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Henri Collection (page 14)

Background imageHenri Collection: The Farman Brothers, 20th century. Artist: Lucien Faure

The Farman Brothers, 20th century. Artist: Lucien Faure
The Farman Brothers, 20th century. Maurice Alain Farman (1877-1964) and Henri Farman (1874-1958) were French aviators and aircraft designers and manufacturers

Background imageHenri Collection: Aerial Navigation, c1910

Aerial Navigation, c1910. Three early aeroplanes; Henri Farmans (1874-1958) biplane, in which he made his first flight in 1908

Background imageHenri Collection: France under the Capetiens, Valois and the Bourbons, 1856. Artist: Henri Lehmann

France under the Capetiens, Valois and the Bourbons, 1856. Artist: Henri Lehmann
France under the Capetiens, Valois and the Bourbons, 1856

Background imageHenri Collection: At Home in the Forest, c1880. Artist: Henri-Joseph Harpignies

At Home in the Forest, c1880. Artist: Henri-Joseph Harpignies
At Home in the Forest, c1880. Located in the collection at, Louvre, Paris

Background imageHenri Collection: Landscape, 1881. Artist: Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Landscape, 1881. Artist: Henri-Joseph Harpignies
Landscape, 1881. Located in the collection at, Louvre, Paris

Background imageHenri Collection: Seated Woman, c1911-1915. Artist: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Seated Woman, c1911-1915. Artist: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Seated Woman, c1911-1915

Background imageHenri Collection: Salome, 1870. Artist: Henri Alexandre Georges Regnault

Salome, 1870. Artist: Henri Alexandre Georges Regnault
Salome, 1870. Found in the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Background imageHenri Collection: Portrait of Henri Meilhac, 1885. Artist: Jules Elie Delaunay

Portrait of Henri Meilhac, 1885. Artist: Jules Elie Delaunay
Portrait of Henri Meilhac, 1885. Henri Meilhac, (1831-1897), French dramatist, was born in Paris, Located in the collection at Museum Carnavalet

Background imageHenri Collection: French Foreign Legion barracks, 20th century

French Foreign Legion barracks, 20th century. The barracks are named after General Henri Gouraud, who commanded the French 4th Army in the First World War

Background imageHenri Collection: Trial of French members of the Gestapo, Paris, 1-12 December 1944

Trial of French members of the Gestapo, Paris, 1-12 December 1944. The defendants, from left to right, are Henri Lafont, Pierre Bonny and Paul Clavie, Lafonts nephew

Background imageHenri Collection: Arcadia, Woman Bathing, 1836-1904. Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour

Arcadia, Woman Bathing, 1836-1904. Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour
Arcadia, Woman Bathing, 1836-1904

Background imageHenri Collection: Chambermaid, c1871-1919. Artist: Henri Boutet

Chambermaid, c1871-1919. Artist: Henri Boutet
Chambermaid, c1871-1919. From a private collection

Background imageHenri Collection: The Poster Man, c1900-1919. Artist: Henri Boutet

The Poster Man, c1900-1919. Artist: Henri Boutet
The Poster Man, c1900-1919. From a private collection

Background imageHenri Collection: View of the Fortifications to the left of the Gate of Vanves, 1909. Artist: Henri Rousseau

View of the Fortifications to the left of the Gate of Vanves, 1909. Artist: Henri Rousseau
View of the Fortifications to the left of the Gate of Vanves, 1909. Found in the collection of the Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia

Background imageHenri Collection: Self Portrait, from L Ile Saint-Louis, 1890. Artist: Henri Rousseau

Self Portrait, from L Ile Saint-Louis, 1890. Artist: Henri Rousseau
Self Portrait, from L Ile Saint-Louis, 1890

Background imageHenri Collection: Tropical Forest: Battling Tiger and Buffalo, 1908. Artist: Henri Rousseau

Tropical Forest: Battling Tiger and Buffalo, 1908. Artist: Henri Rousseau
Tropical Forest: Battling Tiger and Buffalo, 1908. From the collection of the Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia

Background imageHenri Collection: Village among the Rocks, 1910. Artist: Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier

Village among the Rocks, 1910. Artist: Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier
Village among the Rocks, 1910. State Museum of New Western Art, Moscow

Background imageHenri Collection: The Church of Santa Maria degli Angely Near Assisi, 1909. Artist: Henri Edmond Cross

The Church of Santa Maria degli Angely Near Assisi, 1909. Artist: Henri Edmond Cross
The Church of Santa Maria degli Angely Near Assisi, 1909. As a result of a journey to Italy, Cross produced a number of such scenes of Perugia and Assisi

Background imageHenri Collection: The Repast of the Lion, c1907. Artist: Henri Rousseau

The Repast of the Lion, c1907. Artist: Henri Rousseau
The Repast of the Lion, c1907. Rousseau based the exotic vegetation of his many jungle pictures on studies that he made in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris

Background imageHenri Collection: War, or the Ride of Discord, 1894. Artist: Henri Rousseau

War, or the Ride of Discord, 1894. Artist: Henri Rousseau
War, or the Ride of Discord, 1894. From the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Background imageHenri Collection: The Snake Charmer, 1907. Artist: Henri Rousseau

The Snake Charmer, 1907. Artist: Henri Rousseau
The Snake Charmer, 1907. Found in the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Background imageHenri Collection: Sketch for a ceiling mural for the Elysee-Palace (not carried out), late 19th / early 20th century

Sketch for a ceiling mural for the Elysee-Palace (not carried out), late 19th / early 20th century
Sketch for a ceiling mural for the Elysee-Palace (not carried out), late 19th/early 20th century. From a private collection

Background imageHenri Collection: The Reader, 1861. Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour

The Reader, 1861. Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour
The Reader, 1861

Background imageHenri Collection: Henri Becquerel, French physicist, c1890s. Artist: Nadar

Henri Becquerel, French physicist, c1890s. Artist: Nadar
Henri Becquerel, French physicist, c1890s. In 1896 Becquerel (1852-1908) discovered that uranium, when placed on a sealed, light-tight photographic plate, exposed the plate

Background imageHenri Collection: Plaquette commemorating the death of Henri Poincare, French mathematician, 1912

Plaquette commemorating the death of Henri Poincare, French mathematician, 1912
Plaquette commemorating the death of Henri Poincare, French mathematician and philosopher, 1912. Poincare (1854-1912) is best remembered for his work on topology and celestial mechanics

Background imageHenri Collection: Leonid meteor shower, 1870

Leonid meteor shower, 1870. The Leonids are visible in the night sky during November, and this observation was made by the French aeronauts Henri Giffard (1825-1882)

Background imageHenri Collection: Diesel engine: internal combustion engine invented by Rudolph Diesel in 1897 (c1910)

Diesel engine: internal combustion engine invented by Rudolph Diesel in 1897 (c1910). In 1892, Diesel (1858-1913) patented a design for a new type of internal combustion engine

Background imageHenri Collection: Portable threshing machine, c1910

Portable threshing machine, c1910. Machines of this type were used in rickyards or fields, and powered by a portable steam engine

Background imageHenri Collection: Artists impression of deep sea scene with luminous fishes, 1903

Artists impression of deep sea scene with luminous fishes, 1903. Some of the creatures shown here were brought up in the dredges during the French oceanographical expeditions of the Travailleur

Background imageHenri Collection: Henri Moissan, French chemist, c1883 (1903)

Henri Moissan, French chemist, c1883 (1903). Moissan (1852-1907) working on fluorine in his laboratory at l Ecole de pharmacie, Paris. He isolated fluorine in 1883

Background imageHenri Collection: Henri Moissan, French chemist, c1900

Henri Moissan, French chemist, c1900. Moissan (1852-1907) recovering diamonds after dissolving the iron surrounding them after the final stage in his production of artificial diamonds at the Edison

Background imageHenri Collection: Wall mounted telephone, c1910

Wall mounted telephone, c1910. From Grande Encyclopedie Practique by Henri Desarces

Background imageHenri Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1929

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1929. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Background imageHenri Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1925

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1925. Marie Curie (1867-1934) in her office at the Radium Institute, Paris, of which she was director of research from 1918-1934

Background imageHenri Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, in her laboratory, 1912

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, in her laboratory, 1912. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Background imageHenri Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1931

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1931. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Background imageHenri Collection: Pierre Curie, French chemist, when Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne, 1906

Pierre Curie, French chemist, when Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne, 1906
Pierre Curie, French chemist, in the lecture theatre when Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne, 1906. Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie

Background imageHenri Collection: Pierre Curie, French chemist

Pierre Curie, French chemist. Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel, for their work on radioactivity

Background imageHenri Collection: Pierre and Marie Curie, French scientists, at work in the laboratory

Pierre and Marie Curie, French scientists, at work in the laboratory. Polish-born Marie Curie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre (1859-1906)

Background imageHenri Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1910

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1910. Marie Curie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Background imageHenri Collection: Medal commemorating Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1967

Medal commemorating Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1967. Obverse of a medal issued in 1967 to commemorate the centenary of her birth

Background imageHenri Collection: Title page of Oeuvres de Pierre Curie, 1908

Title page of Oeuvres de Pierre Curie, 1908. French chemist Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel

Background imageHenri Collection: Farman biplane No 1, c1912

Farman biplane No 1, c1912. Henri Farman (1874-1958), French aviator and aircraft constructor and his brother, Maurice, established an aircraft factory in 1912

Background imageHenri Collection: Saul and the Witch of Endor, 1792

Saul and the Witch of Endor, 1792. Scene from the Bible (1 Samuel 28). Saul tries to contact dead Samuel through the witch

Background imageHenri Collection: Gaspard de Coligny, 16th century French Huguenot admiral, 1851

Gaspard de Coligny, 16th century French Huguenot admiral, 1851. Already wounded by a previous attempt on his life, Coligny (1517-1572)

Background imageHenri Collection: Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing a patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792

Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing a patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792. Artist: Henry Fuseli
Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing a patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792. Illustration based on Johann Kaspar Lavaters description, from his Essays on Physiognomy. (London, 1792)

Background imageHenri Collection: Henry of Lorraine, 3rd Duc de Guise, 16th century French soldier and statesman, mid 19th century

Henry of Lorraine, 3rd Duc de Guise, 16th century French soldier and statesman, mid 19th century. Henry of Lorraine (1550-1588) was one of the instigators of the St Bartholemews Day Massacre

Background imageHenri Collection: The Three Witches Appearing to Macbeth and Banquo, late 18th century. Artist: Henry Fuseli

The Three Witches Appearing to Macbeth and Banquo, late 18th century. Artist: Henry Fuseli
The Three Witches Appearing to Macbeth and Banquo, late 18th century. Scene in William Shakespeares (c1564-1616) play Macbeth



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