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Squadron leader of the Dragoons of the Guard leading a charge at Essling, 1809.
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Bonaparte crossing the Alps

The inspiration for this postcard came from the painting by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856) made in 1848 and held in the Louvre. Completely unlike David’s version which had glorified the crossing of the Great Saint Bernard Pass, placing the First Consul on a dashing charger, Delaroche chose to show the reality of the episode, with Bonaparte […]
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The Battle of Marengo: Bonaparte (detail)

This work was greatly appreciated at the Salon of 1801 for its accuracy. Lejeune was awarded a gold medal and his picture was re-exhibited at the Salon of 1802. It was also to be woven at the Gobelins manufactory in 1806, but the project was never completed.This work is part of the exhibition Marengo. Une […]
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The Battle Marengo (detail): Lejeune

Louis François Lejeune followed two careers, one of a painter and one of a soldier. His signature at the bottom right of the picture, Lejeune, capitaine du Génie/aide-de-camp du général en chef Alex. Berthier. Paris l'an 9 (Lejeune, Captain of the Engineers, /aide-de-camp of chief of staff, Alex. Berthier. Paris an 9), and his selfportrait […]
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Relation de la bataille de Marengo: vue perspective du troisième mouvement de la bataille de Marengo

This magnificent work written by General Berthier, then Minister for War and soon to be Maréchal de France, is a very technical description of the Battle of Marengo dedicated to the Emperor. Including two maps and four plans engraved by Barrière, it opens with a watercolour by Carle Vernet showing the presentation of the book […]
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Canonnier à cheval (mounted gunner) of the Garde Impériale

See the article by Michel Decker “L'artillerie impériale (mai 1804-avril 1814)” in the Revuedu souvenir napoléonien n°371.
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Battle of Wagram
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The Sultan Tippoo Sahib (1750-1799)

In 1782, Tippoo Sahib succeeded his father, Hyder-Ali, to become ruler of Mysore, the powerful state in South India, between the Coromandel and Malabar coasts. He fought tenaciously against the British with the help of some French troops provided notably by General de Malartic (1730-1800), gouvernor of the Iles de France et de Bourbon. See […]
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Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny (1808-1872)
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Sheikh Abdallah-Al-Sharkawi, president of the Cairo Diwan (1740-1812)

This work is one of a collection of six executed during the Egyptian expedition.Previously the collection of the Empress Josephine and the Empress Eugénie.Copies held at the Musée de Versailles and the German Embassy in Paris (Hôtel de Beauharnais)See the articles by Charles Otto Zieseniss, “Un orientaliste bien oublié : Michel Rigo” and by Ibrahim […]