Napoleonic Collection (page 9)

Frost fair on the River Thames, 1814
The last frost fair on the River Thames, London, in February 1814, looking upstream towards Blackfriars Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral

L Arc de Triomphe, Paris, c. 1890-1900 (photochrom)
5242377 L Arc de Triomphe, Paris, c.1890-1900 (photochrom) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris, c. 1890-1900 (photochrom)
5242376 Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris, c.1890-1900 (photochrom) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Battle of Dennewitz, 6 September 1813, 1842 (oil on canvas)
5939383 The Battle of Dennewitz, 6 September 1813, 1842 (oil on canvas) by Wetterling, Alexander (1796-1858); 156x233 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish, out of copyright

Panorama of the seven bridges, Paris, c. 1890 (photomechanical print)
5854246 Panorama of the seven bridges, Paris, c.1890 (photomechanical print) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Imaginary raft, Napoleonic invasion of England
Imaginary raft for a Napoleonic invasion of England which never happened. Date: circa 1804

Egyptian Sketches, pub / 1799 (hand coloured engraving)
2966825 Egyptian Sketches, pub/ 1799 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Judge of the Criminal Court, c. 1798-99 (pen, ink and w / c)
3934248 A Judge of the Criminal Court, c.1798-99 (pen, ink and w/c) by Guerin, Baron Pierre-Narcisse (1774-1833); 30.2x19.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

One of a pair of matching dresses worn by two sisters at the Duchess of Richmond
4473173 One of a pair of matching dresses worn by two sisters at the Duchess of Richmonds Waterloo Ball in Brussels on the 15th June, 1815 (silk gauze) by English School

Sophie Blanchard in the basket of her balloon during her Milan flight in the presence
4072602 Sophie Blanchard in the basket of her balloon during her Milan flight in the presence Napoleon, 1811 (lithograph) by Rados

Soldiers on horseback (oil on canvas)
BRM349536 Soldiers on horseback (oil on canvas) by Meissonier, Jean-Louis Ernest (1815-91); Private Collection; (add.info.: Militaires a cheval; formerly in collection Brame & Lorenceau; ); French

Emperor Napoleon I according Madame de Polignac the grace of her husband
872826 Emperor Napoleon I according Madame de Polignac the grace of her husband (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); BibliothAque Paul-Marmottan, Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt

Portrait of Princess Pauline Borghese, wife of General Leclerc (oil on canvas)
621539 Portrait of Princess Pauline Borghese, wife of General Leclerc (oil on canvas) by Lefevre, Robert (1755-1830); 79.5x62 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Code Civil, open at the titlepage, 1804
XIR154927 Code Civil, open at the titlepage, 1804 by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Le code civil des Francais; ); French, out of copyright

The Consultation, caricature of Cambaceres (1753-1824) and Napoleon (1769-1821
CHT199699 The Consultation, caricature of Cambaceres (1753-1824) and Napoleon (1769-1821) c.1810-14 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Ordre National des Pharmaciens, Paris

Portrait of Jean-Jacques-Regis de Cambaceres (1753-1824) (oil on canvas)
CHT177249 Portrait of Jean-Jacques-Regis de Cambaceres (1753-1824) (oil on canvas) by Greuze, Jean Baptiste (1725-1805); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Chartres

Grognards (colour litho)
CHT250747 Grognards (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Veteran soldiers of Napoleon I (1769-1821)

Soldiers and old men playing boules or petanque on a field, Napoleonic era. After an illustration by Carle Vernet. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Fops and dandies playing paume, real tennis, Napoleonic era
Fops and dandies (incroyables) playing the game of paume, real tennis, in the Napoleonic era. After a caricature in le Bon Genre

Review of the English Troops at Montmartre by the Duke of Wellington, 21st October 1815
XIR160482 Review of the English Troops at Montmartre by the Duke of Wellington, 21st October 1815, engraved by M. Dubourg, 1817 (litho) by Scharf

Portrait of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (1754-1838
CHT177248 Portrait of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (1754-1838) early 19th century (oil on canvas) by Gerard, Francois Pascal Simon, Baron (1770-1837); Musee de la Ville de Paris

A meeting at a masquerade ball
A meeting at a ball: A masked woman and Normandy girl flirt with a revolutionary man in bicorn and cockade, while a woman in drag as a Turkish man interrupts and a double bass player looks

Preparing for a masked ball, 1800s
Preparations for a masquerade. We no longer see harlequins and pierrots at masked balls, but instead costumes of Switzerland and Normandy

Two merveilleuses with a fortune teller
Their credulity is her only science. A fortune teller reads the cards for two credulous merveilleuses in shawls and turbans

Two pretty maids helping to dress two old crones
La toilette: Two young women help older women with baby bonnets and false bosoms - while giving knowing looks to the viewer. Women of 19 and 20 are in open war with women of a certain age (30)

Merveilleuses eating ice cream at a Paris cafe
Fashionable women or merveilleuses eating ice cream with their dogs at a cafe, circa 1800. The menu includes lemon, orange, pistachio, and creme blanche

Mother playing with baby and daughter in a garden
A young mother dandles a baby, while a little girl with a doll leans against her lap. A glance at these engravings is enough to see what one can say about this subject

Performing dogs
A gentleman with a whip controls four dogs dancing on their hind legs dressed in the latest fashions on stage. The dog show continues to attract crowds at the Theatre Montansier in Versailles

New Years Gifts
A boy in dragoon uniform scrabbles for sweets under his fathers legs, while a baby plays with a puppet on his mothers lap. A black servant boy prays for a gift at left

Shop girls preparing for bed. Wearing turbans, shawls and lowcut cotton nightshifts, four shopgirls relax before bed. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Cavalcade at Longchamp racetrack
Cavalcade de Longchamp. Two incroyables (fops) mounted on heavy dray horses instead of thoroughbreds at Longchamp racetrack

Two May-September couples dancing at a ball
Two May-September couples at a ball. The old and ugly partners have arranged the company of two young, good-looking escorts, who flirt with each other

The problem with Capote bonnets: two womens deep-brimmed bonnets collide as they greet each other, while fashionable men watch

Fashionable couples dancing La Sauteuse
Fashionable couples dancing la Sauteuse, a pair dance popular circa 1800. The man grips the woman around the waist, while jumping from foot to foot and spinning her around

Two incroyables (fops) with cudgels hinder the promenade of two merveilleuses by pinning the tails of their dresses. One looks back coquettishly at the ridiculous dandy

Fashionable dancers performing La Trenis, a country dance section in the popular quadrille created by the French dance master Trenitz

Three Parisian graces, circa 1800. Three unattractive maids wear the latest Paris fashions. Its certainly true that in fashion a servile herd of imitators abounds

Merveilleuses playing the game of blind mans buff. A blindfolded woman runs in a garden as one woman strokes her hand and another grabs her muslin dress

Merveilleuses playing the four corners game of tag
The four corners game of tag. Five merveilleuses in muslin dresses play the game of four corners, a version of tag. Illustration by Dominique Bosio

Merveilleuses playing the game of La Main Chaude
La main chaude or Paumele. Merveilleuses in flimsy muslin dresses play the game of hot hands. One girl buries her head in anothers lap, and has to guess which friend slaps her arm

French and English women in similar fashions
Mutual borrowing of fashions between French and English women, early 19th century. Both wear identical style bonnets, frilled dresses, shawls and spencer jackets

Merveilleuses playing badminton in a garden
Badminton. Merveilleuse in flimsy dresses play a game of badminton in a garden. Several have their hair in the fashionable short cut known as the martyr or victime

Three girls in mid-calf length dresses and pantalons dancing with a shawl. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Ladies and gentlemen share coffee and rolls
Le Dejeuner. Gentlemen in coat tails and breeches and ladies in veils and dresses share a breakfast of coffee and bread. Great familiarity reigns in the morning, one has no time to become ceremonial

Merveilleuses and incroyables dancing the waltz, a newly popular dance imported from Germany. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Street entertainer performing on a horn and violin. After removing his huge glasses from his nose, the old geezer blows on his horn (sarbacane) and plays the violin, grimacing all the time

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