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London The V&A Museum (London, UK) celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s births with a season of events and displays, including a new addition to the jewellery collection – Queen Victoria’s stunning sapphire and diamond coronet (video), designed for her by Albert, and on display from 11 April Victoria and Albert’s Museum (13 […]

This is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on Roger Fenton’s pioneering photographs of the Crimean War, taken in 1855. Fenton was already an accomplished and respected photographer when he was sent by the publishers Agnew’s to photograph a war that pitched Britain, France and Turkey as allies against Russia.  Arriving several months after the […]

Napoleon I was a great traveller. Even when he was on military campaigns, the Emperor was accompanied by objects that were worthy of his rank. Every time he set up camp, he was accustomed to being surrounded by luxurious (foldable) furniture and sophisticated accessories. The Garde-Meuble Impérial, predecessor of the Mobilier National, was the guardian […]

The exhibition includes more than 150 works, of which more than 60 are paintings and drawings by the great French master, Ingres, brought together through international loans – of which a large number have been made by the Musée Ingres of Montauban, which is currently closed due to renovation work – as well as The […]

Over the course of its history, the Jewellers Maison Chaumet has attracted intellectuals and inspired the greatest writers. The  exhibition “Brillantes Écritures” [brilliant writings] brings together literary works, historic jewels, archive documents, drawings and photographs. The pieces on display tell the story of the links between the Maison and its famous writer clients and literary […]

From 1815 to 1821, Napoleon was exiled to St Helena, an island in the South Atlantic supplied by the British colony of Cape Town. Throughout his stay on the island, Napoleon had a wine delivered to him: known as the “Vin de Constance”, produced in Constantia, Cape Town. The exhibits, which either belonged to Napoleon […]

The town of La Roche-sur-Yon (France) is organising an exhibition entitled “The Emperor in private: Napoleon I – husband, father, lover” for which the Fondation Napoléon is lending ten objects from its collection. On the occasion of this exhibition at the Museum of that town, a catalogue will also be published with the support of […]

28 February – 19 May 2019, Admission free, Location: Room 1 Curator Francesca Whitlum-Cooper Working in a politically turbulent Paris, Louis-Léopold Boilly witnessed the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon, and the Restoration of the French Monarchy. From controversially seductive interior scenes, which saw him get into trouble with the authorities, to ‘first-of-their-kind’ everyday street […]

The exhibition “Sir Hudson Lowe on St Helena”, at Plantation House opens on 14 April  2019. On the anniversary date of Sir Hudson Lowe’s arrival on St Helena, the Governor of the island will host an exhibition in her residence, which was also the residence of her famous predecessor.   Plantation House, St Helena

The exhibition is the first to gather such a large number of printed portraits of the sovereign: the exhibtion also tries to answer the question why there were so many produced at the time: the need to present the new French Empress, and then later the need to forget the uncomfortable role of “wife of […]