In pictures

This small bust is after the collossal statue of Napoleon as 'Little corporal' commissioned by the Ministry of the Interior on 17 June 1831. The statue was cast by Crozatier from 16 cannons from Austerlitz discovered in the Arsenal in Metz: 3,349kg of bronze were required. Although this was the initial statue placed on top […]

Artist and diplomat, Denon accompanied the expedition to Egypt in 1798. In 1802, he published the work Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Égypte pendant les campagnes du général Bonaparte (Voyage to Lower and Upper Egypt during the campaigns of General Bonaparte) which contributed greatly to the 'Return from Egypt' style long before the publication […]

Copy of a painting commissioned by Napoleon in 1805 (held in the Louvre).Inscription: Lud. David Parisiis 1805; the beginning 'Napoleonis Francorum Imperatoris primarius pictor' has been erased.

Painting commissioned by Napoleon I for the Salle des Maréchaux in the Tuileries palace in Paris in 1804.

The Suez canal was built during the the years 1859 to 1869.Hippolyte Arnoux's photographic archive is held by the Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez at the Archives nationales.

Copy by Joseph Nicolas Jouy after an original by Kinson commissioned by Napoleon I for the Salle des Maréchaux in the Tuileries Palace in Paris.

Copy after an original by Broc commissioned by Napoleon I for the Salle des Maréchaux in the Tuileries palace in Paris.

Painting commissioned by Napoleon I in 1804 for the Salle des Maréchaux in the Tuileries Palace in Paris.

The Suez canal was built during the the years 1859 to 1869.Hippolyte Arnoux's photographic archive is held by the Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez at the Archives nationales.

The Suez canal was built during the the years 1859 to 1869.Hippolyte Arnoux's photographic archive is held by the Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez at the Archives nationales.