- A Drive in a Whiskey
- Seated Lady
- Remains of roman amphitheatre
Remains of roman amphitheatre, Rue Monge, discovered in 1869. - 1798
- Passengers changing cars
- French Lady
- At the Races on the Champ de Mars
- Napoleon as Emperor
He was scheming to make himself a real emperor, with a crown upon his head and all his rivals and school-fellows and friends at his feet. This could give him no fresh power that he did not already exercise, but it would be more splendid—it would astonish his mother. What response was there in a head of that sort for the splendid creative challenge of the time? But first France must be prosperous. France hungry would certainly not endure an emperor. - 1798
- Cossack Encampment on the Champs-Élysées
- Francis I
Charles realized that his great empire was in very serious danger both from the west and from the east. On the west of him was his spirited rival, Francis I; to the east was the Turk in Hungary, in alliance with Francis and clamouring for certain arrears of tribute from the Austrian dominions. - A Lady at Play
The court of France was, at this period, the most depraved in morals, the grossest and most unpolished in manners, of any in Europe. The women of the bourgeoisie, envious of the great ladies, called them dames à gorge nue; and the latter retaliated by designating the women of the people as grisettes, because of their gray (grises) stockings,—a name retained almost down to the present day. In the sittings of the États Généraux, the President, Miron, complained bitterly of the excesses of the nobility, the contempt for justice, the open violences, the gambling, the extravagance, the constant duels, the "execrable oaths with which they thought it proper to ornament their usual discourse." - Lady with Umbrella
- Lady
- Femme-de-la-cour and foundling
Femme-de-la-cour (Lady of the Court) and foundling - Preparing for conquest
- Vigier's Baths
- Paris Scene
- A Public Room at Frascatis
A Public Room at Frascatis - The first Switchback
The first Switchback 1799 - View of the two panoramas and of the passage between them
View of the two panoramas and of the passage between them 1810 - Louis XVI on the leads of the temple
After an engraving of the period. - The Boulevard 'Des Petits Spectacles'
The Boulevard 'Des Petits Spectacles' 1808 - A gathering in the Luxembourg Gardens
A gathering in the Luxembourg Gardens 1800 - Steel Corset worn in Catherine's time.
The most extensive and extreme use of the corset occurred in the 16th century, during the reign of Catherine de Medici of France and Queen Elizabeth of England. With Catherine de Medici a thirteen-inch waist measurement was considered the standard of fashion, while a thick waist was an abomination. No lady could consider her figure of proper shape unless she could span her waist with her two hands. To produce this result a strong rigid corset was worn night and day until the waist was laced down to the required size. Then over this corset was placed the steel apparatus shown in the illustration on next page. This corset-cover reached from the hip to the throat, and produced a rigid figure over which the dress would fit with perfect smoothness. - Crossbowmen
The centre figure is winding up his windlass crossbow behind the shelter of a shield. From Manuscript, Froissarts ' Chronicles.' The larger shields, which were carried before the knights (by their pages) when on the march, and which were propped up in front of them as a protection from arrows in a battle or a siege, were known as pavises or mantlets. - The Wooden Gallery in the Palais-Royal
The Wooden Gallery in the Palais-Royal 1803 - The Delights of the Malmaison
The Delights of the Malmaison A saunter through the park in 1804 - In the Gallery of the Palais-Royal
- The Perron of the Palais-Royal
The Perron of the Palais-Royal - 1807
1807 - The Picture Exhibition at the 'Salon'
The Picture Exhibition at the 'Salon' - Waiting for the Saint-Cloud Coach
Waiting for the Saint-Cloud Coach Place de la Concorde 1806 - 1798
1798 - The Tuleries in 1802
The Tuleries in 1802 - 1813
- Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign
Says Holland Rose, quoting Thiers, this Egyptian expedition was “the rashest attempt history records.” Napoleon was left in Egypt with the Turks gathering against him and his army infected with the plague. Nevertheless, with a stupid sort of persistence, he went on for a time with this Eastern scheme. He gained a victory at Jaffa, and, being short of provisions, massacred all his prisoners. Then he tried to take Acre, where his own siege artillery, just captured at sea by the English, was used against him. Returning baffled to Egypt, he gained a brilliant victory over a Turkish force at Aboukir, and then, deserting the army of Egypt—it held on until 1801, when it capitulated to a British force—made his escape back to France (1799), narrowly missing capture by a British cruiser off Sicily. - 1804
- Coasack Encampment on the Champs-Elysees
- 1801
- 1804
- Louis XIV, for the first time, receiving his ministers
This moral depravation, naturally, extended downward to the whole court. M. Brentano, who is one of the few French historians who venture to lay disrespectful hands on the grand Roi-soleil, says: "Charles VII was the original source of the crapulous debauchery of the last Valois; he traced the way for the crimes of Louis XIV, and the turpitudes of Louis XV." This, although the higher clergy of the reigns both of Charles and of Louis Quatorze did not fail in their duty, and did denounce openly from the pulpit the sins of these all-powerful monarchs. - 1798
- Lady in house-robe. Period, 1816
Lady in house-robe. Period, 1816 - 1800
- In the Garden of the Tuileries
- 1797
1797 - A gambling hell in the Palais-Royal
A gambling hell in the Palais-Royal 1800 - 1811
- 1797
- 1798
- 1799
- 1799
- The ascension of Montgolfier’s balloon
It was on June 5, 1783 that Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, two French brothers, sent up the first balloon. You can just imagine the amazement it caused when it arose from the ground. - 1804
- 1799
- Two women
- 1799
- 1798
- An appointment at the Cafe des Tuileries