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In picturesImperial decree concerning the feast of Saint Napoleon and that of the re-establishment of the Catholic religion in France (19 February 1806)On 19 February 1806 a decree was issued stating that the feast of Saint Napoleon and that of the re-establishment of the Catholic religion in France would be celebrated throughout the Empire on 15 August, the day of the Assumption, and the moment of the… -
In picturesDescriptive sketch of Saint Helena / to accompany Lieut. Read’s geographical plan of the islandThis engraving is part of the Fondation Napoléon’s Digital library. -
In picturesMarchal Ney, 7 December 1815Marshal Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of Moskowa (1769-1815) was convicted of high treason for having rallied to Napoleon on his return from the island of Elba in March 1815 (during the Hundred Days). He was executed on 7 December 1815, in Paris, Avenue de… -
In picturesNapoleon’s shotgun, signed Jean Le Page (detail)Napoleon was dangerously short-sighted. To read or work, he easily compensated for this handicap with glasses. But when hunting, it was better not to be too close to his rifle. So that he would not miss his target, his servants had to make sure that… -
![[Caricature] The Prime Minister of England [Lord Grenville] reading the Imperial decree to King George [and] his council, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of blockade.](https://www.napoleon.org/wp-content/thumbnails/uploads/2020/10/lecture_du_decret_imperial_faite_-_btv1b6941180n-tt-width-150-height-150-crop-1-bgcolor-ffffff-lazyload-0.jpeg)
In pictures[Caricature] The Prime Minister of England [Lord Grenville] reading the Imperial decree to King George [and] his council, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of blockade.Read the text of the decree of 21 November 1806. See this image in HD -
In picturesCharles Garnier in his on-site office during the building of the Paris OperaIn 1861, to the astonishment of many, the young architect Charles Garnier (1825-1898) won the competition for the construction of a new opera house. This construction was decided by Napoleon III shortly after the attack, on 14 January 1858, in which Orsini tried to assasinate… -
In picturesRe-installing the statue of Napoleon I on the Vendôme column, Paris, in 18751875 saw the reinstallation of the statue of Napoleon on top of the Vendôme Column. The column had been dismantled and the statue of Napoleon toppled by the communards four years earlier in 1871 during the short period in which they were in control of Paris. Some photos taken on that occasion can be found in an album of […]
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In picturesDecoration of the Sénat in Paris: portrait of the King of RomeThe Medici Palace in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, today the seat of the French Senate, houses a rare portrait of the King of Rome identified as “Napoléon II”, a medallion painted in the Salon des messagers de l’État: it is the work of Théophile Vauchelet (1857). © Fondation Napoléon / Rebecca Young
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In picturesEmpress Eugenie’s fanFan presented to Empress Eugenie by the Israelite women of Algiers, around 1860, preserved in the French National Museum of the Palace of Compiègne. Photo © Fondation Napoléon / Rebecca Young
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