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Petit held a number of auction sales on his premises, including the Narishkine collection in 1883, the Chocquet and Doria collections in 1889 and Edgar Degas' studio sale in 1918–19. [16] In 1919, Petit convinced Louis Dewis, a Sunday painter from Bordeaux, to sell his substantial men's clothing business there and move to Paris, where Petit ...
Louis-Joseph-Narcisse Marchand (born Paris, March 28, 1791, died Trouville, June 19, 1876) was Napoleon Bonaparte's valet and the nominated liquidator of his succession. Born into a middle-class family from the Eure-et-Loir department, in 1811 he became an Imperial servant.
Jean Baptiste Louis DeCourtel Marchand, aka Captain Francois Marchand de Courcelles, was an 18th-century French officer who served in the French colonies in America, and died after a second tour or duty ending in 1734.
The Little Match Girl (1928). A young woman stands on a corner on New Year's Eve, trying to sell matchsticks. She is ignored by most passers by, except a young man who nearly approaches her before being called to a table in a restaurant.
Louis Joseph Marchand may refer to: Louis-Joseph Marchand (musician) (1692–1774), French music theorist, composer, choir director, and priest Louis-Joseph-Narcisse Marchand (1791–1876), French memoirist on Napoleon Bonaparte who served as Bonaparte's valet
Totnes Museum (formerly Totnes Elizabethan House and Museum) is a local museum in the town of Totnes, south Devon, in southwest England. [1] Totnes Museum's Elizabethan House as seen from Fore Street, Totnes. The museum is housed in a Grade I listed Elizabethan merchant's house that was built c.1575 for the Kelland family. The house still has ...
Juhel de Totnes (died 1123/30) (alias Juhel fitz Alfred, Juhel de Mayenne, [1] Judel, Judhel, Judael, Judhael, Joel, Judhel de Totenais), Latinised to Judhellus filius Aluredi, "Juhel son of Alured") was a soldier and supporter of William the Conqueror (1066–1087). He was the first feudal baron of Totnes and feudal baron of Barnstaple, both ...
Dessalines (French pronunciation:; Haitian Creole: Desalin) usually referred to as Marchand-Dessalines (Haitian Creole: Machan Desalin), is a commune in the Artibonite department of Haiti. It is named after Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler and emperor of independent Haiti.