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Press reviewSale of Bonaparte family heirloomsAmong items in a recent auction at Sotheby’s, several Napoleonic items, mostly from the collection of Empress Eugenie, found bidders. A tortoiseshell double portrait box with gold and enamel mounts, Martin-Guillaume Biennais, Paris, 1801-1809, oval, the lid inset with two facing profiles in cameo of Napoléon I, Emperor of the French and his consort Joséphine. […]
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from 20/08/2018 to 22/07/2018TalkConversazioni Napoleoniche – Napoleonic conversations: The Palace and its transformations; Napoleon’s brother; the Emperor’s lovesMonday 20th August at 9.30 pm: “Elisa a Palazzo: from rigour to splendour”, Velia Gini Bartoli and Simonetta Giurlani Pardini. The Palazzo Ducale has been the centre of the political power of the city for centuries, but only with Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi does it assume the appearance it has today, and only with her profound and […]
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from 13/07/2018 to 14/07/2018Re-enactmentNapoleonic re-enactment in Portoferraio, ElbaThe fifth edition of “Rendez-V Marine”, in collaboration with the association “Petite armeé” and the Municipality of Portoferraio and Cosimo de’ Medici srl will evoke the the brief Napoleonic Principality on Elba. From Friday 13th July at 6pm historical re-enactors will install the troop camp in the bastion of the Medici Fortresses. At 8pm, bivouac […]
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ArticleWas Napoleon small?Each “Bullet Point” will confront a question related to the First Empire. My remarks are designed to form the basis for debate and, I hope, research. (Thierry Lentz, July 2018, translation RY) -
from 12/04/2019 to 14/04/2019ConferenceSeventh Wellington Congress: call for Papers (until 1 October 2018)The University of Southampton will be holding its Seventh Wellington Congress 12-14 April 2019. Keynote speakers will include Professor Andrew Lambert, Professor Charles Esdaile, Dr Alicia Laspra and Dr Richard Gaunt. Proposals are invited for papers on all aspects of the career of the first Duke of Wellington, as well as the wider context in […]
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from 26/05/2018 to 01/09/2018ExhibitionGentleman, Soldier, Scholar & Spy: The Napoleonic-era maps of Robert CliffordThe Honourable Robert Clifford (1767-1817) was the third son of the 4th Lord Clifford of Chudleigh. As a member of a Roman Catholic family living under the English Penal Laws of the time, he was restricted from holding a position in government or a command in the military. As a result, Robert took up a […]
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from 04/10/2017 to 04/11/2018ExhibitionNapoleon in the Hauts-de-FranceA selection of participating museums and institutions: Calais, Cité de la Dentelle, Fashion During the First Empire (until 4 November) Boulogne, Palais Impérial, Napoleon and the Imperial Palace (until 12 November) Boulogne, Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Napoleon in Caricature, a Battle of Imagery (until 12 November) Compiègne, Palais de Compiègne, Compiegne, an Imperial Residence (until 4 November) Lille, Musée des Canonniers Sédentaires, […]
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from 07/10/2017 to 04/11/2018ExhibitionNapoleon: Protector of Agriculture and Industry“During the English blockade, Napoleon I contributed greatly to the industrial and economic development of the North by passing decrees to promote the cultivation of sugar beet (1811) and the spinning of flax (1811 and 1812). The Chamber of Commerce of Lille wished to pay tribute to him by erecting a statue cast from the […]
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from 20/10/2017 to 04/11/2018ExhibitionCompiègne: An Imperial Residence“From 1807, Napoleon I transformed the Palace of Compiègne built under Louis XV and Louis XVI into an imperial residence. Entrusted to Louis-Martin Berthaut, the rehabilitation works took place from 1808 to 1810; space was redistributed and new decorations were created. The Emperor occupied the King’s former apartments while the Empress was housed at the […]
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from 01/04/2018 to 30/09/2018ExhibitionDumas and Bonaparte: Intertwined Destinies“Alexandre Dumas and Napoleon Bonaparte were two generals whose destinies were inextricably linked to the events of the royalist insurrection of October 5, 1795, which saw the rise of Bonaparte at the expense of Dumas, condemning the latter to the oblivion of History.” The museum welcomes for the first time in Villers-Cotterêts the authentic portrait […]