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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.
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In picturesThe Empress’s voyage to Venise. Her Majesty goes tomass in the Basilica of St Mark’s and takes her place in the Doges tribune.
Engraving published in Le Monde illustré, n°655, 16th October 1869. Venice was the first port of callin the Empress's voyage to Egypt for the inauguration of the Suez Canal.
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In picturesVisit to the obelisks in Karnak
Engraving published in Le Monde illustré. The Empress Eugénie made a journey into Upper Egyptbetween the 25th October and the 12thNovember 1869 shortly before presiding at the inauguration ceremony for the Suez Canal.The main ports of call on this journey up the Nilewere Minieh, Keneh, the Daekel oasis,Edfu, Aswan and on the return Esneh, Luxor, […]
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In picturesLunch at the Ramasseum in Thebes
Engraving published in Le Monde illustré. The Empress Eugénie made a journey into Upper Egyptbetween the 25th October and the 12thNovember 1869 shortly before presiding at the inauguration ceremony for the Suez Canal.The main ports of call on this journey up the Nilewere Minieh, Keneh, the Daekel oasis,Edfu, Aswan and on the return Esneh, Luxor, […]