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In picturesAn Infernal Machine – Plot of the rue Saint-NicaiseThis postcard is a reproduction of an engraving showing Pierre Robinault de Saint-Régent, a royalist officer, igniting the wick of the infernal machine, in fact a barrel of powder placed on a cart on the rue Saint-Nicaise, intended to explode as the carriage of the First Consul passed that way. But his accomplice, Joseph Pierre […]
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In picturesVictoria: Queen of EnglandQueen of Great Britain and Ireland in 1837, Empress of the Indies. This image is available on the RMN photographic agency website.
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In picturesChurch of the Madeleine: Fresco of the half domeThe only fresco in a Parisian church in which the figure of Napoleon appears is the one that adorns the half-dome of the Church of the Madeleine. Painted by Ziegler, it gathers around Christ, Mary Magdalene and the apostles the great people who have shaped Christianity: Constantine, Clovis, Godfrey of Bouillon, Frederick Barbarossa, Joan of Arc, […]
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In picturesThe School of MedecineThe Ecole de chirurgie ('School of Surgery', i.e., the School of Medicine) was built by Jacques Gondoin over the years 1769 to 1775. See the article by Jean-François Lemaire “L'émulatrice faculté de médecine de Paris sous l'Empire” in the Revue du Souvenir napoléonien n°394.
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In picturesImperial Asylum at le Vesinet (actual Vesinet hospital)On 29 September, 1859, the Imperial Asylum at le Vésinet was inaugurated (5000 places). It is by the decree of 8 March, 1855 that Napoleon III ordered the construction of two asylums of convalescence, one at Vincennes [which opened 31 August, 1857, Letter No. 42] and the other in the forest of Le Vésinet far […]
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In picturesThe Arc de TriompheFind the history of the Arc de Triomphe on our places, museums and monuments page.
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In picturesGeneral Bonaparte on the bridge at Arcole, 17 November, 1796The first emblematic image of the Napoleonic myth, this painting exalts the virtues of the military leader, as embodied by the young General Bonaparte at the head of the Armée d'Italie. In reality, Arcole bridge was not crossed. But that is not important. Here the artist glorifies the episode and makes it part of the […]
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In picturesEmpress Eugenie’s Bow BroochThe acquisition by the Musée du Louvre of the Empress Eugenie's bow brooch was a symbolic and prestigious event. It was a symbolic purchase as it is a perfect example of French jewellers' expertise during the second half of the nineteenth century: they knew how to achieve flexibility and movement in the material. It was a […]
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In picturesThe Battle of AusterlitzThis picture belongs to a series of preparatory studies for the bas-reliefs of the sculpted programme of the palais du Corps Législatif.
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In picturesPortrait of Napoleon IThis portrait is a study for the “Remise des clés de la ville de Vienne le 13 novembre 1805”.