La France Illustrée: Journal Literaire, Scientifique & Religieux (page 1/3)

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Portrait of Włodzimierz Czacki

Włodzimierz Czacki was a Russian Roman Catholic (Papist) priest who became “titular archbishop” of Salamis in the year this picture was printed. [more...] [$]

Monseigneur Roche, Bishop of Gap

Here we have a portrait of a prelate, a French bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Gap; he lived from 1828 to 1880 and was made a bishop in 1879. [more...] [$]

Le Tunnel du Saint-Gotthard.—Machine à perforer, mue par l’air comprimé

A man stands facing left, apparently calm, wearing overcoat and wide-brimmed hat, in an underground tunnel; behind him is a large metal cylindrical tank, horizontal, fitted with railway wheels; to the man’s right are two large wheels, the upper with a handle and the lower toothed; the main is operating the upper wheel. In front of the man is a machine [...] [more...] [$]

Drawn Picture Frame

This engraving of a picture fram would be fabulous for a picture of a loved one. Simply place the PNG file as a layer on top of a person’s photograph (in the free GIMP image editor for [...] [more...] [$]

Vignette: crucifix with skull and prayer book or bible

A tall crucifix (a cross bearing a man being tortured to death) stands on a desk or table; it emanates light, dhining on a book propped open behind it, and on a skull. The skull may represent the miraculously incorrupt head of the saint, or could represent the hill, Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified, as that hill was said to have the shape of a skull. [...] [more...] [$]