Vendome Collection (page 3)

Vendome Column 1
Cutting the base of the column in the place Vendome, Paris, preparatory to pulling it down, at the instigation of artist Gustave Courbet. Date: 8 May 1871

Vendome Column 3
Communards celebrate the destruction of the column in the place Vendome, Paris, seen as a symbol of the previous regime, at the instigation of artist Gustave Courbet. Date: 8 May 1871

Antoine De Bourbon
ANTOINE DE BOURBON duc de Vendome, married Jeanne d Albret de Navarre and thus became king of Navarre, father of Henri IV. Date: 1518 - 1562

PARIS: PLACE VENDOME. Place Vendome and Column of Austerlitz at Paris, France. Steel engraving, 19th century

FRENCH COURT, 1458. The trial for treason of Jean, Duke of Alencon, before a court of law presided over by King Charles VII of France at Vendome in 1458: contemporary French ms. illumination

Place Vendome, Paris - under snow
Place Vendome, Paris under snow - photograph taken from the front door of the Ritz Hotel. The column is 44 metres high - encased in the bronze of 1250 cannons captured at the Battle of Austerliz

Attack on the Communards, Place Vendome; Paris Commune, 1871
Illustration showing the attack, by Government troops, on the Communards in the Place Vendome, 1871. This was one of the last pockets of Communard resistance against the French Army

Communard Colonel
Communard colonel in charge of the important post in the place Vendome

Vendome Column Felled
Inspired by the artist Gustave Courbet, the Communards pull down the colonne de Vendome, perceived as a symbol of monarchical oppression

Place Vendome
The telescope in the place Vendome provides a larder for troops bivouacked there

Bivouac Place Vendome
Communard bivouac in the place Vendome

Louis XIV Statue - 1
The statue of Louis XIV, in the place Vendome, Paris, is pulled down by the mob in a gesture of anti-monarchism

Louis XIV Statue - 2
The statue of Louis XIV, in the place Vendome, Paris, is pulled down by the mob in a gesture of anti-monarchism

Battle Villa Viciosa
BATTLE OF VILLA VICIOSA During the battle, Felipe V, king of Spain, feels a need to sleep : the duc de Vendome offers him a bed made of flags captured from the enemy

Battle of Cassano
BATTLE OF CASSANO - the Austrians under prince Eugene of Savoy, though a much smaller force, defeat the French under the duc de Vendome

Gabrielle D estree
GABRIELLE ESTREES or D Estree mistress of Henri IV who bore him three children - Cesar, duc de Vendome; Catherine- Henriette, mlle de V.; and Alexandre, chevalier de V

Napoleon Statue
The statue of Napoleon I which crowned the column in the Place Vendome, Paris, until the Commune when it was pulled down by the Communards

Duc De Vendome / Delaistre
Louis Joseph, duc de VENDOME French military commander

Duc De Vendome / Petitot
Louis Joseph DUC DE VENDOME French military commander

Paris / Place Vendome 1905
Place Vendome

Vendome Column Down
The Colonne de la Place Vendome, Paris, surmounted with a statue of Napoleon, is pulled down by the Communards

Mesmer Demonstration
Mesmer gives a demonstration at his house in the Place Vendome, Paris

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