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Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Herve (Louis Auguste Florimond Ronger), French singer, composer and conductor, 1870

Herve (Louis Auguste Florimond Ronger), French singer, composer and conductor, 1870. Herve (1825-1894) has been credited with inventing the musical genre of operetta in Paris in the 1840s

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradol, French journalist and essayist, 1860

Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradol, French journalist and essayist, 1860. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Gerard de Nerval, French poet, 1855

Gerard de Nerval, French poet, 1855. Nervals (1808-1855) use of dreams and fantasies in his work influenced surrealism. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Coquelin cadet, French actor, 1898

Coquelin cadet, French actor, 1898. Ernest Alexandre Honore Coquelin (1848-1909) was known as Coquelin cadet to distinguish him from his older brother, Benoit-Constant Coquelin (Coquelin aine)

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Paul Feval the Elder, French novelist and dramatist, 1868

Paul Feval the Elder, French novelist and dramatist, 1868. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Francois Clement Sauvage, French engineer and politician, 1854

Francois Clement Sauvage, French engineer and politician, 1854. A mining and railway engineer, Sauvage (1814-1872) was elected to the French National Assembly in 1871

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Guy de Maupassant, French author, 1890

Guy de Maupassant, French author, 1890. Maupassant (1850-1893) is regarded as one of the fathers of the modern short story

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Andre Gill, French caricaturist, 1868

Andre Gill, French caricaturist, 1868. Born Louis-Alexandre Gosset de Guines (1840-1885) he adopted the name Andre Gill in tribute to his hero, the English caricaturist James Gillray

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: The Eiffel Tower under construction, Paris, c1888

The Eiffel Tower under construction, Paris, c1888. Designed by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), the Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition staged in Paris in

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Georges Clemenceau, French statesman, 1886

Georges Clemenceau, French statesman, 1886. Clemenceau (1841-1929) when he was a member of the French Chamber of Deputies

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Cecile Sorel, French actress, 1893

Cecile Sorel, French actress, 1893. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Aurelien Scholl, French author and journalist, 1868

Aurelien Scholl, French author and journalist, 1868. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Ernest Renan, French philosopher and writer, 1890

Ernest Renan, French philosopher and writer, 1890. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Jules Janin, French author and critic, 1870

Jules Janin, French author and critic, 1870. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Alfred de Vigny, French poet, playwright and novelist, 1862

Alfred de Vigny, French poet, playwright and novelist, 1862. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Charles Baudelaire, French poet and art critic, 1857

Charles Baudelaire, French poet and art critic, 1857. Baudelaire (1821-1867) was an influential but controversial Symbolist poet who was interested in satanism and the macabre

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Comtesse de Segur, Russian-born French author, 1860

Comtesse de Segur, Russian-born French author, 1860. Sophie Feodorovna Rostopchine, Comtesse de Segur (1799-1874 is best remembered for her novel Les Malheurs de Sophie (Sophies Misfortunes)

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Count Walewski, French statesman, 1854

Count Walewski, French statesman, 1854. Count Alexandre Joseph Colonna-Walewski (1810-1868) was the son of Napoleon I and his mistress, Countess Maria Walewski

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Prince-President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1852

Prince-President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1852. Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873) was President of the French Second Republic from 1849 until 1852

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Empress Eugenie of France, 1859

Empress Eugenie of France, 1859. A Spanish noblewoman, Eugenie de Montijo (1826-1920) was the last Empress Consort of France

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Jules Massenet, French composer, 1905

Jules Massenet, French composer, 1905. Massenet (1842-1912) is best known for his operas, which were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Juliette Adam, French author and feminist, 1929

Juliette Adam, French author and feminist, 1929. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Ernest Psichari, French soldier and author, 1913

Ernest Psichari, French soldier and author, 1913. Psichari (1883-1914) was killed in Belgium in the early days of World War I

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Jean Richepin, French poet, dramatist and novelist, and Leon Bonnat, French artist, 1901

Jean Richepin, French poet, dramatist and novelist, and Leon Bonnat, French artist, 1901. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Catulle Mendes, French poet and man of letters, 1906

Catulle Mendes, French poet and man of letters, 1906. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Jules Lemaitre, French dramatist and critic, 1908

Jules Lemaitre, French dramatist and critic, 1908. Lemaitres (1853-1914) critical reviews of plays and books were extremely influential

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Alexandre Duval, French restaurant owner and society figure, 1900

Alexandre Duval, French restaurant owner and society figure, 1900. Duval inheited a chain of cheap restaurants founded by his father, the Bouillons Duval, from which Alexandre got the nickname

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Alphonse Kirchoffer, French fencer, 1904

Alphonse Kirchoffer, French fencer, 1904. Alphonse Kirchoffer, French fencer, 1904. Kirchhoffer (1873-1913) won a silver medal in the masters foil at the 1900 Olympic Games held in Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Felix Ziem, French artist, 1905

Felix Ziem, French artist, 1905. Ziem (1821-1911) was a painter of the Barbizon School. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Anatole France, French writer, 1903

Anatole France, French writer, 1903. Anatole France was the pen name of Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault (1844-1924). He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Henri Becquerel, French physicist, late 19th or early 20th century

Henri Becquerel, French physicist, late 19th or early 20th century. In 1896 Becquerel (1852-1908) discovered that uranium, when placed on a sealed, light-tight photographic plate, exposed the plate

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Henry Becque, French dramatist, 1899

Henry Becque, French dramatist, 1899. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Edgar Degas, French Impressionist painter, 1894

Edgar Degas, French Impressionist painter, 1894. Degas (1834-1917) is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, although he preferred to describe his work as Realist

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Henri Gouraud, French soldier, playing billiards, 1895

Henri Gouraud, French soldier, playing billiards, 1895. Gouraud (1867-1946) first came to prominence in French Sudan in the 1890s, where he succeeded in capturing Samori

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer, 1889

Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer, 1889. Thomass (1811-1896) best known operas are Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868). He was Director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1871 until 1896

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Eugene Marin Labiche, French dramatist, 1879

Eugene Marin Labiche, French dramatist, 1879. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Jean-Leon Gerome, French artist, 1886

Jean-Leon Gerome, French artist, 1886. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Octave Feuillet, French novelist and dramatist, 1872

Octave Feuillet, French novelist and dramatist, 1872. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor, 1862

Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor, 1862. Barye (1796-1875) was best known for his works depicting animals. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Marshal MacMahon, French soldier and politician, 1873

Marshal MacMahon, French soldier and politician, 1873. Of Irish descent, Patrice MacMahon (1808-1893) was the commander of the French army defeated by the Prussians at the Battle of Sedan in

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Rene Doumic, French literary critic and man of letters, 1922

Rene Doumic, French literary critic and man of letters, 1922. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 8th album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, French, 1855

Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, French, 1855
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin in 1855, (1855-1915). Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) has been described as the father of modern conjuring

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Rodolphe Salis, French artist, 1897

Rodolphe Salis, French artist, 1897. Salis (1851-1897) opened Le Chat Noir, a cabaret, in Montmartre in 1881. It had a wealth of famous patrons but closed in 1897

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Charles Maurice Donnay, French, 1908

Charles Maurice Donnay, French, 1908
Charles Maurice Donnay in 1908, (1855-1915). A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 8th album, Editions MD, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Etienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and pioneer of cinematography, 1901

Etienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and pioneer of cinematography, 1901. Marey (1830-1904) was a French physiologist who pioneered the use of photography to record and analyse movement

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Romain Rolland, French dramatist, author, art historian and mystic, 1921

Romain Rolland, French dramatist, author, art historian and mystic, 1921. Rolland (1866-1944) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Charles Mangin, French soldier, 1918

Charles Mangin, French soldier, 1918. Mangin was a general in the French Army during the First World War. Nicknamed the Butcher by his troops

Background imageImages Dated 18th May 2009: Ferdinand Foch, French soldier and hero of World War I, 1922

Ferdinand Foch, French soldier and hero of World War I, 1922. Foch (1851-1929) was chosen as supreme commander of the Allied armies on 26 March, 1918



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