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<font size=5><center>'''Robert Louis Postcard series'''</center></font>
<font size=5><center>'''Robert Louis Postcard series'''</center></font>




[[File:Normandie.lou.jpg|center]]
[[File:france.lou.jpg|center]]


'''Series information :'''  
'''Series information :'''  
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*Image variants : ?
*Image variants : ?


===Author===
An overview of postcards with designs of [[Robert Louis]].
One of the most famous heraldists in France in the mid 20th century was Robert Louis. He designed a numer of arms, but he was famous for his heraldic art of French historical regions, towns and provinces. He wrote a number of books on the different arms of towns in several d&eacute;partements, most French heraldic stamps were based on his drawings and a large number of postcards have been issued.  
 
==Series==
====Regions (simple)====
 
<gallery perrow=0>
File:alsace.lou.jpg|[[Alsace]]
File:Angoumois.lou.jpg|[[Angoumois]]
File:Anjou.lou.jpg|[[Anjou]]
File:Artois2.lou.jpg|[[Artois]]
File:Aunis.lou.jpg|[[Aunis]]
File:Auvergne.lou.jpg|[[Auvergne]]
File:bearn.lou.jpg|[[Béarn]]
File:berri.lou.jpg|[[Berry (France)|Berry]]
File:Bourbonnais.lou.jpg|[[Bourbonnais]]
File:Bourgogne.lou.jpg|[[Bourgogne]]
File:comtefox.lou.jpg|[[Comté-de-Foix]]
File:Corse.lou.jpg|[[Corse]]
File:Gascogne.lou.jpg|[[Gascogne]]
File:Guyenne.lou.jpg|[[Guyenne]]
File:ilefrance.lou.jpg|[[Île-de-France]]
File:Limousin.lou.jpg|[[Limousin]]
File:Lorraine.lou.jpg|[[Lorraine]]
File:lyonnais.lou.jpg|[[Lyonnais]]
File:maine.lou.jpg|[[Maine (France)]]
File:marche.lou.jpg|[[Marche]]
File:navarre.lou.jpg|[[Navarre]]
File:nice.lou.jpg|[[Comté-de-Nice]]
File:Nivernais.lou.jpg|[[Nivernais]]
File:Normandie2.lou.jpg|[[Normandie]]
File:Picardie.lou.jpg|[[Picardie]]
File:Poitou.lou.jpg|[[Poitou]]
File:Roussillon.lou.jpg|[[Roussillon]]
File:Saintonge.lou.jpg|[[Saintonge]]
File:savoie.lou.jpg|[[Savoie]]
File:touraine.lou.jpg|[[Touraine]]
File:venaissin.lou.jpg|[[Comtat Venaissin]]
</gallery>
 
====Regions (complex)====


[[File:robert.louis.jpg|300 px|center]]
<gallery perrow=0>
File:alsace1.lou.jpg|[[Alsace]]
File:Angoumois1.lou.jpg|[[Angoumois]]
File:anjou1.lou.jpg|Anjou
File:artois.lou.jpg|[[Artois]]
File:auvergne1.lou.jpg|[[Auvergne]]
File:berri1.lou.jpg|[[Berry (France)|Berry]]
File:bourbonnais1.lou.jpg|[[Bourbonnais]]
File:Bourgogne2.lou.jpg|[[Bourgogne]]
File:bretagne1.lou.jpg|[[Bretagne]]
File:champagne.lou.jpg|[[Champagne]]
File:corse3.lou.jpg|[[Corse]]
File:granit.lou.jpg|Côte de Granit
File:Dauphine.lou.jpg|[[Dauphiné]]
File:Flandre1.lou.jpg|[[Flandre]]
File:Gascogne1.lou.jpg|[[Gascogne]]
File:Lorraine1.lou.jpg|[[Lorraine]]
File:lyonnais1.lou.jpg|[[Lyonnais]]
File:maine1.lou.jpg|[[Maine (France)]]
File:navarre1.lou.jpg|[[Navarre]]
File:Nivernais1.lou.jpg|[[Nivernais]]
File:Normandie.lou.jpg|[[Normandie]]
File:occitaine1.lou.jpg|[[Occitanie]]
File:orleannais.lou.jpg|[[Orléannais]]
File:paysbasque1.lou.jpg|[[Pays-Basque]]
File:provence.lou.jpg|Provence
File:Roussillon1.lou.jpg|[[Roussillon]]
File:savoye.lou.jpg|[[Savoie]]
File:touraine1.lou.jpg|[[Touraine]]
File:venaissin1.lou.jpg|[[Comtat Venaissin]]
</gallery>


The postcards have been issued by different companies during the years. Here most postcards with his work are combined.
====Regions with small arms====


Besides postcards he also designed many stamps (see the [[France (stamps)|stamps]] section of the site. He also wrote many books and designed all kinds of other heraldic items, for example the brochure for the floriade in Paris in 1969, see below.
<gallery perrow=0>
File:alsace2.lou.jpg|[[Alsace]]
File:anjouwine.lou.jpg|Anjou (Wine castles)
File:Aunis1.lou.jpg|[[Aunis]]
File:bearn1.lou.jpg|[[Béarn]]
File:belgie.lou.jpg|[[Belgium]]
File:Bourgogne1.lou.jpg|[[Bourgogne]]
File:bretagne.lou.jpg|[[Bretagne]]
File:champagne1.lou.jpg|[[Champagne]]
File:Corse2.lou.jpg|[[Corse]]
File:coteazur.lou.jpg|Côte d'Azur
File:coteemeralde.lou.jpg|Côte Emeralde
File:Flandre.lou.jpg|[[Flandre]]
File:Foix.lou.jpg|[[Comté-de-Foix]]
File:frcomte.lou.jpg|[[Franche-Comté]]
File:Gevaudan.lou.jpg|Gevaudan
File:gorgestarn.lou.jpg|Gorges du Tarn
File:guyenne1.lou.jpg|[[Guyenne]]
File:guyenne2.lou.jpg|[[Guyenne]]
File:hautemarne.lou.jpg|[[Haute-Marne]]
File:Limousin1.lou.jpg|[[Limousin]]
File:loireatlantique.lou.jpg|[[Loire-Atlantique]]
File:Lorraine2.lou.jpg|[[Lorraine]]
File:marche1.lou.jpg|[[Marche]]
File:Normandie1.lou.jpg|[[Normandie]]
File:paris-arr.lou.jpg|[[Paris]]
File:paris-ilefrance.lou.jpg|[[Paris]]
File:paysbasque.lou.jpg|[[Pays-Basque]]
File:paysbasque2.lou.jpg|[[Pays-Basque]]
File:payspicardie.lou.jpg|Pays-Picardie
File:quercy-cahors.lou.jpg|Quercy-Cahors
File:savoie1.lou.jpg|[[Savoie]]
</gallery>


[[File:parisfloriade.lou.jpg|450 px|center]]
====City and municipal arms====


==Series==
<gallery perrow=0>
For all known cards see [http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Category:Robert_Louis_Postcards here].
File:Amiens.lou.jpg|[[Amiens]]
File:Argenteuil.lou.jpg|[[Argenteuil]]
File:Armentieres.lou.jpg|[[Armentières]]
File:Arromanches.lou.jpg|[[Arromanches]]
File:Auch.lou.jpg|[[Auch]]
File:Bagneaux.lou.jpg|[[Bagneaux-sur-Loing]]
File:Barre.lou.jpg|[[Barre]]
File:fr-beziers.jpg|[[Béziers]]
File:Blois.lou.jpg|Blois
File:Bordeaux.lou.jpg|[[Bordeaux]]
File:Bourgbresse.lou.jpg|[[Bourg-en-Bresse]]
File:Clamart.lou.jpg|[[Clamart]]
File:clermontferrand.lou.jpg|[[Clermont-Ferrand]]
File:Dijon.lou.jpg|[[Dijon]]
File:Epinal.lou.jpg|[[Épinal]]
File:Gueret.lou.jpg|[[Guéret]]
File:Lille.lou.jpg|[[Lille]]
File:fr-lyon4.jpg|[[Lyon]]
File:Marseille.lou.jpg|[[Marseille]]
File:maule.lou.jpg|[[Maule (Yvelines)|Maule]]
File:mitrymory.lou.jpg|[[Mitry-Mory]]
File:Montauban.lou.jpg|[[Montauban]]
File:montmarsan.lou.jpg|[[Mont-de-Marsan]]
File:mortagnep.lou.jpg|[[Mortagne-au-Perche]]
File:nantes.lou.jpg|[[Nantes]]
File:nevers.lou.jpg|[[Nevers]]
File:fr-nice4.jpg|[[Nice]]
File:nimes.lou.jpg|[[Nîmes]]
File:niort.lou.jpg|[[Niort]]
File:palaisvienne.lou.jpg|[[Le Palais-sur-Vienne]]
File:paris.lou.jpg|[[Paris]]
File:porcheville.lou.jpg|[[Porcheville]]
File:Rodez.lou.jpg|[[Rodez]]
File:Royat.lou.jpg|[[Royat]]
File:stlo.lou.jpg|[[Saint-Lô]]
File:stquentin.lou.jpg|[[Saint-Quentin]]
File:Sochaux.lou.jpg|[[Sochaux]]
File:strasbourg.lou.jpg|[[Strasbourg]]
File:thiais.lou.jpg|[[Thiais]]
File:troyes.lou.jpg|[[Troyes]]
File:vairesmarne.lou.jpg|[[Vaires-sur-Marne]]
File:versailles.lou.jpg|[[Versailles]]
</gallery>


Some examples:
====City arms (not in France)====


'''Simple arms'''
<gallery perrow=0>
File:oran.lou.jpg|[[Oran]]
File:dz-orleansville.jpg|[[Orléansville]]
File:orleansville.lou.jpg|[[Orléansville]]
File:stdenis.lou.jpg|[[Saint-Denis (Réunion)|Saint-Denis]]
File:setif.lou.jpg|[[Sétif]]
File:tiziouzou.lou.jpg|[[Tizi Ouzou]]
</gallery>


{|align="center"
====City arms (multinational)====
|align="center"|[[File:alsace.lou.jpg|300 px|center]] <br/>Alsace
|align="center"|[[File:bearn.lou.jpg|300 px|center]]  <br/>Béarn
|-
|align="center"|[[File:maine.lou.jpg|300 px|center]] <br/>Maine
|align="center"|[[File:savoie.lou.jpg|300 px|center]]  <br/>Savoie
|-
|}


'''Complex arms'''
<gallery perrow=0>
File:badkreuznach.lou.jpg|[[Bad Kreuznach]] and [[Bourg-en-Bresse]]
</gallery>


{|align="center"
====Royalty====
|align="center"|[[File:artois.lou.jpg|300 px|center]] <br/>Artois
|align="center"|[[File:champagne.lou.jpg|300 px|center]]  <br/>Champagne
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Dauphine.lou.jpg|300 px|center]] <br/>Dauphine
|align="center"|[[File:navarre1.lou.jpg|300 px|center]]  <br/>Navarre
|-
|}


'''Regions with small arms'''
<gallery perrow=0>
File:Annebretagne.lou.jpg|Anne de Bretagne
File:Capetiens.lou.jpg|Capetiens
File:Charlestemeraire.lou.jpg|Charles le Témeraire
File:francois1.lou.jpg|François I
File:jehanlebon.lou.jpg|Jehan le Bon
File:jehannedarc.lou.jpg|Jehanne d'Arc
File:Jehansansleur.lou.jpg|Jehan sans Leur
File:Philippebel.lou.jpg|Philippe le Bel
File:Philippebon.lou.jpg|Philippe le Bon
File:Philippehardi.lou.jpg|Philippe le Hardi
</gallery>


{|align="center"
====Other types====
|align="center"|[[File:alsace2.lou.jpg|300 px|center]] <br/>Alsace
|align="center"|[[File:guyenne1.lou.jpg|300 px|center]]  <br/>Guyenne
|}


'''City arms with gold bordure'''
<gallery perrow=0>
File:artois1.lou.jpg|Artois
File:Gap-boules.lou.jpg|[[Gap]]
File:marche2.lou.jpg|[[Marche]]
File:mende.lou.jpg|[[Mende]]
File:sapiers.lou.jpg|Fire Brigades
</gallery>


{|align="center"
{{collect}}
|align="center"|[[File:Dijon.lou.jpg|300 px|center]] <br/>Dijon
{{media}}
|align="center"|[[File:Rodez.lou.jpg|300 px|center]]  <br/>Rodez
|}


[[Category:Postcards]]
[[Category:Postcards]]
[[Category:France (postcards)]]
[[Category:France]]

Latest revision as of 14:47, 28 March 2024

Robert Louis Postcard series


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Series information :

  • Date of issue : 1940s-70s (approx.)
  • Number of cards : over 250
  • Image variants : ?

An overview of postcards with designs of Robert Louis.

Series

Regions (simple)

Regions (complex)

Regions with small arms

City and municipal arms

City arms (not in France)

City arms (multinational)

Royalty

  • Anne de Bretagne

  • Capetiens

  • Charles le Témeraire

  • François I

  • Jehan le Bon

  • Jehanne d'Arc

  • Jehan sans Leur

  • Philippe le Bel

  • Philippe le Bon

  • Philippe le Hardi

Other types

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