French history Gallery

Tennis Court Oath, French Revolution, 1789

Third Estate pledging solidarity to write a constitution, known as the Tennis Court Oath, French Revolution.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting by Couder

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1700s, 1789, 18th Century, Art, Europe, European, France, French, French Revolution, Government, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, National Assembly, Protest, Rebel, Rebellion, Revolt, Revolution, Tennis Court Oath, Third Estate, Traditional, Uprising, Versailles, Vintage

French village wedding procession, 1800s

Wedding party strolling through the village of Pont-Aven in Brittany, France.
Printed halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 19th Century, Art, Brittany, Child, Children, Daily Life, Europe, European, Family, France, French, Heritage, Historic, History, House, Illustration, Life Style, Marriage, Music, Musician, Parade, Party, Pont Aven, Procession, Street, Town, Traditional, Village, Vintage, Wedding, Wooden Shoe

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics on an obelisk in Paris

Hieroglyphics on the ancient Egyptian obelisk from Luxor in the Place de
la Concorde, Paris, presented to King Louis-Philippe in the 1800s.
Digital photograph

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Africa, Ancient, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient History, Antiquity, Bc, Carving, Civilization, Classical, Classical Civilization, Classics, Egypt, Egyptian, France, Heritage, Hieroglyphics, Historic, History, North Africa, Obelisk, Traditional, Vintage, Writing