Wreath Collection (page 5)

Emperor of Russia at the tomb of Cornot, 1896. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Emperor of Russia at the tomb of Cornot, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th November 1896

The death of Louis Pasteur, French chemist, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
The death of Louis Pasteur, French chemist, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 13th October 1895

The Flower Market, 1901. Artist: Wilhelm Gause
The Flower Market, 1901. Illustration from The Process Year Book, A Review of the Illustrated Arts. published by AW Penrose & Co, (London, 1901)

The laying of wreaths by students at the statue of Joan of Arc, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 19th February 1894

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

French Foreign Legion cemetery, Taourirt, Algeria, 20th century. French postcard

Comus, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Comus, 1615. In Greek mythology, Comus or Komus is the god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliance. Depicted as a young man on the point of unconsciousness from drink with a wreath of flowers

The grave of Sergeant Jean Bouin, French soldier, France, World War I, 1915. Jean Bouin (1888-1914) was a French athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London

Death and Apotheosis of Napoleon II, 19th century

Napoleon I, 19th century. Artist: Alexis Wallerstein
Napoleon I, 19th century

The Death of Napoleon the Great, 5 May 1821, 1825. Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815

Bacchus, c1597. Artist: Michelangelo Caravaggio
Bacchus, c1597. Bacchus, Roman god of wine (Dionysius in the Greek pantheon), seated as at a banquet, with a wreath of vine leaves, holding a drinking vessel. From the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Bust of the Roman emperor Augustus, 1st century
Bust of the Roman emperor Augustus (September 23, 63 BC - August 19, 14 AD) wearing a wreath, 1st century

All Saints Day, 1902. Parisians visiting family graves in a Paris cemetery on All Saints Day, l November. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, 9 November 1902)

Julius Caesar, Roman soldier and statesman. Julius Caesar (c100-44 BC) was one of Romes most capable generals, as demonstrated by his conquest of Gaul in the 50s BC

French Foreign Legion honor the brave, Algeria, 1910. French postcard

The death of the son of Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The death of the son of Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, 1898. Marie Francois Sadi Carnot (1837-1894) was a French statesman, the fourth president of the Third French Republic

The Ghost of Napoleon on St Helena, c1825. Allegorical print of Napoleons tomb on St Helena, with the figure of Napoleon watching as a laurel wreath is laid on the stone

Paul Kruger, South African politician, c1900. Known as Oom (uncle) Paul, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (1825-1904) was President of the Transvaal or South African Republic from 1883

Funerary wreath from the Macedonian royal tombs, 350 BC-325 BC. The royal house of Macedon, which lasted from the 9th century BC to the 4th century BC, had royal tombs at Vergina, Macedonia, Greece

Britannia Sympathises with Columbia, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
Britannia Sympathises with Columbia, 1865. Only days after the long and bitter Civil War in America had finally come to an end

Dublin, published July 1792. Creator: James Malton
Dublin, published July 1792

Woman with a Wreath of Oak Leaves, 1646. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Woman with a Wreath of Oak Leaves, 1646

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