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In picturesLetter from the Captain de surville, captain of the Imperial yacht, l’Aigle.This letter is an extract from the correspondence of Captain de Surville addressed to the Navy Minister during the Empress Eugénie's voyage in 1869 to Egypt for the inauguration of the Suez Canal.
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In picturesDredgers specially built for the Suez Canalbeing tested at Saint-James near Neuillyengraving published in Le monde illustré
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In picturesDredgers and chutes in action -
In picturesA construction site: engineers and workers posing beside their dredgers -
In picturesThe laying of railway track for the transportation of the dredgers -
In picturesDredgers in action -
In picturesGeneral Bonaparte proclaiming the Cisalpine Republic in Milan, 9 July, 1797Commissioned in 1809 for the Salle de l'Empereur in the Sénat Conservateur (Luxembourg Palace); finished in December 1813. Gift of Napoléon Ney d'Elchingen, Prince de la Moskowa, 1927 (?)
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In picturesNapoleon on St HelenaStudy for the painting General Gourgaud taking dictation from the Emperor (private collection), lithographed by Belliard in 1842.
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In picturesNapoleon on his deathbedSketch or partial copy of the painting by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse “Napoleon on his deathbed, one hour before being shrouded” which was exhibited at the Salon of 1843.
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In picturesExterior of the Suez isthmus pavillionPavillon in the Egyptian section of the Universal exhibition of 1867.