Arctic searching expedition: a journal of a boat-voyage through Rupert’s Land and the Arctic Sea
Tag: Portrait
Sarah Bernhardt. French actress
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) Sarah Bernhardt (actually Marie Henriette Rosine Bernardt) was a French actress. She is considered the most famous actress of her time and was one of the first… Read More
Emma Eames. American opera singer.
Emma Hayden Eames Emma Hayden Eames (1865 – 1952) was an American opera singer (soprano) and vocal pedagogue.
Archimedes of Syracuse. Mathematician of antiquity.
Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek χρχιμήδης Archimēdēs) born around 287 BC probably in Syracuse; Died in 212 BC, was a Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer. He is considered one of the most important mathematicians of antiquity.
Fra ‘Jean de la Valette, Grand Master of the Military Order of Malta.
Fra ‘Jean de la Valette, Jean Parisot de La Valette, (1494 – 1568) was the 49th Grand Master of the Military Order of Malta
Sir Walter Raleigh and the New World. Founding of Roanoke.
Sir Walter Raleigh was one of the most brilliant and one of the most ambitious men at the court of Queen Elizabeth.
Portrait équestre de Henri IV en 1596 à cheval, âgé de 45 ans.
Equestrian portrait of Henri IV in 1596 on horseback, aged 45. King of France.
Portraits de la cour royale française au 16e siècle
Portraits of Antoine de Saint-Chamand, lord of Mery, an unknown lady and Henri IV before 1600.
Henri de Lorraine, duc de Guise, also called Le Balafré.
Henri de Guise, leader of the Catholic League in France, is murdered by the royal guard in Blois on 23 December 1588.
Gabrielle d’Estrées (1570-1599). Mistress of the French King Henry IV.
Gabrielle d’Estrées, Duchesse de Beaufort et Verneuil, Marquise de Monceaux was from 1592 to 1599, the mistress of the French King Henry IV.