In pictures

Bergeret was one of the artists commissioned by Vivant Denon to illustrate the glorious deeds of the Napoleonic campaigns, from the bas-reilefs on the Vendôme column to those on the Colonne d'Allemagne (Musée de Versailles). After 1810, he executed a series of projects for the sculptures in the Corps Législatif recounting the campaigns in Italy […]

This book is bound in green morocco bearing the coat of arms of prince Eugène, viceroy of Italy and contains the 87 bulletins related to the Prussian campaign, dating from 8 October, 1806 to 12 July, 1807. It also contains the Peace of Tilsitt. The 21st Bulletin of the Grande Armée relates Napoleon's entry into […]

While Napoleon and his troops were fighting under Napoleon at Jena, Davout, much outnumbered, led his troops to victory at Auerstedt, taking advantage of the disorganisation of of the Prussian troops as a result of the serious wound suffered by the Duke of Brunswick (he was to die three days later). CaptionsFrench troops in red, Prussian […]

It was in a thick mist at 6 o'clock that the French opened the proceedings at the Battle of Jena. More than 150,000 soldiers, French on one side, and Prussians and Saxons on the other, fought. The French victory here, supported by Davout's at Auerstedt on the same day, crushed the kingdom of Prussia and […]

On 16 July, 1806, a treaty was signed in Paris bringing about the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine or Rheinbund. The treaty was ratified by Napoleon and the members on 19 of the same month. The confederation was a group of sixteen German states under the presidency of a Prince primat, helped by […]

This exceptional  portrait of the Empress Eugenie was commissioned by the Pasha of Egypt from the painter and photographer Gustave Le Gray in 1869 on the occasion of the inauguration of the Suez Canal. He offered it as a gift to Eugenie. The Empress subsequently gave the work to her god-daughter, Madame Pietri, who had […]

Engraving after the painting commissioned by the Minister of State and presented at the Salon of 1857 (n°1623). 

The current state of the furniture in the Salon doré at the Château de Malmaison is deplorable. Both the upholstery and the wood are in desperate need of repair. An Association for the restoration of the furniture in the Salon doré at the Château de Malmaison has been created to help bring about the restoration.

 Click here for the previous image in our Austerlitz Album: The watch before Austerlitz Click here for the next image in our Austerlitz Album: The Napoleonic legend “My Emperor, this one's the best cooked” (the night before Austerlitz)

 Click here for the previous image in our Austerlitz Album: The Napoleonic legend “My Emperor, this one's the best cooked” (the night before Austerlitz) Click here for the next image in our Austerlitz Album: Napoleon viewing the battlefield with a telescope