Bois Collection

Matania - Last Absolution of the Munsters
The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois - painting by Fortunino Matania. This painting relates to an incident in France in May of 1915

Churchill speaking at Theydon Bois
In a speech at Theydon Bois on 27th August, Winston Churchill declared that the whole state of Europe was moving steadily towards a climax which could not be long delayed

Royal Engineer with messenger dog, France, WW1
A Royal Engineer reading a message brought by a messenger dog by swimming a canal, near Nieppe Wood, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

WOMBAT 1864
PHASCOLYMUS LATIFRONS Wombats in the Jardin d Acclimatation in the bOIS DE Boulogne, Paris

French travel poster
Poster advertising the resorts of Ault-Onival and Bois de Cise in the Somme and Picardy region of France three hours from France via the French National Railway

Rose of Sharon, Hypericum calycinum. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Bayeux, Normandy, France - 14th century wooden house (Maison de Bois) on La Rue des Cuisiniers. Date: circa 1910s

The Village, Theydon Bois, Essex
The Village, Theydon Bois, Epping, near Loughton, Essex, England. Date: 1920s

Visit to Madeira - Road to the Hotel
Black and white lantern slide of a sledge/carriage (carro de bois) being pulled up a hill by a pair of oxen - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

Racial / Canada / Courrier
A French Canadian hunter or courrier du bois with a rifle and a hatchet Date: 1891

Saint Bruno (1030-1101), fondateur de l'Ordre des Chartreux. Sculpture en bois de Manuel Pereira (1614-1667)
AIS5391434 Saint Bruno (1030-1101), fondateur de l'Ordre des Chartreux. Sculpture en bois de Manuel Pereira (1614-1667).

Representation of a squirrel on a piece of wood. Ulisse Aldrovandi fonds, Palazzo Poggi, Bologna
VEN5028365 Representation of a squirrel on a piece of wood. Ulisse Aldrovandi fonds, Palazzo Poggi, Bologna.; (add.info.: Representation of a squirrel on a piece of wood)

Kintaikyo Bridge near Miyajima (Itsuku shima) - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4981228 Kintaikyo Bridge near Miyajima (Itsuku shima) - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Kintaikyo Bridge near Miyajima (Itsuku shima) - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF

Representation of the Prophhete Noe cutting wood for the construction of the Ark
VEN5028072 Representation of the Prophhete Noe cutting wood for the construction of the Ark, two plans of the internal organization of the Ark, surround it

Charron hammering a metal circle on a wooden wheel - Wheelwright hammering a metal cover onto a wooden wheel in a yard
FLO4577674 Charron hammering a metal circle on a wooden wheel - Wheelwright hammering a metal cover onto a wooden wheel in a yard

Letter B (Wood). Alphabet of small geographers. Children's bookshop illustrated. Guerin-Muller et Cie Editeurs, A
DUV4201896 Letter B (Wood). Alphabet of small geographers. Children's bookshop illustrated. Guerin-Muller et Cie Editeurs, A. Capendu Successor, Paris, 1881. L.V. Leer and Cie Haarlem

Log wood mill for processing timber. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J
FLO4591386 Log wood mill for processing timber. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Gaucho cowboys of the Tucuman, River Plate, Argentina. They wear striped ponchos and trousers, long hair in fur hats
FLO4621709 Gaucho cowboys of the Tucuman, River Plate, Argentina. They wear striped ponchos and trousers, long hair in fur hats, carve wood with knives, while resting near their wagons

Mill Degorgeoers 18-19th century (Walnut, linden or willow wood)
JEB4749303 Mill Degorgeoers 18-19th century (Walnut, linden or willow wood); Musee Alsacien, Strasbourg, France; (add.info.: Piece of wood at the exit of flour mills destined to remove malefices)

True cinnamon, Cinnamomum verum 1, and camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora 2 Laurus camphora
FLO4575372 True cinnamon, Cinnamomum verum 1, and camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora 2 Laurus camphora. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Letter B: logger; branches; swing; fight; oxen; bather; hat; broom; boat; wood; bugs; bottle. Alphabet (Abecedaire)
DUV4199509 Letter B: logger; branches; swing; fight; oxen; bather; hat; broom; boat; wood; bugs; bottle. Alphabet (Abecedaire)

Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden
FLO4577786 Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden trunnel. At his feet, his auger, axe and punch

Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw - Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw in a saw-pit
FLO4577785 Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw - Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw in a saw-pit

Les hommes sauves de la gueule du Leviathan, sculpture in oak from the southern Netherlands
YOU4419984 Les hommes sauves de la gueule du Leviathan, sculpture in oak from the southern Netherlands, dating from the 16th century

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855690 Costume of Bois d'Embourg; (add.info.: Costume of Bois d'Embourg. Rear view of the tall bavolet bonnet with lace tails. The model is the mother of the girl in plate 32)

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855688 Costume of Bois d'Embourg; (add.info.: Costume of Bois d'Embourg, three leagues from Rouen. Tall bonnet with lace tails hanging forward over the face)

Decorative botanical print with locust tree, yellowwood, spindle, holly and rowan
5855552 Decorative botanical print with locust tree, yellowwood, spindle, holly and rowan; (add.info.: Five shrubs, including white-flowered black locust tree, white-flowered yellowwood tree)

CABRERA Y GRINO, Ramon (1806-1877). Spanish Carlist military man. Spark blunderbus (19th c.)
CUL4878523 CABRERA Y GRINO, Ramon (1806-1877). Spanish Carlist military man. Spark blunderbus (19th c.), that belonged probably to general Ramon Cabrera. Photography. SPAIN. CASTILE-LA-MANCHA

The curse: Adam digs in the ground, assists by death. Deep down, Eve breastfed her newborn by holding a cattail
FLO4675787 The curse: Adam digs in the ground, assists by death. Deep down, Eve breastfed her newborn by holding a cattail

Cyclists on the way to the Bois du Boulogne, Paris, France in the 19th century
1000893 Cyclists on the way to the Bois du Boulogne, Paris, France in the 19th century. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs

Men stock up wood near Kobdo Gol, October 12 - Mission to North West Mongolia - Album of the mission of Bouillane de
CSO4986525 Men stock up wood near Kobdo Gol, October 12 - Mission to North West Mongolia - Album of the mission of Bouillane de Lacoste commander in 1909 in Mongolia

Ceylon satinwood (Ceylon lemon tree), Chloroxylon swietenia, vulnerable 1, and cashew nut (Anacardier, apple mahogany)
FLO4573934 Ceylon satinwood (Ceylon lemon tree), Chloroxylon swietenia, vulnerable 1, and cashew nut (Anacardier, apple mahogany), Western Anacardium 2

Tools and utensils of the Botocudo people, Brazil. Kindle stick 2, bag 3, codpiece 4, necklace 5, knife 6
FLO4621375 Tools and utensils of the Botocudo people, Brazil. Kindle stick 2, bag 3, codpiece 4, necklace 5, knife 6, bone dagger to pierce coconuts 7, wooden water container 8

The village of wooden houses painted by Indians on Vancouver Island, Canada
FLO4635530 The village of wooden houses painted by Indians on Vancouver Island, Canada. Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Amerique et

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855689 Costume of Bois d'Embourg.; (add.info.: Young woman in the costume of Bois d'Embourg, three leagues from Rouen. She wears a tall bavolet bonnet with long tails)

Les pauvres gens pednant l'hiver. Enfants dans la misere faisant un feu de bois dans la neige pour se rechauffer
COI4130884 Les pauvres gens pednant l'hiver. Enfants dans la misere faisant un feu de bois dans la neige pour se rechauffer. Gravure du journal "Gazette des Enfants", 1895

Science. Production of phosphoric matches. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434768 Science. Production of phosphoric matches. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Representation of the Prophhete Noe cutting wood for the construction of the Ark
VEN5028088 Representation of the Prophhete Noe cutting wood for the construction of the Ark. Below him is a representation of his genealogical tree with his descendants (his sons Sem)

Lengua or Juiadge people of Paraguay, with their distinctive lip plugs or barbotto
FLO4621256 Lengua or Juiadge people of Paraguay, with their distinctive lip plugs or barbotto. Male hunters with bow, arrows and quiver, women roasting meat on a fire

Economy. The wood, woodcutters, carpenters... , c.1900 (chromo)
2636224 Economy. The wood, woodcutters, carpenters... , c.1900 (chromo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Economy. The wood, woodcutters, carpenters... Imagery, France, c.1900.); Photo © CCI.

Mill Degorgeoers 18-19th century (Walnut, linden or willow wood)
JEB4749305 Mill Degorgeoers 18-19th century (Walnut, linden or willow wood); Musee Alsacien, Strasbourg, France; (add.info.: Piece of wood at the exit of flour mills destined to remove malefices)

Woman in merry-go-round costume with fairground hat and dress with wooden horses suspended from hooped skirt
FLO4684448 Woman in merry-go-round costume with fairground hat and dress with wooden horses suspended from hooped skirt. Lithograph by unknown artist with stencil handcolouring from " Nos

Literature, Fairy Tales. The Frog King with the princess. Postcard for the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, Hungary
3434355 Literature, Fairy Tales. The Frog King with the princess. Postcard for the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, Hungary, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: Litterature. Contes de fees. Coll. Part)

Josephine de Beauharnais
2069330 Josephine de Beauharnais; (add.info.: History. France. French First Empire. The Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon Ist. Engraving, France, ca 1805.); Photo © CCI.

First manned free balloon flight, Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, 21 November 1783
528357 First manned free balloon flight, Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, 21 November 1783, in Montgolfier (hot air) balloon from the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France

A fop driving in the Bois de Boulogne, 1840. Dandy in top hat and coat with monocle and whip driving a one-horse gig, woman in ermine-trim cape over a pink dress, bonnet and ermine muff

Herbsts bloodleaf varieties, Iresine herbstii a) var. acuminata, b) var. aureo-reticulata. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden

Plumed cockscomb or silver cocks comb, Celosia argentea (Cock s-comb, Celosia cristata). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden

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"Exploring the fascinating world of 'bois': from historical landmarks to natural wonders and cultural treasures" Step back in time with Matania's captivating artwork, depicting the Last Absolution of the Munsters during WW1. Witness bravery and loyalty as a Royal Engineer is accompanied by his trusty messenger dog on the battlefields of France. Churchill's powerful words resonate at Theydon Bois, leaving an indelible mark on history. Discover the ingenuity of WOMBAT 1864, a groundbreaking invention that revolutionized warfare tactics. Let your imagination wander through enchanting French travel posters, beckoning you to explore new horizons. Marvel at Bayeux's 14th-century wooden house, a testament to architectural craftsmanship and medieval charm in Normandy. Follow the scenic road leading to your Madeira hotel, immersing yourself in breathtaking landscapes along the way. Admire nature's beauty with Rose of Sharon (Hypericum calycinum), its vibrant blooms adding color and joy to any garden. Reflect on Canada's multiculturalism through Courrier magazine, celebrating racial diversity and unity across our nation. Escape bustling city life at Le Lac du Bois de Boulogne in Paris - an oasis of tranquility amidst urban chaos. Indulge your taste buds at The Restaurant Paillard at Pre-Catelan; savor exquisite cuisine while surrounded by elegance and sophistication. Transport yourself back to Paris' golden era as you stroll through Ermitage de Longchamp's exterior garden in the 1920s. In this diverse collection of 'bois, ' immerse yourself in history, culture, nature, and culinary delights – there is something for everyone.