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The intervention of the United States in the First World War

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Home ›Studies› The intervention of the United States in the First World WarCloseTitle: Four soldiers - a French, an English, an Italian and an American - with the Statue of LibertyAuthor: JONAS Lucien (1880 - 1947) Creation date : 1918Date represented: 1917Dimensions: Height 71 - Width 54 Techniques and other indications: Museum 422/4 FI 30-2789 Place of Conservation: Departmental Archives of the North site webContact copyright: © Departmental Archives of the North - Photo J.

Jean Moulin

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Jean Moulin aux Arceaux near the promenade du Peyrou in Montpellier. © Legs Antoinette Sasse, Musée du Général-Leclerc-de-Hauteclocque and the Liberation of Paris - Jean-Moulin museum (Paris Museums) Publication date: January 2015 Director of the Musée du Général Leclerc et de la Liberation de Paris and the Musée Jean Moulin (Paris Museums) Director of research in Paris 4Historical contextThis photograph by Jean Moulin (1899-1943) has helped to nourish the legend of the hero of the Resistance.

Jean Broc, The School of Apelles

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Close Title: The School of Apelles Author: BROC Jean (1771 - 1850) Creation date: 1800 Represented date: Dimensions: Height 375 - Width 480 Technique and other indications: Oil on canvas Place of conservation: Louvre museum ( Paris) website Contact copyright: © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - F.

The Maginot line

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The King of Great Britain Georges VI visits the fortifications of the Maginot Line.ANONYMOUSAndré Maginot in the uniform of a sergeant of the 44th Territorial Infantry Regiment, circa 1919.MANUEL Henri (1874 - 1947) CloseTitle: The King of Great Britain Georges VI visits the fortifications of the Maginot line.

Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808-1889)

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Jules Amédée Barbey d & 39; Aurevilly (1808-1889). © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - H. Lewandowski / C. Jean Publication date: March 2016 Historical background Coming from a family ennobled in 1756, Barbey d'Aurevilly, born in Saint- Sauveur-le-Vicomte in a very royalist environment, was immersed from childhood in the stories relating to the Chouannerie, which the future writer would transcribe in his works.

Jacques Necker

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Jacques Necker (1732-1804). © Photo RMN-Grand PalaisPublication date: March 2016Historical contextNecker, a Geneva banker established in Paris, had served as Director of the Treasury and then Director General of Finance from 1777 to 1781. While the war America increased the costs, he successfully carried out some tax reforms, but made enemies by publishing, in 1781, in his famous Report to the King, the amount of pensions paid to courtiers, the "hornets", and by experimenting a project of provincial assemblies of the three orders in order to involve the French in the management of their interests and to reduce the power of the intendants.

The liberation of Paris: last fights

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CloseTitle: German snipers' shots at Place de la Concorde.Author: ANONYMOUS (-) Creation date: August 25, 1944Date shown: August 25, 1944Technique and other indications: photographPlace of Conservation: Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin) site webContact copyright: © BPK, Berlin, dist.

Lorettes

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© Photo RMN-Grand Palais - Bulloz Publication date: October 2011 Professor of contemporary history IUFM and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Head of University for All, Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne. Historical context In cities which are developing spectacularly under the onslaught of the industrial revolution, prostitution takes an unprecedented boom.

Leon Gambetta

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CloseTitle: Léon Gambetta.Author: LEGROS Alphonse (1837 - 1911) Creation date: 1875Date represented: 1875Dimensions: Height 65 - Width 55Technique and other indications: Oil on canvasLocation of Conservation: Musée d & 39; Orsay websiteContact copyright: © Photo RMN - Grand Palais - JP Lagiewski Image reference: 86DE109 / RF 2770 © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - J.

A lesson from France

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CloseTitle: In Alsace - The first lessonAuthor: FABIANO Fabien (1882 - 1962) Creation date: 1914Date represented: 1914Dimensions: Height 36 - Width 46Technics and other indications: Colored lithograph.Series of lithographs Glorious pagesConservation place: MuCEM websiteContact copyright: © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - G.

Isaac Pereire, creator of modern banking

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Isaac Pereire.BONNAT Léon (1833 - 1922) Madame Pereire.CABANEL Alexandre (1823 - 1889) © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - G. Blot © Photo RMN-Grand PalaisDate of publication: March 2016Historical contextOne of the creators of modern bankingHomme d ' Among the most active businesses of the Second Empire, Isaac Péreire was associated all his life with his brother Jacob-Emile in numerous industrial and commercial enterprises.

The fire at the Palais-Royal opera house

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The fire of the Opera at the Palais-Royal: view of the Opera in flamesROBERT Hubert (1733 - 1808) The fire of the Opera at the Palais-Royal in 1781ROBERT Hubert (1733 - 1808) The & 39; Fire at the Opera at the Palais-Royal: view of the Opera in flames © BnF, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / BnFL image & 39; fire of the Opera at the Palais-Royal in 1781 © RMN-Grand Palais (Louvre museum) / Philippe Fuzeau Date of publication: December 2016 University of Evry-Val d & 39; Essonne Historical background The chronicler of the capital Through several paintings, Hubert Robert immortalizes the fire at the Palais-Royal opera house on June 8, 1781.

"The Day of the Hairy"

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The day of the hairy, October 31 - November 1, 1915 The day of the hairy, December 25 and 26, 1915 The day of the hairy, October 31 - November 1, 1915 © Collections La ContemporaineJournée du poilu, December 25 and 26, 1915. © Collections La Contemporary Publication date: June 2006 Historical context A long-lasting war The episode of the Battle of the Marne, at the beginning of September 1914, united the French behind their combatants.

Louis-Philippe seen by Daumier

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CloseTitle: The past, present and future.Author: DAUMIER Honoré (1808 - 1879) Creation date: 1834Date represented: 1834Dimensions: Height 21.4 - Width 19.6 Technique and other indications: Illustration from newspaper: & 34 ; La Caricature & 34 ;, January 9, 1834. Lithography Place of Conservation: Museum of Art and History of Saint-Denis Contact copyright: © Saint-Denis, museum of art and history - Cliché I.

Ingres and women in the baths: exotic hygiene

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La Petite Baigneuse - Interior of a harem INGRES Jean-Auguste Dominique (1780 - 1867) Le Bain turc INGRES Jean-Auguste Dominique (1780 - 1867) Close Title: La Petite Baigneuse - Interior of a harem Author: INGRES Jean-Auguste Dominique ( 1780 - 1867) Creation date: 1828 Represented date: Dimensions: Height 35 - Width 27 Technique and other indications: Oil on canvas.

The institution of wine festivals by the Third Republic

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Wine festival in Beaune. October 18, 1925.ANONYME President Lebrun in Bordeaux for the wine festival, June 18, 1934.CLAIR-GUYOT Jean (1890 - 1960) Close Title: Wine festival in Beaune. October 18, 1925.Author: ANONYMOUS (-) Creation date: 1925Date shown: October 18, 1925Dimensions: Height 9 - Width 12Technique and other indications: Print from gelatin-silver bromide glass negative.

Kupka and the Butter Plate: Money

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CloseTitle: Balançoires que tout çaAuthor: KUPKA Frantisek (1871 - 1957) Creation date: 1902 -Date shown: January 11, 1902 Dimensions: Height 44.5 cm - Width 39.2 cm Techniques and other indications: Paris, musée d & 39; Orsay, kept in the Louvre museum. Special issue L & 39; Argent of the newspaper l & 39; Assiette au Beurre (n ° 41, January 11, 1902) Conservation place: Louvre museum (Paris) website Contact copyright: RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d & 39; Orsay) / Thierry Le Mage (C) ADAGP, Paris Image reference: 01-021928 / RF52488-recto © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d & 39; Orsay) / Thierry Le Mage (C) ADAGP, Paris Date of publication: March 2018 Historical background Butter plate After the law on freedom of the press of July 29, 1881, the bans imposed on journalists, cartoonists or cartoonists became less frequent even if the legislation on insulting good morals remained a means of censorship.

The Jesuits, a monstrous hydra

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Close Title: Allegorical piece: print: Coutume des Jésuites. We read at the bottom of the plate: All armed with courage and a treacherous faith ..... Date represented: August 6, 1762 Dimensions: Height 34.3 - Width 51.5 Technique and other indications: Department of Prints, BnF Place of Conservation: National Library of France (Paris) website Contact copyright: © Photo National Library of France Allegorical piece: print: Custom of the Jesuits.

The King's Gardener: André le Nôtre

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Close Title: André le Nôtre, Controller of Buildings and designer of the King's Gardens Author: MARATTA Carlo (1625 - 1713) Creation date: 1679 -Dimensions: Height 112 cm - Width 85 cm Technique and other information: Oil on canvas Place of Conservation: National Museum of the Palace of Versailles (Versailles) websiteContact copyright: Palace of Versailles, Dist.

Louis XIV receives the Grand Condé in the grand staircase of Versailles after his victory at Seneffe in 1674

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Home ›Studies› Louis XIV receives the Grand Condé in the grand staircase of Versailles after his victory at Seneffe in 1674 Louis XIV receiving Louis II of Bourbon, known as the Grand Condé, in Versailles after the battle of Senef © RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles) / Gérard Blot Date of publication: December 2019 University of Evry-Val d & 39; Essonne Historical background Glory through arms Charles Doërr (1815-1894) was a student of Léon Cogniet, painter of historical scenes whose influence is undeniable in the within this painting presented at the Salon of French artists in 1857.