498700 The Polish School in the Boulevard Batignolles, Paris, c.1850 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: After the occupation of Poland by Russia and Prussia at the end of the 18th century, many Polish families left Poland for exile in France and numbers increased after the failed attempt to win independence from Russia in 1830; in 1842 a school was established in Paris for the children of Polish emigr矇 families and in 1850 a building was bought to house a school with about 250 students; the school still functions today in the rue Lamande with about 500 pupils and is known as the \'Ecole Polonaise des Batignolles\';); French, out of copyright.