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In pictures[Caricature] The Prime Minister of England [Lord Grenville] reading the Imperial decree to King George [and] his council, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of blockade.Read the text of the decree of 21 November 1806. See this image in HD
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In picturesCharles Garnier in his on-site office during the building of the Paris OperaIn 1861, to the astonishment of many, the young architect Charles Garnier (1825-1898) won the competition for the construction of a new opera house. This construction was decided by Napoleon III shortly after the attack, on 14 January 1858, in which Orsini tried to assasinate…
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In picturesRe-installing the statue of Napoleon I on the Vendôme column, Paris, in 1875
1875 saw the reinstallation of the statue of Napoleon on top of the Vendôme Column. The column had been dismantled and the statue of Napoleon toppled by the communards four years earlier in 1871 during the short period in which they were in control of Paris. Some photos taken on that occasion can be found in an album of […]
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In picturesDecoration of the Sénat in Paris: portrait of the King of Rome
The Medici Palace in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, today the seat of the French Senate, houses a rare portrait of the King of Rome identified as “Napoléon II”, a medallion painted in the Salon des messagers de l’État: it is the work of Théophile Vauchelet (1857). © Fondation Napoléon / Rebecca Young
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In picturesEmpress Eugenie’s fan
Fan presented to Empress Eugenie by the Israelite women of Algiers, around 1860, preserved in the French National Museum of the Palace of Compiègne. Photo © Fondation Napoléon / Rebecca Young
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In picturesOur cartoonist is taking a summer break!
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In picturesWork in Progress
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In picturesGrouchy’s time-keeping
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In picturesThe “Masses de Granites”
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In picturesPhotograph: Empress Eugenie in prayer (1856)
During the summer of 1856, the photographer Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) made several portraits of Empress Eugenie, who had become the mother of the Imperial Prince a few months earlier, on 16 March, at the Palais de Saint-Cloud. These images were to enable the painter Thomas Couture (1815-1879) to carry out the imperial commission for […]