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The Church at Moret, Evening by Sisley
An 1894 oil on canvas, The Church at Moret, Evening, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. Sisley painted this work at Moret-sur-Loing as part of a series to show the changing...
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Woman with a Pearl Necklace by Cassatt
An 1879 oil on canvas, Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. In the 19th century, society still generally frowned upon women becoming artists...
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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Seurat
An 1884-6 oil on canvas, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, by Georges Seurat (1859-1891), the French pointillist painter. The Grande Jatte is a narrow island in the Seine...
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
Louise-Antoine, Compte de Bougainville (1729-1811) was a French explorer and former army colonel, who was also a brilliant mathematician. He was a contemporary of Captain James Cook (1728-1779) and a protegée of Madame...
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The Route of the St Jean Baptiste and the Endeavour around the North Cape of New Zealand
The route of the St Jean Baptiste and Captain James Cook's Endeavour around the North Cape of New Zealand in December 1769.
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Jean-François de Surville
Jean-François de Surville (1717-1770) was a French explorer and merchant captain. He sailed with the French India Company before serving in the French navy during the Seven Years' War (1756–1763). In 1767, he commanded...
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Dumont d'Urville
Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) was born at Condé sur Noireau, Normandy, France. He was a French explorer and navigator who made three voyages of discovery to Aotearoa New Zealand between 1827 and 1840. Dumont...
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The Comte d'Artois, Later Charles X of France
Charles Philippe de France, comte d'Artois (1757-1836), during the French Revolution, oil on canvas painting by Henri-Pierre Danloux, 1798. As the youngest brother of King Louis XVI, Artois was one of...
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The Great Fear
Image depicting the Great Fear, a general panic that swept France from late July to early August 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution. Bands of peasants raided abbeys and seigneurial estates, refusing to pay tithes and...
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Villas at Villers sur Mer by Caillebotte
An 1880 oil on canvas, Villas at Villers sur Mer, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. Even in this unlikely scene, Caillebotte manages to include a trademark diagonal. (Private...
