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Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)

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Images featuring Napoleon

63 images from works
  • Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte touching the bubo of a plague victim at Jaffa in 1799. Coloured wood engraving by Thiébault.
  • The last moments of Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena, 1821. Engraving by Bovinet and Couché after Gudin.
  • The ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte arriving by ship on French soil. Lithograph by V. Adam.
  • Napoleon climbing a headless skeleton trying to reach an unattainable crown; representing his imperial ambitions for France and his own for sovereignty. Coloured etching, 1803.
  • In a room filled with skulls of the famous, the phrenologist Gall examines William Pitt the Younger and Gustavus IV, the King of Sweden, both currently plagued by Napoleon. Coloured etching, 1806.
  • Napoleon visiting the wounded after the Battle of Eylau. Coloured etching.
  • Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.
  • King George III analysing the residue from a large glass retort containing a small figure; representing the English view of Napoleon. Coloured aquatint by T. West, 1803.
  • Willow trees growing on Napoleon's grave at St. Helena. Pencil drawing, 1892.
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13 works

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    Nel faustissimo ingresso in Pavia dell'imperador Napoleone Bonaparte I re d'Italia / [Domenico Pertusi].

    Pertusi, Domenico. | Date: 1805
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Napoleonic miscellany

    Bonaparte, Joséphine, Empress, Consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1815 | Date: 1799-1891 | Reference: MS.7917
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Napoleonic documents

    Johann Kaspar Lavater | Date: 1799-1813 | Reference: MS.7916
    • Books
    • Online

    Proclamation ... à ses nouveaux sujets. Constitution de l'Île d'Elbe / Traduction littérale de ces deux pièce officielles, imprimées en langue italienne à Livourne.

    Napoleon | Date: 1814
    • Books

    Description de l'Egypte / publiée par les ordres de Napoléon Bonaparte ; [conception and text, Gilles Néret ; English translation, Chris Miller ; German translation, Bettina Blumenberg].

    | Date: [1994], ©1994
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Frequent collaborators

Sonnini, M.
Kirchenhoffer, H.

Related topics

France
History, 19th Century
Soldiers
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Death
War
Famous Persons
Saint Helena
United Kingdom
18th-19th centuries

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