Napoleon - An Intimate Portrait


“Bonaparte on Horseback in Cairo with His Staff”

“Bonaparte on Horseback in Cairo with His Staff”

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet - c. 1820

Patterning himself after Alexander the Great, Napoléon invited well-known scholars, scientists and artists to accompany the army to Egypt in May 1798. They would document all they found for three years. The scholars' or savants' (as they were known) investigation of the "Rosetta Stone," first discovered in 1799 by French soldiers building a fort at Rosetta near Rashid, would ultimately lead to the modern decipherment of Egyptian heiroglyphics.

Historical Provenance - the collection of Charles-Roux

Watercolor and gouache



Storm on the bastille, Paris historical picture scenery poster print wall chart picture

Storm on the bastille, Paris historical picture scenery poster print wall chart

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PRE-STORMING OF THE BASTILLE French Revolutionary War Beginning 1789 Newspaper picture

PRE-STORMING OF THE BASTILLE French Revolutionary War Beginning 1789 Newspaper

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VINTAGE 1989 FRANCE  CALENDAR  STORMING BASTILLE - DECLARATION HUMAN RIGHTS picture

VINTAGE 1989 FRANCE CALENDAR STORMING BASTILLE - DECLARATION HUMAN RIGHTS

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1985 Press Photo Starting Line Of Storm The Bastille Race, Summerfest picture

1985 Press Photo Starting Line Of Storm The Bastille Race, Summerfest

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1935 Press Photo Reenactment of Peasants Storming Bastille - nee19042 picture

1935 Press Photo Reenactment of Peasants Storming Bastille - nee19042

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1959 four page cartoon story ~ STORMING THE BASTILLE, FRENCH REVOLUTION picture

1959 four page cartoon story ~ STORMING THE BASTILLE, FRENCH REVOLUTION

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Images © photo12.com-Pierre-Jean Chalençon
A Traveling Exhibition from Russell Etling Company (c) 2011