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The Japanese Garden, c1900-1944. Artist: Max JacobThe Japanese Garden, c1900-1944. Max Jacob, French poet, painter, writer, and critic. Born in Quimper, Brittany, France
The Garden in Luxembourg, c1900-1944 Artist: Max JacobThe Garden in Luxembourg, c1900-1944. Max Jacob, French poet, painter, writer, and critic. Born in Quimper, Brittany, France
Hamlet, c1900-1944. Artist: Max JacobHamlet, c1900-1944. Hamlet is one of the worlds most famous literary works, and has been translated into every major living language
Madeline Gide, 1897. Artist: Paul Albert LaurensMadeline Gide, 1897. Son of Jean-Paul Laurens one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style
The young Galileo and Ostilio Ricci, (20th century). Ricci (1540-1603) was court mathematician to Grand Duke Francesco of Tuscany
Charles Darwins house in Downe, Kent. A 20th-century illustration of Down House, the home of English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882), which was built in the early 18th century
Charles Darwin, 19th century British naturalist, (20th century). Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836
Sir William Crookes, English chemist and physicist, (20th century). After studying at the Royal College of Chemistry, London
Joseph Lister, British surgeon, (20th century). Lister (1827-1912) pioneered the use of antiseptics in surgery. He made important discoveries on the microscopical investigations of inflammation
Sir James Clark Ross, 19th century British naval officer and explorer, (20th century). Ross (1800-1862) was a notable polar explorer
Sir Charles Lyell, 19th century British lawyer and geologist, (20th century). In his highly influential Principles of Geology (1830-1833)
Michael Faraday, 19th century British chemist and physicist, (20th century). Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century
Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, London, 1835 (20th century). Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist, (20th century). Lamarck (1744-1829) formulated the doctrine of Transformism (also known as Lamarckism)
Sir Isaac Newton under the apple tree, (20th century). Newton under the apple tree where, according to popular legend, a falling apple prompted him to devise his theory of gravity
William Harvey, 17th century English physician, (20th century). Harvey (1578-1657) pictured with King Charles I, his patron and friend
Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, astronomer, and philosopher, (20th century). One of the greatest scientists of all time
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, English philosopher, scientist and statesman, (20th century). Bacon (1561-1626) became Lord Chancellor in 1618
Sir Isaac Newtons house, London, (20th century). Newtons (1642-1727) house on the corner of Orange and St Martins Streets was pulled down in 1914
Honore de Balzac, French novelist and literary critic. Portrait of Balzac (1799-1850), one of Frances most important literary figures
Stendhal, French writer, early 19th century. Artist: SodermarkStendhal, French writer, early 19th century. Portrait of Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle, 1783-1842), author of Le rouge et le noir, (The Red and the Black)
Ferdinand Brunetiere, French writer and critic, late 19th century. Portrait of Brunetiere (1849-1906), creator of the theory of the evolution of literary genres
Charlemagne Window, Cathedral of Chartres, France, c1225. Detail of a stained glass window
Jules Lemaitre, French critic and dramatist, late 19th century. Artist: DornacJules Lemaitre, French critic and dramatist, late 19th century. Portrait of Lemaitre (1853-1914) whose critical reviews of plays and books were extremely influential
Gerard de Nerval, French poet, mid-19th century. Artist: NadarGerard de Gerard de Nerval, French poet, mid-19th century. Portrait of Gerard de Nerval (1808-1855) whose use of dreams and fantasies influenced surrealism
Francois-Rene, vicomte de Chateaubriand, French writer and diplomat, early 19th century. Portrait of Chateaubriand, (1768-1848)
Edgar Quinet, French historian and man of letters, mid-19th century. Artist: E LeguayEdgar Quinet, French historian and man of letters, mid-19th century. Portrait of Quinet (1803-1875), one of whose principal works was Les Revolutions d Italie, (The Revolutions of Italy, 1848)
Jules Michelet, French historian, mid-19th century. Artist: ToullionJules Michelet, French historian, mid-19th century. Portrait of Michelet (1798-1874), best known for his 17-volume History of France, (1833-1867)
Victor Cousin, French philosopher, 19th century. Artist: MaurinVictor Cousin, French philosopher, 19th century. Portrait of Cousin (1792-1867), founder of the modern philosophical school of eclecticism
Hughes Felicite Robert de Lamennais, French philosophical and political writer, 19th century. Artist: LecomteHughes Felicite Robert de Lamennais, French priest and philosophical and political writer, 19th century. Portrait of Lamennais (1782-1854)
Emile Littre, French lexicographer and philosopher, 19th century. Artist: Pierre PetitEmile Littre, French lexicographer and philosopher, 19th century. Portrait of Littre, (1801-1881) who compiled the Dictionnaire de la langue francaise (Dictionary of the French language)
Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, 19th century. Portrait of Berthelot (1827-1907), whose discoveries in the field of synthesizing organic compounds discredited the notion that such
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic, 19th century. Portrait of Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869) who was a friend of Victor Hugo and sympathetic to the works of the romantic movement
Hippolyte Taine, French critic and historian, 1890. Artist: ChevrillonHippolyte Taine, French critic and historian, 1890. Portrait of Taine (1828-1893), leading exponent of positivism
Ernest Renan, French philosopher and writer, 19th century. Artist: Antoine-Samuel Adam-SalomonErnest Renan, French philosopher and writer, 19th century. Portrait of Renan (1823-1892) whose approach to religion was a rationalist and humanist one
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, 18th centuryGeorges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, mathematician, and biologist, 18th century. Portrait of Leclerc (1707-1788) with specimens from the natural world
Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher, 18th century. Portrait of Voltaire (1694-1778) as a young man
Jean de La Bruyere, French essayist and moralist, 17th century. Artist: Saint JeanJean de La Bruyere, French essayist and moralist, 17th century. Portrait of La Bruyere (1645-1696) who is best known for his translation of the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus
Pierre Bayle, French philosopher, sceptic, and writer, 17th century. Portrait of Bayle (1647-1706) at the age of 28
Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic, late 19th-early 20th century. Portrait of Bourget (1852-1935)
Landscape with Buildings, 1898. Artist: Fernand MaglinLandscape with Buildings, 1898. State Museum of New Western Art, Moscow
Poster against slavery in Kansas, 19th century
A Friendly Call, 1895. Artist: William Merritt ChaseA Friendly Call, 1895. Set in Chases elegant summer house at Shinnecock Hills, Long Island, showing two fashionably dressed women
The Cross, c1900-1939. Artist: Alphonse MuchaThe Cross, c1900-1939. Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) is most often remembered for the prominent role he played in shaping the aesthetics of French Art Nouveau at the turn of the century
Portrait of a Woman, c1900-1939. Artist: Alphonse MuchaPortrait of a Woman, c1900-1939. Mucha developed his own personal style characterized by art nouveau elements, tender colors and Byzantine decorative elements
The Ship, c1850-1890. Artist: Stanislas LepineThe Ship, c1850-1890. Although generally not considered an Impressionist painter, Stanislas participated in the first Impressionist exhibition held in 1874. He died suddenly in Paris in 1892
Diligence, c1850-1890. Artist: Stanislas LepineDiligence, 20th Century. c1850-1890. Although generally not considered an Impressionist painter, Stanislas participated in the first Impressionist exhibition held in 1874
Le Traineau, c1850-1890. Artist: Stanislas LepineLe Traineau, c1850-1890. Although generally not considered an Impressionist painter, Stanislas participated in the first Impressionist exhibition held in 1874. He died suddenly in Paris in 1892