Eric Bouvet, The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989
Tag: history
Lighters of the Vietnam War
Marie Antoinette’s Last Letter Stained By Her Tears
“16th October, 4.30 A.M.
It is to you, my sister, that I write for the last time. I have just been condemned, not to a shameful death, for such is only for criminals, but to go and rejoin your brother. Innocent like him, I hope to show the same firmness in my last moments. I am calm, as one is when one’s conscience reproaches one with nothing. I feel profound sorrow in leaving my poor children: you know that I only lived for them and for you, my good and tender sister.
Neo-gothic castle on the Black Sea in Ukraine
National Geographic | May 1987
A tiara once owned by Princess Marie Bonaparte, made by Cartier in 1907. The tiara is on display in “Cartier: Style and History” at the Grand Palais in Paris from December 4 through February 16, 2014.
Jean Rousseau, Skull watch, 17th century
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