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  • Pascal's experiment in the Puy de Dôme to test the relation between atmospheric pressure and altitude. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
  • [French charity stamp showing a woman gestuting towards a burning town, a French tricolore flag in her right urging people to buy nothing from the Germans: "N'achetez rien aux Allemands"].
  • Centre de Santé Médical & Dentaire au Maire Volta : Paris Santé / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris, ENIPSE, Équipe Nationale d'Intervention en Prévention et Santé pour les Entreprises.
  • Centre de Santé Médical & Dentaire au Maire Volta : Paris Santé / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris, ENIPSE, Équipe Nationale d'Intervention en Prévention et Santé pour les Entreprises.
  • Centre de Santé Médical & Dentaire au Maire Volta : Paris Santé / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris, ENIPSE, Équipe Nationale d'Intervention en Prévention et Santé pour les Entreprises.
  • Centre de Santé Médical et Dentaire au Maire Volta : consultations avec et sans rendez-vous au: 01 48 87 49 87 / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris.
  • Centre de Santé Médical & Dentaire au Maire Volta : Paris Santé / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris, ENIPSE, Équipe Nationale d'Intervention en Prévention et Santé pour les Entreprises.
  • Centre de Santé Médical et Dentaire au Maire Volta : consultations avec et sans rendez-vous au: 01 48 87 49 87 / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris.
  • Centre de Santé Médical et Dentaire au Maire Volta : consultations avec et sans rendez-vous au: 01 48 87 49 87 / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris.
  • Centre de Santé Médical et Dentaire au Maire Volta : consultations avec et sans rendez-vous au: 01 48 87 49 87 / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris.
  • A young woman watching from a beach while a rowing boat carries a man, waving farewell, to a ship in the distance. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1829, after H. Corbould.
  • A physician recommending some medicine to a young female patient. Coloured lithograph, 1853, by H. Garnier, 1836, after J.L. Canon.
  • A woman trader at the Halles market in Paris defends her conduct in conversation with an official as another woman looks on in amusement. Lithograph by N. Charlet, 1825.
  • The busy street in front of the Bath house, Boulogne, France. Coloured lithograph after I.L. Deroy, 1853.
  • People purchasing drinks from a cocoa vendor as others sit resting under a tree in fog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1827.
  • A troupe of blind musicians and their dogs confronting a rival street musician and his dog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1828.
  • An old shepherd leaning against a worn-out road-sign eats his lunch while sheep graze in a field next to the road. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.
  • A woman inn-keeper and her cook stand outside the hotel watching the arrival of a coach in the high street. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.
  • The Cachucha dance performed by Fanny Cerrito and Arthur Saint-Léon. Coloured lithograph by E.C.F. Guérard, 1845.
  • A distressed young woman protests her innocence and prays before the judge and the counsel of the Spanish inquisition. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1839, after S.J.E. Jones.
  • An armless veteran of the Hôtel des Invalides is hired as a guide for visitors, in order that he take no money from them. Coloured lithograph by Cham.
  • The main avenue, Allées d'Étigny, Bagnères de Luchon. Lithograph by E. Ciceri.
  • An elephant and a leopard confront each other on opposite sides of a stream in an Indian desert. Coloured lithograph by E. Leroux after A.-G. Decamps, 1853.
  • Jöns Jacob Berzelius. Lithograph by A. Farcy after F. Krüger.
  • A landlord, while fishing, reads property advertisements in the newspaper and exclaims at the levels of rent being asked. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.
  • An emaciated old man is transformed by four beauticians. Coloured lithograph by Ch.-J. Fuhr after Ch. Bargue, 1852.
  • A French soldier boasts that he and six others have 'evacuated' 300 Mexicans from a square;a military surgeon, holding an enema, counters that he has 'evacuated' many more single-handed. Coloured lithograph by Draner (Jules Renard).
  • People playing a game of skittles (bowling) in the garden of an inn, as others sit on the grass drinking, smoking and chatting. Engraving by E. de Ghendt after J. Steen.
  • A family caught in an avalanche along the Mount St. Bernard Pass; a woman frantically rings the bell thus breaking the cord. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Lecomte.
  • Franco-Prussian War: foreign ambulance staff in the Siege of Paris. Coloured transfer lithograph by Draner (J. Renard), 1871.