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from 11/11/2021 to 27/02/2022ExhibitionThe Origins of war reporting: the English photographer Roger Fenton and the Crimean war (1855)Roger Fenton (1819-1869), a painter who trained in Paris possibly in Delaroche’s studio alongside future photographers such as Gustave Le Gray, Henri Le Secq and Charles Nègre, turned to photography around 1850. He was close to Queen Victoria and in 1855 received an order to travel to Crimea to photograph the siege of Sebastopol, where […]
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In picturesA portrait of the Emperor in his “grand habillement du Sacre” [grand coronation robes]In 1805, Gerard was commissioned to paint an official portrait of the Emperor in his “grand habillement du Sacre” [grand coronation robes] for the “Hôtel du Ministre des Relations Extérieures” [the Hôtel de Galliffet, a town mansion where Talleyrand officiated as Minister of Foreign Affairs]. Numerous… -
PublicationFrance in the Maltese Collective Memory Perceptions, Perspectives, Identities after Bonaparte in British MaltaPublisher’s presentation: Retrieving memories from the French interlude of 1798-1800 the author presents current academic theories of collective memory and researched documents – some for the first time – in Malta and abroad to argue the case for Malta’s identity as perceived by different generations… -
14/02/2022TalkOnline talk >The Faces of War 1809. Soldiers, Civilians, SurgeonsThe year 1809 saw the invasion of the Austrian Empire by the armies of Napoleonic France. On 13 May, a little over a month after the beginning of the campaign, Vienna was occupied by French troops for the second time since 1805. In the following months two major battles took place near the Habsburg capital: […]
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from 17/02/2022 to 15/05/2022ExhibitionJacques Louis David: Radical DraftsmanThrough the lens of his preparatory studies, the exhibition looks beyond his public successes to chart the moments of inspiration and the progress of ideas. Visitors will follow the artist’s process as he gave form to the neoclassical style and created major canvases that shaped the public’s perceptions of historical events in the years before, […]
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ArticleTalking Point with Peter Hicks: Writing about Napoleon 1821-1921-2021Just like the year 2021, 1921 was a period when people were remembering Napoleon and his extraordinary story. On 5 May 1921, Napoleon was uppermost in the minds of politicians and voters on both sides of the channel. Emblematic is the fact that when Foch… -
ArticleTalking Point with Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling: co-writing History“- Madame, I strongly dislike women who take an interest in politics. – Monsieur, in a period when their heads are being cut off, it is perfectly normal for women to wonder why that may be happening. This piquant exchange took place between Napoleon and Madame… -
PublicationFrench and American Prisoners of War at Dartmoor Prison, 1805-1816. The strangest experimentThis remarkable book turns the spotlight on an strangely un-illuminated part of the Napoleonic Wars, namely Prisoner of War incarceration, whether in Prison or in Hulks, focussing particularly on the specially constructed POW prison on Dartmoor (UK). Two juxtaposed statistics illustrate graphically why this book is welcome – there were between 130,000 and 150,000 French […]