Louis XIV in pursuit of Louise de la Valliere who had taken refuge after a quarrel in 1662 with the king at the Carmelite convent at Chaillot -
Horace Vernet
Victorien Sardou and his Family in their Drawing Room at Marly-le-Roi, c.1875 -
Auguste de la Brely
The Temple of Vulcan with the Death of Radames and Aida, scene from Act IV of Aida by Guiseppe Verdi 1813-1901 engraved by Fortune Louis Meaulle, 1871 -
Daniel Urrabieta Vierge
Napoleon III (1808-73) Hands Over The Decree allowing the Annexation of the Suburban Communes of Paris to Baron Georges Haussmann (1809-91) in June 1859 -
Adolphe Yvon
Vautrin, illustration for Le Pere Goriot, a novel by Honore de Balzac 1799-1850, published by Rene Kieffer in Paris in 1922 -
Quint
Caricature of Alexandre Dumas pere (1803-70) as a Musketeer, illustration from 'La Marotte', 1868 -
G. Chanoine
Charles-Ferdinand de France 1778-1820 Duc de Berry returning to the Tuileries through the Place Vendome, 1814 -
Nicolas Joseph Vergnaux
The Arrest of Vautrin, illustration for Splendeurs et Miseres des Courtisanes by Honore de Balzac, 1922 -
Quint
Allegory of the 1830 Revolution and the Marseillaise, engraved by the Gihaut brothers, 1830 -
Ary Scheffer
The Entrance to the Musee de Louvre and St. Louis Church, 1822 -
Etienne Bouhot
Riders and Carriages on the Avenue du Bois, c.1900 -
Georges Stein
The Imperial Procession Returning to Notre Dame for the Sacred Ceremony of 2nd December 1804, Crossing the Pont-Neuf -
Jacques Bertaux
And above all else, be good, caricature of a couple talking to their maid before she leaves, c.1820-30 -
Villain
The Cherry Seller, engraved by Philibert Louis Debucourt 1755-1832 -
Carle Vernet
Interior of the Paris post office during the first week of January, the postmen room, engraved by Fortune Louis Meaulle 1844-1901 -
Daniel Urrabieta Vierge