Tricolour Collection (#6)

The Franco-Russian Entente, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Franco-Russian Entente, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 30th September 1893

Attack on the Villagers of Dahomey by the French, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Attack on the Villagers of Dahomey by the French, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 20th August 1892

Anniversary of the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, 16 August 1870, (1892). Artist: Henri Meyer
Anniversary of the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, 16 August 1870, (1892). The Battle of Mars-La-Tour was fought on 16 August 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War near the town of Mars-La-Tour in north-east

The float of harmony and peace, national fate, 22 September, France, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
The float of harmony and peace, national fate, 22 September, France, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 24th September 1892

The Conscripts of 1892, (1892). Artist: Henri Meyer
The Conscripts of 1892, (1892). A print from the Le Petit Journal, 5th March 1892

Battle of Fleurus, 26th June 1794, (1892). Artist: Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse
Battle of Fleurus, 26th June 1794, (1892). A print from the Le Petit Journal, 8th October 1892

The Persian Shah Mozzafar al-Din Shah Qajar in France, 1902. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 21st September 1902

The Raven, 1890. Artist: F Meaulle
The Raven, 1890. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 6th December 1890

Happy New Year France!, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Happy New Year France!, 1891. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 3rd January 1891

Facade of the Franco-Russian exposition, Moscow, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Facade of the Franco-Russian exposition, Moscow, 1891. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 16rd May 1891

French Flotilla in Portsmouth Harbour, 1891. Artist: F Meaulle
French Flotilla in Portsmouth Harbour, 1891. The French ships, from left to right, Marengo, Lance and Marceau. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 29th August 1891

Death of an aeronaut over Beuzeville, France, 1899. Illustration in Le Petit Journal, 1899

A soldier carried aloft by a Balloon, 1901. Published illustration in Le Petit Journal, 1901

The Redshirts, Legion Garibaldienne, 1915. Italian volunteers with the 1st Regiment of the French Foreign Legion. French postcard

Barracks of the recruits, French Foreign Legion, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 14 July 1906. Artist: J Geiser
Barracks of the recruits, French Foreign Legion, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 14 July 1906. Sidi Bel Abbes was the headquarters of the 1st Regiment of the Legion. French postcard

Arc de Triomphe facade, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 14 July 1906. Artist: Boumendil
Arc de Triomphe facade, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 14 July 1906. A mock Arc de Triomphe and bunting strung across the street to commemorate Bastille Day

Liberation of Alsace-Lorraine, 1944-1945. People waving French tricolours from an upstairs window of a house on the road to Mulhouse

Young Alsatian children in traditional dress with a French soldier, World War I, 1915. A frequent bone of contention between France and Germany

Republican Guard, 1887. Artist: A Lemercier
Republican Guard, 1887. A print from Francois Cudets Histoire des Corps de Troupes de la Ville de Paris, France, 1887

Capture of the Chinese city of Tientsin (Tianjin), Boxer Rebellion, 14 July 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7

Assault on a Hova Fort, Madagascar, 1883-1896. France invaded Madagascar in 1883 in what became known as the first Franco-Hova War (Hova being the name of the islands Merina aristocrats)

The Marchand expedition: fighting at M tila Voula, January 1897. In 1896-1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863-1934), a French army officer

Front cover of Le Flambeau (the Torch), 18 September 1915. Vercingatorix, the legendary Gallic warrior, leading modern French soldiers

Grand victory parade, Paris, France, 14 July 1919. French postcard

The great victory parade, Paris, France, 14 July 1919. French postcard

Liberty Leading the People, 1830. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
Liberty Leading the People, 1830. Painted to commemorate the July Revolution of 1830. A woman personifying Liberty leads the people forward over the bodies of the fallen. From the Louvre, Paris

Representation of a Tent Boat, or Plantation Barge, 1813. From Narrative, of a Five Years Expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the West Coast of South Africa, volume II

Prise de la Porte St Denis le 28th Juillet 1830, Revolution of 1830, Paris
Prise de la Porte St. Denis le 28th Juillet 1830, Revolution of 1830, Paris. The battle at Porte St Denis, between the people and a royal battalion

Algiers and Louis Philippe, French Revolution of 1830. On 26th July, 1830, the Polignac ministry, strongly reactionary in its tendencies

Liberty, Patron of the French, 1870. Print published at the time of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). From a private collection

World War 2: Liberation of France, 1944. Triumphal poster showing General De Gaulle watching the liberation of a war-damaged France

Those of 1914: Facing the Barbarians, France, 1914. Artist: Gaston Charpentier-Bosio
Those of 1914: Facing the Barbarians, France, 1914. Ceux de 1914: Face aux Barbares : scene from the First World War

Uprising leading to the establishment of the Paris Commune, 1871. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards

Paris Commune, 1871. Artist: Moloch
Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon from a series titled Les Silhouettes de 1871 published at the time of the Paris Commune. From a private collection

Cover for Souvenirs du Siege de Paris, 1870-1871. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III, the Prussians surrounded Paris on 9 September 1870

Declaration of the French Third Republic, 4th September 1870. After the disastrous defeat of the French by the Prussians at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Choeur des Girondins, song sheet, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. Patriotic song on the theme of the glory of death in the cause of the defence of France. From a private collection

Battle of Bapaume, Franco-Prussian war, 3 January 1871. With Paris besieged by the Prussians, Leon Gambetta, a member of the French government

Allegory of French patriotic emblems, 1870. Coloured print published at the time of the Franco-Prussian War. From a private collection

La Statue de Neige, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Claude Chappe (1763-1805), French engineer and inventor, c1901. An artists impression of Chappe demonstrating his aerial telegraph semaphore system

Automobile reliability trial between Paris and Rouen, sponsored by Le Petit Journal, 1894. First prizes were awarded to Panhard and Levassor and to Peugeot. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 6 August 1894

Entrance to the Maginot barracks, Maginot Line, France, c1935-1940. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on Frances eastern frontier

Napoleon in Egypt, 1799. In 1798, wary of Napoleons (1769-1821) growing popularity in France, the revolutionary government sent him to Egypt on a campaign aimed at disrupting British trade with

Battle of Fleurus, 16 June 1794 (19th century). Artist: Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse
Battle of Fleurus, 16 June 1794 (19th century). Marshal Jean Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833), mounted on the grey horse, commanding the French army to victory against the Austrians

Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, French revolutionary. A member of the National Convention, Carnot (1753-1823) was the organiser of victory in Frances revolutionary wars

Entree of Napoleon to Grenoble, March 1815, 19th century

Heroic General Bonaparte, 19th century

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