EditorialTransbordement des cendres de Napoleon I a bord de la " La Belle Poule", 15 octobre 1840. (1842) The return of the ashes of Napoleon I on board the ship " La Belle Poule", October 15, 1840. Canvas, 238 x 369 cm.
EditorialBilliards table for pool (la poule) with two cue balls, 1827. Charles Chereau's table played music when a ball was potted in each pocket. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, P...
EditorialScore table for the game of pool (la poule), a round robin variant of billiards played with two cue balls from the early 19th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Pari...
EditorialTwo couples perform the third section La Poule in the quadrille, a popular ball and salon dance from the early 19th century. "The poule is a gay, animated quadrille where one can have fun with decency, and shine without pretension." Illustration by Dut...
EditorialWestern swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio 1 and violet blanket octopus, Tremoctopus violaceus 2. Poule Sultane, Poulpe voile. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire ...
EditorialWood warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix, and moorhen, Gallinula chloropusPouillot et poule d'eau. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Pict...
EditorialHoudan or Poule de Houdan cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by Robert B. Wood Young Champion and Lady. Cock won first prize at Birmingham, Crystal Palace and Manchester 1870. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration...
EditorialLa Fleche breed of chickens, cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Rare French breed, Poule de la Fleche, Sarthe. Bred by W.C.W. Fitzwilliam and first prize winner at Wolverhamption, second prize at Birmingham and Bristol 1871.
EditorialPurperkoet (Porphyrio porphyrio); porphirion telamon / poule sultane (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Bo?tius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 253 mm ? w 158 mm.
EditorialMoorhen (Gallinula chloropus). / Pouilliot, poule d'eau. (title on object), Moorhen (juvenile). Numbered top right: 11. Top left the Latin and German name. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals,...
EditorialLa Poule. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 241 ? 343 mm (image); 245 ? 348 mm (plate); 253 ? 355 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England.
EditorialLa Poule. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 241 ? 343 mm (image); 245 ? 348 mm (plate); 253 ? 355 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England.