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In picturesNapoleon on St Helena dictating his memoirs to Las CasesThis romantic vision shows the dying Napoleon, in bed, dictating the 'legend' of his life and deeds to Las Cases, the author of the famous Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène.See also Steuben's vision of Napoleon on St Helena, dictating his memoirs to General Gourgaud.
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In picturesDos de Mayo de 1808 en Madrid (2 May, 1808 in Madrid)In 1814, the Regency Council in Spain gave Goya a sum of money for him “to paint the some of the most remarkable and heroic moments in the glorious uprising against the tyrant of Europe”. Goya chose to evoke two key moments in the popular revolt: the people of Madrid attacking Mamluks in the Puerta […]
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In picturesTres de Mayo de 1808 en Madrid (3 May, 1808, in Madrid)In 1814, the Regency Council in Spain gave Goya a sum of money for him “to paint the some of the most remarkable and heroic moments in the glorious uprising against the tyrant of Europe”. Goya chose to evoke two key moments in the popular revolt: the people of Madrid attacking Mamluks in the Puerta […]
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In picturesLouis-Napoléon: plate (one of a pair) from a service belonging to the Empress JosephinePlate made by the manufactory known as Duc d'Angoulême (1781-1828) bearing the (presumed) portrait of Louis Napoleon (future Napoleon III), third son of Queen Hortense, as a putto.
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In picturesQueen Hortense and her two sons, Napoleon-Louis (1804-1832) and Louis-Napoleon (1808-1873) -
In picturesVisiting card portrait of Napoleon III in military uniform -
In picturesH.M. the Emperor distributing aid to the flood victims of LyonsEngraving after the painting commissioned by the Minister of State and presented at the Salon of 1857 (n°1623).
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In picturesThe imperial family at ChislehurstPhotography was so popular during the Second Empire that many saw it as a rival for painting. And indeed some genres, such as the portrait were threatened by the new technology. The Imperial couple continued to have official portraits made, but at the same time (starting in 1856 with the birth of the Prince Impérial) […]
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In picturesThe Imperial Menagerie. Napoleon III The Vulture (Cowardliness – Ferocity)This biting satire by Paul Hadol was the first in the famous book of satirical caricatures entitled La Ménagerie impériale : composée des ruminants, amphibies, carnivores et autres budgétivore qui ont dévoré la France pendant 20 ans (The Imperial Menagerie: composed of ruminants, amphibians, carnivores and other budgetivores which have devoured France for the past […]
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In picturesThe Emperor presiding over the regatas on the Grand Canal from the balcony in Palazzo Baldi, the race finish line, 2 December, 1807Napoleon I's visit to Venice, 28 November to 8 December, 1807: The Emperor presiding over the regatas on the Grand Canal from the balcony in Palazzo Baldi, the race finish line, 2 December, 1807. “On 2 December, the Emperor was present at the launch of a frigate at the arsenal and then for two hours presided […]