- Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia
Nicholas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, the last of the great Marshals created by the Emperor Napoleon. He was unquestionably possessed of extraordinary abilities, fitting him for eminence in many and diverse capacities, but it cannot be said that he was of the first `rank` of illustrious generals, as the world has been led to suppose. - Octave Chanute experimenting with his gliders on the Michigan sand dunes
Octave Chanute, born in France and reared in America, was one of the first men to make a scientific approach to the problem of flying machines. A thorough scientist, he had followed the progress of all flight experiments the world over. He built gliders with one, two, and even five pairs of wings and tested all of them on the sand dunes of Lake Michigan. His most successful glides were made with a biplane glider. In 1894, he published a book called Progress of Flying Machines, which covered all the efforts of men like himself who had experimented with man-carrying gliders and flying machines. - Car of Nadar’s balloon
A still more elaborate and colossal air ship was the Geant, constructed in 1863, for A. Nadar of Paris. It was made of a double layer of white silk, had a volume of 215,000 cubic feet and a buoyancy of 4½ tons. The car was a wicker cabin 13 feet wide by 7 feet high, with a wicker balcony round the top so that the roof could be used as an observation deck—a delightful place to loll in the starlight, or watch the morning sun “flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye.” The closed car comprised two main rooms with a hallway between them, one containing the captain’s bed and baggage, the other having three superposed berths for passengers. Minor divisions of the car were reserved for provisions, a lavatory, photography and a printing press, the latter to be used for the dissemination of news from the sky, as the navigators floated from state to state. A compensator balloon of 3,500 cubic feet, just below the main bag and connected with it, received the escaping gas during expansion with increase of tempera61ture or altitude, and gave it back on contraction. - Preparing for conquest
- A Public Room at Frascatis
A Public Room at Frascatis - View of the two panoramas and of the passage between them
View of the two panoramas and of the passage between them 1810 - The Boulevard 'Des Petits Spectacles'
The Boulevard 'Des Petits Spectacles' 1808 - A gathering in the Luxembourg Gardens
A gathering in the Luxembourg Gardens 1800 - 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 - The Tuleries in 1802
The Tuleries in 1802 - 1813
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- Coasack Encampment on the Champs-Elysees
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- Lady in house-robe. Period, 1816
Lady in house-robe. Period, 1816 - 1800
- A gambling hell in the Palais-Royal
A gambling hell in the Palais-Royal 1800 - 1804
- A walk in the Tuileries Gardens
A walk in the Tuileries Gardens - 1802
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1802 - 1810
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1806 - 1803
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1802 - Little Patriots
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- Costume for young girl. Period, 1821
Costume for young girl. Period, 1821 - 1809
1809 - A check in the Park at Bagatelle
A check in the Park at Bagatelle Hunting dress 1807 - 1805
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1809 - 1810
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1801 - An Opera Ball
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- The Trail of Napoleon
Showing the chief places of importance in his life - Early days of the crinoline - 1855
Early days of the crinoline - 1855 - Ball Costume 1825
Ball Costume 1825 - The Extreme of the Crinoline - 1862
NO radical change in womens' costumes occurrred until the early fifties when what are known as the "Second Empire" styles were introduced. A remarkable feature of the fashions set by Eugenie, the consort of Napoleon III, was the enormous crinoline, of which we have more than once in recent years been threatened with a revival. The monstrous dimensions of women's skirts during the period from 1853 to the early seventies afforded an excellent theme for the pencil of the comic artist, and those who care to search the volumes of "Punch" and other illustrated publications of English and French origin, as well as those produced at the time in this country, will find both exact reproductions and caricatures of this style of costume. - The 1830 Effect
The 1830 Effect - Out for a ride
- French Restoration period - 1823
French Restoration period - 1823 - The 1840 style
The 1840 style - An official ball in the Strassbourg Theatre
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