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THIS MONTH'S PAINTING
The destruction of l'Orient during the Battle of the Nile (Aboukir), by Georges Arnald
In 1825, George Arnald received the commission to paint for the Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hospital, London, the cataclysmic centrepiece of the Battle of the Nile: the explosion of the French flag ship, L'Orient.
THE TREASURES OF THE FONDATION NAPOLEON
The dates have finally been fixed: the Fondation Napoléon will put on show more than 200 pieces from its collection (Collection Lapeyre and acquisitions) from 28 September, 2004, to 13 March, 2005, at the Musée Jacquemart-André.
Only a few more months to go before you can discover the Treasures of the Fondation Napoléon.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO
Official alliance of France and Britain with the Ottoman Empire, signed on 12 March, 1854.
The Lariboisière Hospital in Paris was inaugurated on 13 March, 1854. A third of the total building costs was paid for by a bequest of Elisa Roy, wife of Comte Honoré Charles de Lariboisière. Built by architect Martin Pierre Gauthier in the Italianate style, the edifice comprised at its opening 6 pavillions, 600 beds, 60 hospital staff and 2 surgeons. Construction on the site had begun in 1846, but this was brought to halt by the revolution of 1848, and restarting the work was to prove difficult.
The building plan was of a central, formal courtyard, with two pavillions to the west for women, two to the east for men, and four central pavillions for the administrative offices and logistical services, namely pharmacies, kitchens, and laundries. Designed according to eighteenth-century architectural and functional principles, the buildings were set apart and linked by covered walkways. And the five-metre-high ceilings combined with large numbers of windows were supposed to allow an efficient and healthy circulation of fresh air. Lastly, gardens and courts were provided to give the patients and their visitors pleasant views.
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO
22 Ventôse, An XII (13 March, 1804), all goods coming from Britain and her colonies were banned in France. For products of a different geographical provenance, a certificate of origin was required as proof.
24 Ventôse (15 March, 1804), at 5 o'clock in the morning, the Duc d'Enghien was arrested at Ettenheim (northern Baden Wurtemburg). Two days later, he was taken from Strasbourg for Paris.
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week!
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
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THIS WEEK:
Press review
English Historical review online
Reviews of Napoleon the Novelist, by Andy Martin, French History since Napoleon, ed. Martin Alexander, Napoleon, by Frank McClynn, Tactics and experience of battle in the age of Napoleon, by Rory Muir, and The Impact of Napoleon. Prussian High Politics, Foreign Policy and Crisis of the Executive, 1797-1806, by Brendan Simms
Just published
The Crimean War: the story behind the myth, by Clive Ponting
The Battle of Maida 1806, by Richard Hopton
Life of Sir John Moore: Not a Drum Was Heard, by Roger Day
What's on
- Exhibition: Napoleon in Coblenz
- Workshop: University courses in Jena 1800
- Exhibition: The Albums of Napoleon III
- Commemoration: 9th annual commemorative ceremony for the anniversary of the death of the Prince Imperial
- Exhibition: Napoleon and the sea, a dream of Empire, Paris
- Exhibition: Napoleon and the Jouy Cloth
The monthly titles
- This month's book: Eugenie: The Empress and Her Empire, by Desmond Seward
- This month's painting: The destruction of l'Orient during the Battle of the Nile (Aboukir), by Georges Arnald
- This month's article: The History of Lord Seaton's Regiment, (The 52nd Light Infantry) at the Battle of Waterloo - Chapter V, by William Leake
- In the Collectors Corner, The Roi de Rome's cradle
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