Search Results: The murders in the rue morgue

Lutetia Parisiorum was the capital of the Parisii, a tribe in ancient Gaul. The Parisii were a tribe on the Middle Seine, and Lutetia ("place near a swamp") was one of their main settlements. It was on the south bank of the river...

An 1878 oil on canvas, The Rue Saint-Denis, Celebration of June 30, 1878, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. The scene captures the public holiday and celebrations of the Universal Exhibition in Paris that year...

The impressionist exhibitions in Paris through the final quarter of the 19th century were organised by a group of avant-garde artists who struggled to have their innovative works accepted by the art establishment. Although ridiculed by many...

An 1880 oil on canvas, Rue Eugène Moussoir at Moret: Winter, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. Like many of the impressionsits, Sisley was interested in capturing the effects of light on snow. He painted...

An 1878 oil on canvas, Rue Halévy, Balcony View, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. Here the artist gives an unusually elevated view of a Paris street and his canvas is square like photographs of the time which...

A colourised engraved print by Benjamin Cole showing the Irish-born pirate Anne Bonny and the English pirate Mary Read, both active in the Caribbean in 1719-20. (Appeared in an early edition of 'A General History of the Robberies and Murders...

A 1725 Dutch print showing the Irish-born pirate Anne Bonny, active in the Caribbean in 1719-20. (Appeared in an early edition of 'A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates' by Daniel Defoe/Charles Johnson...

A colourised engraving of the pirate Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach (d. 1718). First appeared in an 18th-century edition of a 'General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates' by Charles Johnson (likely a pseudonym...

A colourised engraving from c. 1724 of Bartholomew Roberts (aka Black Bart Roberts), the notorious Welsh pirate (c. 1682-1722). The illustration shows the various flags Roberts flew to bring fear and capitulation from his victims. (From an...

A c. 1724 engraved print by Benjamin Cole of Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach (d. 1718). First appeared in an early edition of a 'General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates' by Charles Johnson (likely a pseudonym...