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A 1766 oil on canvas portrait by Allan Ramsay of the Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)

Portrait of French revolutionary leader Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793), painting by Jean-Baptiste Fouquet, c. 1792. Palace of Versailles.

The tomb of the Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Pantheon, Paris.

A 1972 photograph of the French ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910-97).

A photograph of the composer Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880). Taken by Nadar in the 1860s. (Bibliotheque Nationale de France)

An illustrated portrait of a young Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) playing the cello. Made in 1850.

An 1801 oil on canvas painting, Coalbrookdale by Night, by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg. The scene captures the Bedlam furnaces at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England. (Science Museum, London)

Portrait of Jacques Cathelineau (1759-1793), generalissimo of the Catholic and Royal Army during the War in the Vendee (1793-1796). Also known as the "Saint of Anjou", Cathelineau liked to lead his men from the front, a habit that cost him...

Portrait of Jacques René Hébert, editor of the popular newspaper Le Père Duchesne. Print by Edme Bovinet, 1796. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

Portrait of Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793), journalist and leader of the Girondist (Brissotin) faction during the French Revolution (1789-99). Painting by François Bonneville, c 1790. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.