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In picturesPedestal occasional table in imitation of the "Table des Maréchaux"
Maréchaux Table. Circular, darkened wood occasional table, with porcelain and gilt bronze. Adapted in the style of the occasional table known as a “Maréchaux” table. Surface decorated with a sheet ofporcelain with polychrome decoration. In the centre there is a circular medallion representing the Empereur Napoleon Ist in his coronation robes and around the rim […]
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In picturesIena and Auerstaedt
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In picturesAutograph letter by Maréchal Davout, Commander in chief of the Bruges camp.
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In picturesHouse where Davout was born, Annoux, (Yonne)
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In picturesBattle of Wagram. The Mongraf Neusiedel Tower.
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In picturesLouis-Nicolas Davou(s)t, Duke of Auerstaedt, Prince of Eckmuhl, Maréchal de France (1770-1823)
Copy by Tito Marzocchi de'Belluci after an originalby Gautherot commissioned by Napoleon Istfor the Salle des maréchaux in the Tuileries Palace in Paris, a building destroyed by fire in 1871.
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In picturesThe arrival of the vessel Northumberland on Saint Helena
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In picturesThe Imperial family: Napoleon III, the Empress Eugenie and the Prince Imperial.
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In picturesModel of ‘l’Aigle’
Built in Cherbourg in 1857 to plans by Dupuis de Lôme, l'Aigle was a 90-metre, wooden-hulled corvette, with a berthof 10,5m and a draught of 4,40m. With a 500 horse-powercylinder engine, the boats was capable of speeds of up to15 knots as a result of its paddle-wheels. And it wason this ship that Napoleon III […]
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In picturesThe Empress’s stay in Venice. Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, makes a formal visit to the Empress on board ‘l’Aigle’.
The engraving appeared in Le Monde illustré, n°655,16th Octobre 1869.