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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

4,327 photos
Napoleon's death on the island of St. Helena (1821).   
Oil on canvas
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Napoleon's death on the island of St. Helena (1821). Oil on canvas

La barriere de Clichy -The defence of Paris at the Porte de Clichy against the allied armies of Britain, Russia, Prussia
and Austria,1814. In the center: Fieldmarshal Moncey,
Inspector General of the gendarmerie.
Oil on canvas (1820) - 95.5 x 130.5 cm 
RF 126
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La barriere de Clichy -The defence of Paris at the Porte de Clichy against the a...

The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, a monument               
to Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte's victories.
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The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, a monument to Emperor Napoleon I Bo...

Napoleon's Tomb under the cupola of "Les Invalides"    
Paris, France. On December 15, 1840, the Emperor's     
remains were transferred from his exile on the island  
of St. Helena where he died on May 5, 1821.
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Napoleon's Tomb under the cupola of "Les Invalides" Paris, France. On Decemb...

Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio. Dining room of the house in
which Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769.
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Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio. Dining room of the house in which Napoleon Bonaparte...

Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio. Napoleon I. was born on
this couch, August 15, 1769.
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Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio. Napoleon I. was born on this couch, August 15, 1769.

The "Louisiana Purchase" treaty, by which France sold  
the Overseas Territory to the United States.           
Signed April 30, 1803. In the background a map of      
the City of New Orleans.
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The "Louisiana Purchase" treaty, by which France sold the Overseas Territory t...

Emperor Franz I and his Chancellor Prince Clemens      
Metternich, crossing the Vosges on their way to Paris,  
July 2, 1815, after the defeat of Napoleon I. The      
Emperor and the Chancellor are shown in the midst      
of Allied Russian troops. Oil on canvas
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Emperor Franz I and his Chancellor Prince Clemens Metternich, crossing th...

The hall in the Imperial Foreign Office,now the        
Chancellery,where the Congress of Vienna met 1814/15   
after the defeat of Napoleon I.                        
Austria
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The hall in the Imperial Foreign Office,now the Chancellery,where the Co...

Portrait of Germaine Necker, Mme. de Stael, 1766-1817. 
Only child of Jacques Necker, last Minister of Finance 
before the Revolution, she became a literary light     
and leader of the Romantic movement.                   
Oil on canvas
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Portrait of Germaine Necker, Mme. de Stael, 1766-1817. Only child of Jacques Ne...

Portrait of Germaine Necker, Mme. de Stael, as         
"Corinne", heroine of one of her novels. Child of      
Jaques Necker, pre-Revolution Minister of Finance,     
she became a literary light and leader of the Romantic 
movement. Painted in Coppet, 1807. Oil on wood.
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Portrait of Germaine Necker, Mme. de Stael, as "Corinne", heroine of on...

Mme. de Stael's salon in her Chateau in Coppet,        
Switzerland. It was a meeting place for writers and    
poets opposed to Napoleon.
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Mme. de Stael's salon in her Chateau in Coppet, Switzerland. It was a me...