FUCK YEAH NAPOLEON!

thevictorianduchess: Napoleon IIIJean Hippolyte FlandrinOil on...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:22:23 -0700

Napoleon III
Jean Hippolyte Flandrin
Oil on canvas
c. 1850s

An extraordinary cast of the death mask of the French Emperor...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:32:00 -0700

An extraordinary cast of the death mask of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, made shortly after his death on the island of St Helena on 5 May 1821, is to be sold at Bonhams Book, Map and Manuscript sale on June 19th in Knightsbridge, London. It is estimated at £40,000-60,000.

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thevictorianduchess: Joséphine in coronation costumeFrancois...

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:47:50 -0700

thevictorianduchess:

Joséphine in coronation costume
Francois Gerard
Oil on canvas
c. 1806 - 1808

Belarus buries remains of 110 Napoleonic soldiers

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:28:14 -0700

Belarus buries remains of 110 Napoleonic soldiers

thevictorianduchess: Marshal Michel Ney, duc d’Elchingen,...

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:23:23 -0700

thevictorianduchess:

Marshal Michel Ney, duc d’Elchingen, prince de la Moskova
François Gérard
Oil on canvas
c. 1805

Michel Ney (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ˈnɛ]), 1st Duc d’Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa (10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), popularly known as Marshal Ney, was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of France created by Napoleon. He was known as Le Rougeaud (“red faced” or “ruddy”) by his men and nicknamed le Brave des Braves (“the bravest of the brave”) by Napoleon.

- wikipedia

fapoleon-bonerparte: Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte French...

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:12:02 -0700

fapoleon-bonerparte:

Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

French School, 1860

- thanks f-b

Today is Napoleon’s Death Day. …maybe that’s...

Sun, 05 May 2013 18:06:12 -0700

Today is Napoleon’s Death Day.
…maybe that’s what it is.

Napoléon Bonaparte: 15 August, 1769 – 5 May, 1821

“Oh, you parliaments of England and you Holy Alliance,
On a prisoner of war, you can now har defiance.
For all your base intrigue, you never could demean him
& you exiled him to die on the isle of Saint Helena.”

- Frank Harte, The Isle of St. Helena

from fripperiesandfobs: First Consul jacket owned by Napoleon...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:50:41 -0700

from fripperiesandfobs:

First Consul jacket owned by Napoleon Bonaparte, 1800

From the Chateau de Malmaison Costume Collection app:

“This sumptuously embroidered jacket was given by the city of Lyon to the First Consul in 1800. He wore it on April 18, 1802 at the Te Deum ceremony held at the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris after the signing of the Concordat. Napoleon took it with him to St. Helena. He gave it to the young Hortense Bertrand (daughter of an Empire general) who, when she was older, passed it on to Prince Victor Napoleon, grandson of King Jerome, Napoleon’s youngest brother.”

René Magritte The Future of Statues 1937 TATE Museumoil on...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:15:00 -0800

René Magritte The Future of Statues 1937 TATE Museum

oil on plaster

“This work is made from a commercial plaster reproduction of the death mask of the French Emperor Napoleon. Magritte painted at least five of these casts, each with sky and clouds. Discussing the works, the artist’s friend the Surrealist poet Paul Nougé suggested an association between death, dreams and the depth of the sky. He commented: ‘a patch of sky traversed by clouds and dreams [can] transfigure the very face of death in a totally unexpected way’.”

Bodices of the Empress Eugenie From gogmsiteDoña María Eugenia...

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:25:36 -0800

Bodices of the Empress Eugenie

From gogmsite

Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox-Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick, 16th Countess of Teba and 15th Marquise of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (French pronunciation: [øʒeni də montixo]), was the last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French

Now that’s a nice N

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:44:31 -0800

Now that’s a nice N

Well, it’s been a while. Back on the horse so to speak.Nap...

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:25:00 -0800

Well, it’s been a while. Back on the horse so to speak.
Nap as a young man/boy here.

todayinhistory: December 14th 1812: Napoleon’s invasion of...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:46:30 -0800

todayinhistory:

December 14th 1812: Napoleon’s invasion of Russia ends

On this day in 1812, Napoleon’s Grand Armée was expelled from Russia when the last French troops left, thus ending the French invasion of Russia. France’s failure was a decisive turning point in the Napoleonic Wars, and turned the tide of the war against the French and in favour of the coalition against them. Napoleon had begun the invasion in June 1812, but by the end his army of around 685,000 was down to 120,000. This was partly because his tactic of getting resources by ‘living off the land’ was thwarted by the harsh Russian winter and the Russian scorched earth tactic.

Napoleon (Gance)8” x 8” - for 3000 X 300...

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:05:47 -0800

Napoleon (Gance)
8” x 8”

- for 3000 X 300 show,
S.Playford

young napoleon - copy of existing drawing for postcard project.

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:37:09 -0800

young napoleon - copy of existing drawing for postcard project.

la-grande-armee: Napoleon Bonaparte Leading his Troops over the...

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:02:03 -0800

la-grande-armee:

Napoleon Bonaparte Leading his Troops over the Pont d’Arcole

-Horace Vernet, 1826

I am never angry when contradicted, I seek to be enlightened.- Napoleon Bonaparte

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:13:40 -0700

I am never angry when contradicted, I seek to be enlightened.

- Napoleon Bonaparte

N- more from The Postcard Project.acrylic gouache on paper

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:17:09 -0700

N
- more from The Postcard Project.
acrylic gouache on paper

Hatless Napoleon - postcard project - S.Playford

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:00:02 -0700

Hatless Napoleon - postcard project - S.Playford

I've posted a few Napleon busts in my archive - mark

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:05:40 -0700

Wow!
Great images!

I must follow.