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In picturesEntrance of the Grande Armée into Paris at the Villette Barrière, 25 November, 1807, with Marshal Bessières at its head, after the Prussian Campaign -
In picturesReception at the Villette Barrière by the Paris municipality of the army standards at the return from Poland after the campaign of 1806-1807 -
In picturesThe summit of the two emperors on the NiemenThis design is one of a series of studies for a programme of bas-reliefs to be sculpted for the Palais du Corps Législatif.
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In picturesThe meeting of the two emperors, 25 June, 1807This popular engraving was reproduced as a postcard (Russia, beginning of 20th century).
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In picturesNapoleon and Czar Alexander meeting on the raft on the Niemen, 25 June, 1807Alexander I and Napoleon's summit on the river at Tilsit (Sovetsk), 25 June, 1807 “At 9pm on [the 24th], the order was given to build two floating ‘houses' for the meeting of the two sovereigns, which was supposed to take place in the centre of the river Memel. 150 French carpenters immediately started work on the […]
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In picturesNapoleon I receiving Queen Luise of Prussia at Tilsit (6 July, 1807)This painting by Nicolas Louis Gosse (1787-1878), held at the Château de Versailles, was reproduced in postcard form at the beginning of the 20th century.
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In picturesNapoleon I at Tilsit decorating the grenadier Lazareff with the cross of the Légion d’Honneur, 9 July, 1807This painting by Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768-1848), dated 1808 and held at the Château de Versailles, was reproduced in postcard form at the beginning of the 20th century. The painting shows the moment when Napoleon gave the Grenadier Lazareff from the Preobrazenski batallion, the 'first grenadier in Russia', his own cross of the Légion d'honneur.
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In picturesCzar Alexander I presenting the Kalmuks, Cossacks and Baskirs of the Russian army to Napoleon I, at Tilsit – July 1807This painting by Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret (1782-1863), held at the Château de Versailles, was reproduced in postcard form at the beginning of the 20th century.
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In picturesMap of Tilsit in 1835Map of Tilsit in 1835. It was here that Napoleon and Alexander met (on 7 July, 1807) to sign the peace treaty ending the Polish campiagn of 1807.
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In picturesThe meeting of the two emperors, 25 June, 1807On 25 June, 1807, Napoleon I met Alexander I, Czar of Russia, on a raft in the middle of the river Niemen, with the aim of negotiating a peace treaty.