Evocations


Evocations of famous composers, sciencists, discoverers and historical figures.



27 subcategories
Beethoven, Ludwig van

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Brahms, Johannes

BRAHMS, JOHANNES

Bruckner, Anton

BRUCKNER, ANTON

Chopin, Frederic

CHOPIN, FREDERIC

Copernicus, Nicolaus

COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS

Einstein, Albert

EINSTEIN, ALBERT

Erasmus von Rotterdam

ERASMUS VON ROTTERDAM

Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand

FRANCOIS-RENE VICOMTE DE CHATEAUBRIAND

Franklin, Benjamin

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN

Galilei, Galileo

GALILEI, GALILEO

Haydn, Franz Joseph

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH

Honoré de Balzac

HONORé DE BALZAC

Jefferson, Thomas

JEFFERSON, THOMAS

Kepler, Johannes

KEPLER, JOHANNES

Louis-Philippe

LOUIS-PHILIPPE

Mahler, Gustav

MAHLER, GUSTAV

Marcus, Siegfried

MARCUS, SIEGFRIED

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Napoleon III.

NAPOLEON III.

Newton, Isaac

NEWTON, ISAAC

Pascal, Blaise

PASCAL, BLAISE

Proust, Marcel

PROUST, MARCEL

Schubert, Franz

SCHUBERT, FRANZ

Strauss, Johann

STRAUSS, JOHANN

Verdi, Giuseppe

VERDI, GIUSEPPE

Wagner, Richard

WAGNER, RICHARD

254 photos
Chateau de Nohant, home of French romantic writer
George Sand (1804-1876). When Napoleon III made himself
Emperor, the liberal Sand retired to Nohant for good.
The boudoir, in the background the desk on which she
wrote the novel "Indiana."
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Chateau de Nohant, home of French romantic writer George Sand (1804-1876). When...

Chateau de Versailles: the "Salon des Dames" at the
time of King Louis-Philippe (1773-1850), with the
original furniture and (foreground) embroideries by
Queen Amelie and her ladies.
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Chateau de Versailles: the "Salon des Dames" at the time of King Louis-Philippe...

Chateau de Versailles: the gaming room with the chess  
board of King Louis-Philippe (1773-1850) and original  
furniture and lamps.
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Chateau de Versailles: the gaming room with the chess board of King Louis-Phil...

Chateau de Compiegne, favourite residence of           
Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie. "Love-seat"          
and small table.
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Chateau de Compiegne, favourite residence of Napoleon III and Empress...

Salle des jeux; a salon where Napoleon III and Empress 
Eugenie met their friends for evening games; the famous
"dictee" imagined by poet Prosper Merimee took place   
here in the Chateau de Compiegne, favourite residence  
of Napoleon III.
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Salle des jeux; a salon where Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie met their friend...

Empress Eugenie's clothes,umbrella and walking stick   
in her dressing room, Chateau de CompiŠgne,France.
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Empress Eugenie's clothes,umbrella and walking stick in her dressing room, Ch...

Professor Louis Pasteur's instruments: a glass balloon 
with swan's neck for his experiments to disprove the   
idea of a "spontaneous creation"; a glass bottle with  
the marrow of a rabbit infected with rabies, dried to  
increase the virus' virulence (1884).
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Professor Louis Pasteur's instruments: a glass balloon with swan's neck for his...

The Proust family's country house near Chartres. Poet  
Marcel Proust spent his childhood there and described  
the house in the first volumes of "A la Recherche du   
Temps perdu". Marcel Proust's room.
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The Proust family's country house near Chartres. Poet Marcel Proust spent his...

Proust's "American Notebooks," with manuscript pages   
from his novel "A la Recherche du Temps Perdu."
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Proust's "American Notebooks," with manuscript pages from his novel "A la Rec...

Chateau de Coppet,Switzerland, Mme. de Stael's home.   
Room Mme.Recamier used when staying with her friend.   
Sculpture: a portrait bust of Mme.de Stael.
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Chateau de Coppet,Switzerland, Mme. de Stael's home. Room Mme.Recamier used w...

The special edition of the London Gazette of           
June 22, 1815, reporting the victory, on June 18th,    
over Napoleon I. and mentioning that Major Henry Percy 
carried the dispatch from Fieldmarshal the Duke of     
Wellington.
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The special edition of the London Gazette of June 22, 1815, reporting...

Uniform worn by Major Henry Percy, when he carried     
the news of the victory of Waterloo to London. At      
Waterloo Napoleon was finally defeated by the Allied   
armies on June 18th, 1815.
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Uniform worn by Major Henry Percy, when he carried the news of the victory...