Title

'The Castle of Falaise and Fountain of Arlette',1890

Caption

'The Castle of Falaise and Fountain of Arlette', 1890. Chateau de Falaise, 12th-13th century, in Calvados, Normandy, seat of the Dukes of Normandy. Deserted during the 17th century, restoration was carried out between 1870 and 1874. Arlette?s Fountain marks the site where Robert the Magnificent is said to have fallen in love with Arlette, who he took as his wife. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F25_102

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,3Mb (6,3Mb) / 13,0in x 18,3in / 3900 x 5490 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors building female women woman people architecture arts country French fountain fountains France book castle deserted royal ruins medieval ruin fortifications fortification rustic location century Calvados literature royalty lady concept ruined B&W MONOCHROME Day 19th century black & white black and white background people B W Duke Basse-Normandie Middle Ages nineteenth century rural history historic The Print Collector Duke of Normandy rural life TGN outside engraving landscape Falaise Unknown Cassells Edmund Robert I Co Cassell & Co Robert Edmund Ollier Ollier Duke of Normandy Regionalism Cassell and Company Ltd Cassell & Company Chateau de Falaise Falaise Castle Robert the Magnificent Robert the Devil Robert le Diable Cassell & Cassell's Illustrated Universal History Arlette's Fountain Fountain of Arlette Robert le engraving landscape