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Hubert Robert gets to paint an actual ruin. Here's the Bastille coming down.
Medieval Karl:
Card table made from piece of the bastille, with lacquered cards
Medieval Karl:
Card table made from a piece of the Bastille, decorated with cards. Note that the king has been torn in two. Musée Carnavalet - Musée de l'histoire de Paris
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Candy container, ivory, showing the arrest of the governor of the Bastille. Launay came to a bad end. Musée Carnavalet - Musée de l'histoire de Paris
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18th-c. wax. Presumptive self-portrait of Philippe-Guillaume Curtius (d. 1794). He founded the wax museum, and was Madame Tussaud's uncle. http://www.nndb.com/people/292/000113950/ Musée Carnavalet - Musée de l'histoire de Paris
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model of the Bastille made from an actual piece of the Bastille
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Je vous announce le bonheur de la France, says this rather cheerful looking 18th-c. plate. Musée Carnavalet - Musée de l'histoire de Paris
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Bewar the cat!
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I love the combination of revolutionary slogans with LE ROI
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Romaine Brooks (1874-1970), Élisabeth de Gramont, duchesse de Clermont-Tonnerre (c. 1924)
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Room of Paul Léauntaud, Cat...thing. Musée Carnavalet - Musée de l'histoire de Paris
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Modèle pour un monument à la mémoire d'Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, by Frédéric-Jean Brou
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Joseph-Prosper Florence. Ice-skater in the Bois de Boulogne. Placard tells us that iceskating was a big deal in 19th-c. Paris. Musée Carnavalet - Musée de l'histoire de Paris
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Cabinet full of 18th-c. hot air balloon inspired porcelain. adieu!
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Cabinet full of 18th-c. hot air balloon inspired porcelain.
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18th or 19th-c. shop sign
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Model of Paris as Pont Neuf being built. St Honoré and Rue de l'arbre sec in photo
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Jean Véber (1864-1928) Les Parisiens tirant le diable par la queue inv. P. 2791
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Dead squirrels doing living human things.
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Set of figures representing street hawkers of Paris, each with his or her distinctive cry.
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18th-c. brewer sign? Looks like a pretzel seller to me!
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To the 3 orders, reunited - Aux trois ordres réunis
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À saint Antoine, sign for a charcutier, 19th c. inv. EN 59
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HELLO I AM A CAT.
Medieval Karl:
HELLO I AM A CAT.
Medieval Karl:
HELLO I AM A CAT.
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The wandering bread merchant had the idea to have his peculiar hand as his sign.
Medieval Karl:
HELLO I AM A CAT.
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Small road.
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Catholic League, armed clergy
