Lyon Collection (page 3)

Geneva Station in the railway line Lyon to Geneva, engraving from 1859

Cover of the work Ciento diez consideraciones divinas (One hundred and ten divine considerations) by Juan Valdes, French edition printed at Lyon, 1563

Opening of the railway line from Lyon to Geneva on March 16, 1858, arrival of the train at the station of Geneve, vintage engraving

A Slave Kaffle, 1821. Artist: Denis Dighton
A Slave Kaffle, 1821. A kaffle or coffle means a group of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained together. Illustration from Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa in the years 1818-19 and 1820

A Sand Wind on the Desert, 1821. Artist: Denis Dighton
A Sand Wind on the Desert, 1821. In 1818 George Francis Lyon and Joseph Ritchie undertook an expedition to try to map the course of the River Niger and locate the city of Timbuktu

Camel Conveying a Bride to her Husband, 1821. Artist: Denis Dighton
Camel Conveying a Bride to her Husband, 1821. Plate 16 from A Narrative of Travels in Northen Africa by Captain George Francis Lyon, 1821

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767-1794), 1793. Found in the Collection of Muse e des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

Self-Portrait, ca 1627. Found in the Collection of Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

Vanity or Young woman at her toilet, c. 1626. Artist: Renieri (Regnier), Niccolo (c. 1590-1667)
Vanity or Young woman at her toilet, c. 1626. Found in the collection of Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

Portrait of Jean-Pierre Cortot, 1815. Found in the collection of Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

The Ricotta Eaters. Found in the Collection of Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

Lovers in the Countryside (Les Amants dans la campagne). Found in the Collection of Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

Aimee Motier de La Fayette, c16th century, (1939). Artist: Corneille de Lyon
Aimee Motier de La Fayette, c16th century, (1939). Aimee Motier de La Fayette (c.1480 - 1539). The portrait is housed in the Musee de Conde, Chantilly, France. From Verve - Nos

Lyons, c1820 (1915). Artist: Samuel Prout
Lyons, c1820 (1915). From Sketches by Samuel Prout, edited by Charles Holme. [The Studio Ltd, London, Paris, New York, 1915]

Harrow School, 1923. Harrow School, founded in 1572 by John Lyon of Preston, a local wealthy farmer, under the Royal Charter of Elizabeth I

Augustus presents the constitution, Lyon, France, 10 BC (1882-1884). The emperor with the deputies of the three provinces of Gaul. Lyon was the administrative centre of Roman Gaul

Augustus establishes the centre of government of Gaul in Lyon, 28 BC (1882-1884). Artist: Bertrand
Augustus establishes the centre of government of Gaul in Lyon, 28 BC (1882-1884). A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

The Cathedral of Lyons, France, 19th century. Artist: E Challis
The Cathedral of Lyons, France, 19th century. From the Chapel of St Louis

Jerusalem, 1926. Artist: NA Lyon
Jerusalem, 1926. Sketch showing the probable situation of the main buildings at the time of Christ. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation

Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861), American general, 1863. Lyon was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War

Death of General Lyon, Battle of Wilsons Creek, Missouri, 10 August 1861, (1862-1867). Artist: V Balch
Death of General Lyon, Battle of Wilsons Creek, Missouri, 10 August 1861, (1862-1867). Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861) was given command of the Union Army of the West on 2 July 1861

General Nathaniel Lyon, Union general in the American Civil War, (1862-1867). Lyon (1818-1861) was killed at the Battle of Wilsons Creek in Missouri on 10 August 1861

Nathaniel Lyon, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Nathaniel Lyon, American soldier, (1872). Lyon (1818-1861) was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War

Lyon, France, 19th century. Artist: Taylor
Lyon, France, 19th century

Lyon and the heights of Croix-Rousse, France, 1879. Artist: Hildibrand
Lyon and the heights of Croix-Rousse, France, 1879

Lyon, France, 1875. Artist: W Floyd
Lyon, France, 1875

Female Portrait, 1530s. Artist: Corneille de Lyon
Female Portrait, 1530s. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Quarry around Lyon, 1805-1856. Artist: Nicolas Victor Fonville
Quarry around Lyon, 1805-1856

The Port of Lyon, 1830. Artist: Louis Etienne Watelet
The Port of Lyon, 1830

Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor, 1880. Jacquard (1752-1834), inventor of the punched card loom being attacked by the silk weavers of Lyon who were afraid his invention would put them out of

Joseph Marie Jacquard, showing his loom to Lazare Carnot, Lyon, France, 1801 (1901). French silk-weaver and inventor Jacquard (1752-1834)

French playing cards, 15th century
French playing cards, probably printed at Rouen or Lyons, 15th century

Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian and phycisian, (1511-1553) 1727. Portrait from biography published in 1727. Escaped Catholic Inquisitor General at Lyon

Lyons, from the Confluence of the Rhone & Saone, 1827. Creator: Edward Francis Finden
Lyons, from the Confluence of the Rhone & Saone, 1827. View of a French landscape, with vegetation and a bridge in the foreground, and the city of Lyons in the distance

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