Alexis Collection

Soyuz docking mission, news reports, 1969
Front-page Western news reports on the Soviet Soyuz docking mission of January 1969, the first time two manned spacecraft had docked

Alexis Soyer
ALEXIS SOYER noted chef and authority on gastronomy Date: 1800 - 1858

Alexis / Russian Royal
ALEXIS TSAREVICH OF RUSSIA Son of Nicolas II and Alexandra, heir apparent to the Russian throne, as a toddler

Alexis Soyer Cooking
ALEXIS SOYER noted chef and authority on gastronomy, seen cooking amid the ruins of the Parthenon at Athens en route to the Crimea

Virgil / Georgics / Corydon
Corydon pines for Alexis

Tocqueville / Daumier
ALEXIS, COMTE DE TOCQUEVILLE French historian

Buff tip moth, Phalera bucephala, large yellow underwing, Noctua pronuba, common blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus
FLO4638898 Buff tip moth, Phalera bucephala, large yellow underwing, Noctua pronuba, common blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus, on a vase of flowers

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) in Finland, 1736. 1874 (engraving from Vies des Savants Illustres du)
540692 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) in Finland, 1736. 1874 (engraving from Vies des Savants Illustres du XVIIIe Siecle, Louis Figuier, Paris); (add.info.: In 1736 Maupertuis)

Russian Orthodox priests performing ceremony of naming 'Strela', the yacht of Grand Duke Alexis
530266 Russian Orthodox priests performing ceremony of naming 'Strela', the yacht of Grand Duke Alexis. From Le Petit Journal, 11 October 1891.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

French illustration, characterising the imperial leadership of Russia. Portraits include Grand Dukes, Vladimir, Serge
5617173 French illustration, characterising the imperial leadership of Russia. Portraits include Grand Dukes, Vladimir, Serge, Nicolas, Alexis, Constatin and Paul

French Revolution, Edmond Louis AlexisDubois-Crance (14 October 1747 - 28 June 1814)
5314186 French Revolution, Edmond Louis AlexisDubois-Crance (14 October 1747 - 28 June 1814) was a French soldier and politician; (add.info.: French Revolution)

Green-veined white, small white, mountain
Green-veined white, Pieris napi, small white, Pieris rapae, mountain clouded yellow, Colias phicomone, and dark-veined white, Pieris bryoniae

Blue underwing, red underwing and dark crimson underwing
Blue underwing, Catocala fraxini, red underwing, Catocala nupta, and dark crimson underwing, Catocala sponsa. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis

Old World swallowtail and southern swallowtail
Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon, and alexanor or southern swallowtail, Papilio alexanor. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel

Russian Tzars - Alexis I - 1645 - 1676

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and family: (clockwise from left) Grand Duchess Anastasia (1901-1918), Tsarevich Alexei (1904-1918), Grand Duchess Maria (1899-1918)

Ponson du Terrail, French novelist
Pierre Alexis, Viscount of Ponson du Terrail (1829-1871), French novelist, best known for his fictional character Rocambole. Date: circa 1860s

Portrait of man in Polish costume, a pipe in hand, 1726
Alexis Grimou (1678-1733). French painter. Portrait of man in Polish costume, a pipe in hand, 1726. Louvre Museum. Paris. France. Date: 2008

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). En el que sabe la grandeza de nuestro manana no cabe el pesimismo (Who knows the greatness of tomorrow has no place for pessimism)

Alexis Vastine Mens Light Welterweight Semi Felix Diaz V Date: 22 August 2008

Felix Diaz V Alexis Vastine Mens Light Welterweight Semi-Final Date: 22 August 2008

Alexis Sharangabo 1500 Metres, Sydney Olympics Sydney Olympic Games Olympic Stadium, Sydney, Sydney, Australia 22 September 2000 Date: 22 September 2000

Jean-Baptiste Firmin as Andre in the melodrama Pauvre Famille by Benjamin and Melchior at the Theatre de l Ambigu Comique, 1822

The Russian Royal Family (sepia photo)
STC331284 The Russian Royal Family (sepia photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tsar Nicholas IIs children at play with their pony, watched by the Tsarina)

Light crimson underwing, old lady, drinker and yellow-tail
Light crimson underwing, Catocala promissa, old lady, Mormo maura, drinker, Euthrix potatoria, and yellow-tail, Euproctis similis

Leopard moth, sallow kitten and prominent moths
Wood leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina, sallow kitten, Furcula furcula, iron prominent, Notodonta dromedarius, pebble prominent, Notodonta ziczac, and lesser swallow prominent, Pheosia gnoma

Giant emperor moth, Saturnia pyri (Pavonia major). Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas Natural History of European

Small emperor moth and tau emperor
Small emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia, male and female, and tau emperor, Aglia tau. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte

Buff-tip, poplar lappet and lappet moth
Buff-tip, Phalera bucephala, poplar lappet, Gastropacha populifolia, and lappet moth, Gastropacha quercifolia. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis

Brown tiger moth, cream-spot tiger, ruby tiger
Brown tiger moth, Hyphoraia aulica, cream-spot tiger moth, Epicallia villica, ruby tiger, Phragmatobia fuliginosa, and muslin moth, Diaphora mendica

Tiger moth, garden tiger and hebe tiger
Tiger moth, Atlantarctia tigrina, garden tiger moth, Arctia caja, and hebe tiger moth, Arctia festiva. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas

Scarlet tiger, clouded buff, wood tiger
Scarlet tiger moth, Callimorpha dominula, clouded buff, Diacrisia sannio, wood tiger, Parasemia plantaginis, and purple tiger, Rhyparia purpurata

Lime hawkmoth, eyed hawkmoth, and poplar hawkmoth
Lime hawkmoth, Mimas tiliae, eyed hawkmoth, Smerinthus ocellatus, and poplar hawkmoth, Laothoe populi. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas

Deaths Head hawkmoth and oak hawkmoth
Deaths Head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, and oak hawkmoth, Marumba quercus. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas

Convolvulus hawkmoth and privet hawkmoth
Convolvulus hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli and privet hawkmoth, Sphinx ligustri. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas

Bedstraw, elephant and pine hawkmoths
Bedstraw hawkmoth or galium sphinx, Hyles gallii, elephant hawkmoth, Deilephila elpenor, and pine hawkmoth, Sphinx pinastri

Vine hawkmoth, Mediterranean hawkmoth
Vine hawkmoth, Hippotion celerio, Mediterranean hawkmoth, Hyles nicaea, and small elephant hawkmoth, Deilephila porcellus

Hawkmoth varieties
Broad-bordered bee hawkmoth, Hemaris fuciformis, narrow-bordered bee hawkmoth, Hemaris tityus, hummingbird hawkmoth, Macroglossum stellatarum, and willowherb hawkmoth, Proserpinus proserpina

Seathorn hawk-moth, dusky hawkmoth and spurge hawkmoth
Seathorn hawk-moth, Hyles hippophaes, dusky hawkmoth, Hyles vespertilio, and spurge hawkmoth, Hyles euphorbiae. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis

Oleander hawkmoth and hummingbird moth
Oleander hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii, and hummingbird moth or white-lined sphinx, Hyles lineata. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel

Satyrus arachne, Satyrus evias, spring ringlet, Erebia epistgyne (vulnerable), and marbled ringlet, Erebia montana goante

Scotch argus, large ringlet, autumn ringlet and Arran brown
Scotch argus, Erebia aethiops, large ringlet, Erebia euryale, autumn ringlet, Erebia neoridas (ventral), and Arran brown, Erebia ligea (ventral)

Blind ringlet, almond-eyed ringlet, Piedmont
Blind ringlet, Erebia pharte, almond-eyed ringlet, Erebia alberganus, Piedmont ringlet, Erebia meolans, and sooty ringlet, Erebia pluto

Marbled white butterflies
Marbled white, Melanargia galathea, Iberian marbled white, Melanargia lachesis, Melanargia clotho and western marbled white, Melanargia occitanica

Meadow brown, eudore variety, ringlet and speckled wood
Meadow brown, Maniola jurtina, eudore, Satyrus eudora, ringlet, Epinephele hyperanthus, and speckled wood, Pararge aegeria

Woodland brown, large brown wall and wall butterfly
Woodland brown, Lopinga achine, large brown wall, Lasiommata maera, and wall butterfly, Lasiommata megera. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas

Black satyr, Norse grayling and grayling female
Black satyr, Satyrus actaea, Norse grayling, Oeneis norna, and grayling, Hipparchia semele, female. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel

Dryad, striped grayling and great sooty satyr
Dryad, Minois dryas, striped grayling, Hipparchia fidia, and great sooty satyr, Satyrus ferula. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel

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"Alexis: A Name Woven Through Time" In the vast tapestry of history, the name Alexis has left its mark in various realms. From space missions to royal courts, this captivating name has resonated across centuries. One notable event that echoes the name the Soyuz docking mission in 1969. As news reports flooded in, people around the world marveled at this incredible feat of human ingenuity and exploration. The successful mission symbolized mankind's relentless pursuit of knowledge and adventure. Delving deeper into history, we encounter a different facet - one intertwined with art and culture. In 1928, dancers graced stages under the banner "Dancers of Variety, " enchanting audiences with their graceful movements and mesmerizing performances. Among them was an enigmatic figure named Alexis who captivated hearts with every step. Traveling further back in time reveals another connection to royalty - Russian Royal to be precise. Known as Tsar Alexei I from 1645 to 1676, he held immense power during a tumultuous era for Russia. His reign witnessed both triumphs and challenges that shaped the nation's destiny. Shifting gears yet again, we encounter a culinary genius named Alexis Soyer who revolutionized cooking techniques during his lifetime (1809-1858). Renowned for his innovative approach to gastronomy, Soyer elevated food preparation into an art form that delighted palates across Europe. His wife Elizabeth Jones Soyer immortalized him through her painting which adorns contemporary stipple engravings even today. The literary realm also bears witness to the impact of this illustrious name. Virgil's Georgics introduced us to Corydon – perhaps inspired by an ancient figure called Alexis – whose poetic verses celebrated nature's beauty and agricultural life. Meanwhile, Tocqueville found inspiration from Daumier’s works when penning his influential writings on democracy.