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from 03/04/2021 to 09/01/2022ExhibitionNapoleon – Beyond the Myth
From 3 April 2021 to 9 January 2022, Napoleon – Beyond the Myth retraces, in almost 3,000 m² of museum space at the Liège-Guillemins station, the major stages that shaped the life and sometimes the myth of the Emperor, with the help of historians from the University of Liège and the patronage of the Fondation Napoléon Discover […]
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In picturesReturn of the Remains of Napoleon I, 15 December 1840
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In picturesPortrait of François-Ferdinand-Philippe d’Orléans, Prince de Joinville
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In picturesTransshipment of Napoleon’s remains aboard “Belle Poule”Transbordement des cendres de Napoléon à bord de la Belle Poule
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In picturesCatafalque and Burial Chapel of Napoleon in the Church of the Invalides in Paris on 15 December 1840French title: Catafalque et chapelle ardente de Napoléon dans l’Eglise des Invalides à Paris le 15 Décembre 1840 Lithographer: Adam, Victor (1801-1866).
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In picturesOpening of Napoleon’s tomb, 16 [sic] oct 1841The scene, composed using witness accounts, gives a realistic vision of the exhumation by including many details: the workers, the hoist, the willows, the British soldiers… However for the coffins artistic licence has been used. The scene represents a wide range of emotions, at the…
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In picturesNapoleon’s coffin transshipped from “Belle Poule” to the steamship “Normandie”, Cherbourg, 8 December 1840Title in French “Transbordement des cendres de Napoléon Ier. de La Belle Poule sur le Normandie en rade de Cherbourg, 8 décembre 1840” Transfer of Napoleon’s coffin from Belle Poule onto Normandie in Cherbourg, 8 December 1840. Normandie carried the coffin as far as the mouth of the River Seine,…
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In picturesThe arrival of “La Dorade” in Courbevoie on 14 December 1840Title in French: L’arrivée de la Dorade à Courbevoie le 14 décembre 1840.
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In picturesMonument to Napoleon! (satirical drawing)Monument to Napoleon! By George Cruikshank, printed in Laman Blanchard’s George Cruikshank Omnibus […], London Tilt and Bogue, 1842.
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In picturesNapoleon’s coffin on the deck of “Belle-Poule”, 16 October 1840Le cercueil de Napoléon sur le pont de la Belle-Poule (Napoleon’s coffin on the deck of Belle- Poule) PHILIPPE-FERDINAND-AUGUSTE DE ROHAN-CHABOT, COUNT DE JARNAC The Comte de Rohan-Chabot, Commissioner put in charge of the St-Helena mission by the King, was also responsible for its diplomatic…