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Louis Collection (page 18)

Background imageLouis Collection: Les Trois Epoques, Revolution of 1830, Paris

Les Trois Epoques, Revolution of 1830, Paris. Caricature showing Louis XVI, Napoleon and Charles X fleeing the wrath of the Paris mob in 1791, 1814 and 1830 respectively

Background imageLouis Collection: Shelter built by the glaciologist Louis Agassiz, Aar glacier, Switzerland, 1840 (1885)

Shelter built by the glaciologist Louis Agassiz, Aar glacier, Switzerland, 1840 (1885). Agassizs studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose the theory that the Earth had been

Background imageLouis Collection: Birthplace of the glaciologist Louis Agassiz, Motiers, Switzerland, 1885

Birthplace of the glaciologist Louis Agassiz, Motiers, Switzerland, 1885
Birthplace of Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, Motiers, Switzerland, 1885. Agassizs studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose

Background imageLouis Collection: Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, 1874

Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, 1874. Agassizs studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose the theory that the Earth had been

Background imageLouis Collection: The crew of the first aircraft to shoot down another aeroplane, 1914

The crew of the first aircraft to shoot down another aeroplane, 1914. Flight-Sergeant Joseph Frantz, a French army pilot, and his mechanic Louis Quenault who

Background imageLouis Collection: Louis Bleriot (right) 1872-1936, French aviator and the French air ace Adolphe Pegoud

Louis Bleriot (right) 1872-1936, French aviator and the French air ace Adolphe Pegoud
Louis Bleriot (right) 1872-1936, French aviator and first man to cross English Channel in an airplane, July 1909. With him is the French air ace Adolphe Pegoud who was killed during World War I

Background imageLouis Collection: Louis Pasteur, French chemist and founder of modern bacteriology, 1887

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and founder of modern bacteriology, 1887. Pasteur (1822-1895) holding rabbits used in his work on hydrophobia (rabies)

Background imageLouis Collection: Mesmers tub, c1870

Mesmers tub, c1870. In 1779, soon after the publication of his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de magnetism animal, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), the founder of Mesmerism

Background imageLouis Collection: Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover, 1909

Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover, 1909
Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover after crossing the English Channel from Les Boraques near Calais, France, in his monoplane Bleriot XI on 25 July 1909

Background imageLouis Collection: Peace Palace, early 20th century. Artist: Louis Cordonnier

Peace Palace, early 20th century. Artist: Louis Cordonnier
Peace Palace in the Hague, which houses the International Court of Justice, early 20th century

Background imageLouis Collection: Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (1876)

Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (1876). George Louis Lesage (1724-1803), Swiss scientist, devised an early form of electric telegraph

Background imageLouis Collection: Street in Newcastle Upon Tyne lit by Swan incandescent electric lamps, 1883

Street in Newcastle Upon Tyne lit by Swan incandescent electric lamps, 1883. In January 1879 Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914)

Background imageLouis Collection: Louis Botha, Afrikaner soldier and statesman, c1900

Louis Botha, Afrikaner soldier and statesman, c1900. Botha (1862-1919), pictured here posing with his decorated Mauser rifle

Background imageLouis Collection: Louis Botha receiving intelligence from a native spy, 2nd Boer War, c1900

Louis Botha receiving intelligence from a native spy, 2nd Boer War, c1900. Louis Botha (1862-1919), South African soldier and statesman, was Commander-in-chief of Boer forces from 1900 during the war

Background imageLouis Collection: Battle of Blood River, 2nd Boer War, 17 September 1901. Artist: Frederick Judd Waugh

Battle of Blood River, 2nd Boer War, 17 September 1901. Artist: Frederick Judd Waugh
Battle of Blood River, 2nd Boer War, 17 September 1901. Boers charging Major Goughs force at Blood River. The British were overwhelmed by Bothas Boers who captured much-needed supplies of ammunition

Background imageLouis Collection: Portrait of the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, 1758. Artist: Louis Tocque

Portrait of the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, 1758. Artist: Louis Tocque
Portrait of the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, 1758. Detail. The second daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I, Elizabeth of Russia (1709-1762)

Background imageLouis Collection: Louis Moloho, 2013. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth

Louis Moloho, 2013. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Louis Moloho, Gateshead International Jazz Festival, 2013

Background imageLouis Collection: Louis Maholo, 2013. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth

Louis Maholo, 2013. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Louis Maholo, Louis Maholo, Gateshead International Jazz Festival, 2013

Background imageLouis Collection: Jousting Sallet (Rennhut) Made for Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, German, c1525

Jousting Sallet (Rennhut) Made for Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, German, c1525
Jousting Sallet (Rennhut) Made for Louis II (1506-1526), King of Hungary and Bohemia, German, Augsburg, ca. 1525

Background imageLouis Collection: Armour of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias (1707-1724), French, Paris, dated 1712

Armour of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias (1707-1724), French, Paris, dated 1712

Background imageLouis Collection: Louis Hesselin, ca. 1650. Creator: Robert Nanteuil

Louis Hesselin, ca. 1650. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Louis Hesselin, ca. 1650

Background imageLouis Collection: Louis Hesselin, 1658. Creator: Robert Nanteuil

Louis Hesselin, 1658. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Louis Hesselin, 1658

Background imageLouis Collection: Saint Matthew, 1726. Creator: Louis Jacob

Saint Matthew, 1726. Creator: Louis Jacob
Saint Matthew, 1726

Background imageLouis Collection: Portrait of Marie Antoinette, 1786-1800. Creator: John Curtis

Portrait of Marie Antoinette, 1786-1800. Creator: John Curtis
Portrait of Marie Antoinette, 1786-1800

Background imageLouis Collection: The Breton archaeologist Louis Jacques Marie Bizeul, after a photograph, 1861

The Breton archaeologist Louis Jacques Marie Bizeul, after a photograph, 1861



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