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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...
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Self-portrait with Pith Helmet by Caillebotte
An 1873 oil on canvas, Self-portrait with Pith Helmet, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. (Private Collection)
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The Nap by Caillebotte
An 1877 oil on canvas, The Nap, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. Here the artist takes his interest in bourgeoise leisure activities to its logical conclusion. (Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford...
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Orchids by Caillebotte
An 1893 oil on canvas, Orchids, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. Caillebotte was a keen gardener and he cultivated rare flowers in his greenhouse. (Private Collection)
