, perhaps a personal twist of the wearer)

Costume of Pont-Leveque
5855744 Costume of Pont-Leveque; (add.info.: Costume of Pont-Leveque, Calvados. The bonnet is similar to that of Lisieux, but not so tall, and the papillon wings are pulled back further)

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