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

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Some engravings from the art magazine La France Illustrée: Journal Littéraire, Scientifique et Religieux from 1878/1879. This was printed in Prais by the Printer of the Apprentice Orphans (Imprimerie des apprentis-Orphelins (Fondation des orphelins apprentis d’Auteuil) for L. Roussel.

This is a large book, since it was originally a newspaper; one consequence is that the images are available in larger sizes than usual.

Title: La France Illustrée: Journal Literaire, Scientifique & Religieux

Author: Roussel, L.

Published by: Imprimerie des apprentis-Orphelins (Fondation des orphelins apprentis d'Auteuil)

City: Paris

Date: 1878

Total items: 14

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Monseigneur Dabart, bishop of Périgueux and of Sarlat.]

Monseigneur Dabart, bishop of Périgueux and of Sarlat.

A portrait of Nicolas-Joseph Dabert, who was bishop of Périgueux in Dordogne in France from 1863 to 1901. He wrote a number of books, of which a history of Saint [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Harvest Time]

Harvest Time

Les Vendages, Drawing by Yan’ Dargent. [more...] [$]

[picture: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary]

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

St.Elizabeth of Hungary (1207 – 1231) is a patron saint of bakers, beggars, brides, charities and of the death of children. She was a princess and at the age of sixteen was taught by Franciscan friars; she wore simple clothes and distributed bread to the poor. The main scene illustrated in this picture is when her brother-in-law accused her of stealing [...] [more...] [$]

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

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...] [$]

[picture: Trop tard!]

Trop tard!

A young man, barefoot and dressed in rags, is half-kneeling, his head i his hands, at a bench in front of an enclosed bed, on which sleeps, or perhaps is dead, an old man. A priest holding a book looks disdainfully at the boy, who by the walking-bag and hat on [...] [more...] [$]


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