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Battle of Port Mahon, Minorca. In May of 1756 a French task force under the Duc de Richelieu attacked the harbour of Port Mahon on Minorca, then a pillar of British naval power in the Mediterranean. The key to the harbour's defence was Fort San Filipe, built by Emperor Charles V of Spain two centuries earlier. The Fort, whose siege is portrayed in this anonymous French engraving (1764), was an early example of a "star bastion".
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Battle of Port Mahon, Minorca. In May of 1756 a French task force under the Duc...

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Baudin (1811-1851) on the barricades in Saint-Antoine near Paris after the Coup d'État of 2 December 1851. Canvas; 19th century.
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Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Baudin (1811-1851) on the barricades in Saint-Antoine nea...

Arrival of Colonel Napoleon Bonaparte at Toulon during the city's siege in December 1793. The Siege of Toulon took place between September and December 1793. The Southern French city of Toulon was occupied by British and Spanish forces assisting the Royalist French. Napoleon Bonaparte first made his name here as a young Captain of Artillery, by spotting an ideal place for his guns to be set up in such a way that they dominated the city's harbour.
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Arrival of Colonel Napoleon Bonaparte at Toulon during the city's siege in Decem...

Expédition d'Egypte sous les ordres de Bonaparte - expedition to Egypt (1800-01) under orders of Napoleon Bonaparte. Signed 1835. Canvas; 1 m x 13 m. INV. 3287
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Expédition d'Egypte sous les ordres de Bonaparte - expedition to Egypt (1800-01)...

Tsar Alexander I presents to Napoleon I the Kalmuks, Cossacks and Basquirs of the Russian army, July 1807. Canvas; 19th century.
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Tsar Alexander I presents to Napoleon I the Kalmuks, Cossacks and Basquirs of th...

Departure of recruits at Porte Saint Denis in Paris to fight in the Napoleonic Wars. Canvas; 1807.
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Departure of recruits at Porte Saint Denis in Paris to fight in the Napoleonic W...

The passage of the Danube by Napoleon before the battle of Wagram, 5 July 1809. Canvas.
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The passage of the Danube by Napoleon before the battle of Wagram, 5 July 1809....

The Battle of Waterloo 1815 - French Cuirassiers charging Scottish Highlanders in Square. Canvas; 1874.
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The Battle of Waterloo 1815 - French Cuirassiers charging Scottish Highlanders i...

Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1837) and Empress Eugenie visiting the Chaillot Hill. Canvas; 19th century.
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Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1837) and Empress Eugenie visiting the Chaillot Hill....

The Italian camp after the battle of Magenta (1859). Canvas; 232 x 348cm Inv.Acc.n.444
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The Italian camp after the battle of Magenta (1859). Canvas; 232 x 348cm Inv....

Ana Ipatescu leading the first group of revolutionaries in Transylvania against Russia in 1848. Canvas; 19th century.
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Ana Ipatescu leading the first group of revolutionaries in Transylvania against...

A revolutionary proclaims the fall of Russian domination in Bucharest, June 1848. Canvas; 19th century.
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A revolutionary proclaims the fall of Russian domination in Bucharest, June 1848...