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PublicationKutuzov: A Life in War and PeaceThis text is the first modern English-language biography of Mikhail Golenischev-Kutuzov, the famed Russian field marshal and central character of Leo Tolstoy’s epic War and Peace. One of the most important military minds of the period, he is credited with defeating Napoleon and saving Russia, though…
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PaintingA Photograph of Empress Eugenie in Prayer (1856)
During the summer of 1856, photographer Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) made several portraits of the Empress Eugenie at the Palace of Saint-Cloud; she had given birth to the Prince Imperial a few months earlier (on 16 March). The idea behind the photos was to assist fellow artist Thomas Couture (1815-1879) in his composition of a […]
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from 02/02/2023 to 04/02/2023ConferenceThe 53rd Annual Meeting of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era
The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era will be held 2-4 February 2023, at Fort Worth, Texas. The Conference hotel is the Sheraton Fort Worth Downtown. In Session 1B: “Napoleon, Islam and the Question of Religion” Peter Hicks (International Affairs manager at the Fondation Napoléon) will speak on the following topic: Talking […]
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from 13/01/2023 to 01/05/2023ExhibitionThe French Navy during the First Empire
This new temporary exhibition invites you to discover the technical innovations brought to navigation, the daily life of the men on board the frigates of the period as well as the contribution of Belgian resources in the development of the imperial navy! The exhibition will present an authentic collection of objects including a selection of […]
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from 10/01/2023 to 27/06/2023TalkWinter and spring 2023 programme of Napoleonica® lectures
Here is the updated program (as of 21 February) for the winter and spring 2023 sessions of Napoleonica® lectures. (*3 talks have been reprogrammed) 10 January, (for the 150th anniversary of the death of Napoleon III): “the sad medical demise of Napoleon III“, by Alain Goldcher 17 January (for the bicentenary of the death of […]
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ArticleTalking Point with Thierry Lentz – Modernity and globalisation are also Napoleon III9 January 2023 will be the 150th anniversary of the death of Napoleon III. It will probably go unnoticed by the general public, even though we know that several French media are preparing special issues and articles to mark the event.
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ObjectPosthumous Bust of Napoleon III, 1873-1874, by Jean-Baptiste CarpeauxAfter the fall of the Empire in 1870, the Emperor Napoleon III, in exile in Chislehurst (UK) was in poor health. The sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) was summoned in 1872 to create the first sketches for an imperial bust. In the end, Carpeaux arrived after…
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In picturesThe Emperor Napoleon’s III deathNapoleon III on his deathbed, his son kneeling by his side and resting his head on his father’s hand, Eugénie kneeling on the right and mourning, officials gathered on the right, priest on the left. 1873 Photograph, printed on thin paper This anonymous image is…
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from 08/08/2022 to 30/12/2023ExhibitionCastlereagh: Life & Legacy
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, who ended his own life in 1822 at hte age of 53, was an enormously influential and divisive figure, hated in both Ireland and Britain. A highlight of the exhibition is a silver inkstand which remained within the family until it was sold in 2019 to the National Trust. It was presented by […]
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from 09/01/2023 to 15/01/2023Conference, Guided TourRemembering Napoleon III: Unlocking the secrets of Camden Place
Conference: Boiseries: Decoration and Migration from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Thursday 12th & Friday 13th January 2023 at Camden Place (last home of Napoleon III), Chislehurst (Kent), UK This two-day conference investigates the cultural and commercial migrations of French eighteenth-century boiseries from their places of production in Paris and the Bâtiments du Roi […]