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In picturesPortrait of General André Masséna, Duc de RivoliThis portrait of General André Masséna is dated Year 5 of the revolutionary calendar (September 1796 to September 1797). The miniature's verso features a horse monogram decoration, completed three years later (signed Raibaud, Year 8) which refers to his military successes in Italy: AMR (André Masséna duc de Rivoli). In 1806, Augustin completed the portrait of Masséna's […]
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In picturesMartinville’s phonautographThe French printer and inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville invented the phonautograph in 1857. The machine comprises a vibrating membrane, fixed to the end of an acoustic funnel, and an attached stylus. Sound wave vibrations caused the membrane to move the stylus which in turn would trace the waves onto a soot-blackened cylinder. The invention was […]
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In picturesThe Beast of BoulogneOn 7 April, 1810, an extraordinary event took place in a little village near Boulogne sur mer. The story goes that a violent storm threw onto the beach an horrific amphibious monster that proceeded to devour men and dig up corpses. After many fearful attacks, the monster was finally killed one night near the cemetery. […]
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In picturesThe marriage requestCaption: THE FORMAL REQUEST FOR THE HAND IN MARRIAGE OF MARIE-LOUISE OF AUSTRIA ON BEHALF OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.On the seventh March, 1810, at six o'clock in the evening, the Prince de Neufchatel, French Ambassador in Vienna, requested on behalf of H.M. the Emperor Napoleon the hand [in marriage] of the Archduchess Marie Louise. H.M. the […]
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In picturesThe Prince de Trautmansdorff bids farewell to Marie-LouiseCaption: THE PRINCE DE TRAUTMANSDORFF BIDS FAREWELL TO H.M. THE EMPRESS MARIE LOUISE OF AUSTRIA, near to the village of St Pierre [Sankt Peter am Hart], one league from Braunau, 16 March, 1810The Prince de Trautmansdorff, steward to H.M. the Emperor of Austria, having completed the formalities required for the delivery and reception, advanced and bowed towards […]
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In picturesMarie-Louise meets NapoleonCaption: The first meeting between Napoleon and Marie-Louise was originally destined to take place at Compiègne, but the French Emperor, in his impatience to see his wife and accompanied by Murat, met the procession en route at the Corneille coach stop. Soaked through from the rain, his arrival was announced and he climbed into Marie-Louise's carriage […]
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In picturesThe marriage ceremony (civil)The civil ceremony held at Saint-Cloud for the marriage of H.M. the Emperor Napoleon and H.I.H. Marie-Louise of Austria is the subject of plate II of the book published in 1810 by Didot l'Ainé, Description des Cérémonies et des Fêtes aui ont eu lieu pour le mariage de S.M. l'Empereur Napoléon avec S.A.I. Madame l'Archiduchesse […]
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In picturesThe marriage processionThe Emperor and the Empress had to walk through the museum gallery in order to reach the wedding chapel that had been constructed in the Louvre. This is the subject of plate VII of the work published by Didot l'Ainé in 1810, Description des Cérémonies et des Fêtes qui ont eu lieu pour le mariage […]
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In picturesThe marriage ceremony (religious)Full title: THE MARRIAGE OF THEIR MAJESTIES NAPOLEON AND MARIE LOUISE pronounced by his Eminence the Cardinal Grand Aumonier de France, 2 April, 1810, in the chapel decorated for the occasion in the Grand Sallon (sic) of the Louvre.
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In picturesThe marriage banquetThe imperial banquet, which took place in the Grande Salle in the Palais des Tuileries to celebrate the marriage of the Emperor and H.I.H. the Archduchess of Austria, is the subject of plate XI of the work published by Didot l'Ainé in 1810: Description des Cérémonies et des Fêtes qui ont eu lieu pour le […]