Greeting Cards

Text on the reverse side:With earliest models dating back to the 2ndC, armillary spheres are brass representations of the celestial sphere with eit...

Text on the reverse side: Cette carte a été créée en 1660, par le graveur et éditeur néerlandais, Justus Danckerts. L'entreprise familiale de cart...

Text on the reverse side: This map was created in 1660 by Dutch engraver and print publisher Justus Danckerts. The Danckerts cartographic family b...

Text on the reverse side:Compasses are useful tools in both land-based and maritime navigation, employing a magnetised needle to identify true nort...

Text on the reverse side:Les phares anciens étaient rudimentaires, constitués de plates-formes ou de petites structures surmontées de feux. Au XIXe...

Text on the reverse side:Ancient lighthouses were rudimentary, consisting of platforms or small structures with fires on top. In the 19th C., light...

Text on the reverse side: Les bouées sifflantes aident les marins à s’orienter par temps brumeux et incertains. Lorsque la bouée monte et descend ...

Text on the reverse side:On pense que les premiers navires ont été construits par les Égyptiens de l’Antiquité dès le IVème siècle avant JC. Voici ...

Text on the reverse side: It is believed that the first ships were built by the Ancient Egyptians as early as the 4th century BC. Since then, mari...

Text on the reverse side: L'École navale, ou Académie navale française, forme les officiers de la Marine française depuis 1830. Cette illustration...

Text on the reverse side: The École navale, or the French Naval Academy, has trained the officers of the French Navy since 1830. This illustration...

Text on the reverse side: Les marins sont les membres actifs de l’équipage d’un navire au-dessous du grade d’officier. Cette illustration d'un mar...

Text on the reverse side: Sailors are the working members of a ship’s crew below the officer-level rank. This illustration of a sailor from the Fr...

Text on the reverse side:Le Petit Journal était un quotidien parisien populaire publié entre 1843 et 1944. Sur cette couverture figure le navire de...

Text on the reverse side:Le Petit Journal was a popular daily Parisian newspaper published between 1843 and 1944. The French naval ship Marengo is ...

Text on the reverse side: Illustration montrant l'évolution des uniformes de la marine française de 1690 à 1930. Le type d'uniforme porté et d'ins...

Text on the reverse side: Illustration showing the evolution of French Naval Uniforms from 1690 to 1930. The type of uniform worn and insignia dis...

Text on the reverse side:'A Christmas Carol' written by Charles Dickens, popularised the phrase 'Merry Christmas'. This novella was Dickens' most p...

Text on the reverse side: Ce proverbe anglais nous rappelle que, peu importe la violence de la tempête, il faut continuer le voyage et persévérer....

Text on the reverse side:The photographs were taken at St Martin’s Hall, London, during a public reading series which were presentations by the Dic...

Text on the reverse side:The photographs were taken at St Martin’s Hall, London, during a public reading series which were presentations by the Dic...

Text on the reverse side: The photographs were taken at St Martin’s Hall, London, during a public reading series which were presentations by the D...

Text on the reverse side:Studies have found that geniuses often show unique brain connectivity, suggesting that the genius intellect involves not j...

Text on the reverse side:48 Doughty Street is the only house in which Charles Dickens lived in London that survives and where he shot to worldwide ...

Text on the reverse side: This portrait miniature of Charles Dickens with dark curls was exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts in London, 1844, b...

Text on the reverse side: In this posthumous engraving by Samuel Hollyer, Dickens is seated at a desk in his country home of Gad’s Hill Place, whe...

Text on the reverse side:This portrait of Charles Dickens was painted during his first tour of North America, where he caught the attention of Amer...

Text on the reverse side: In the publication Eclipse, 14th June 1868, André Gill illustrates Dickens crossing the English Channel holding his favo...

Text on the reverse side:Based on a reproduction published in 1874 by Edward J. Francis, this map was originally printed in the 1560s, but no survi...

Text on the reverse side: Le point de broderie utilisé dans ce tissus indien du XVIIIe siècle est typique du Gujarat. Entre le XVIe et le XVIIIe s...

Text on the reverse side: Empereur moghol, Shah Jahan a commandé le Taj Mahal pour abriter les restes de sa défunte épouse, Mumtaz Mahal. Ce symbo...

Text on the reverse side: Cette peinture moghole dépeint l'histoire ancienne de Wag-wag, une île mythique censée être peuplée de créatures posséda...

Text on the reverse side: Cette image fait partie d'une série de peintures miniatures indiennes appelées Ragamala, ou "Guirlande de Ragas". Chaque...

Text on the reverse side: La reliure est originaire d'Inde et d'Asie du Sud-Est. Au 2ème siècle avant notre ère, les scribes hindous ont commencé ...

Text on the reverse side: Damayanti et Nala, d'une histoire d'amour indienne, tombent amoureux l'un de l'autre sans jamais s'être rencontrés. Un c...

Text on the reverse side: Le dieu Krishna danse sur la tête de la divinité-serpent Kaliya en guise de punition pour avoir pollué une rivière. Les ...