Napoleon - An Intimate Portrait


"Imperial Procession entering Notre-Dame Cathedral" from the "Book of the Coronation"

Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine - 1807

With a large coronation party and 8,000 dignitaries in attendance, protocol was of primary concern. Napoléon’s family caused a number of problems, with two of his sisters refusing to carry Joséphine’s train because it was beneath their status as “Highnesses,” which Napoléon had just conferred. Exasperated, he remarked, “One would think, to hear you, that I had just despoiled you of the heritage of our late father the king.”

Historical Provenance - Talleyrand collection

Engraving and watercolor



NAPOLEONIC WAR FRENCH PRESENT OFFICER - BODYGUARD SWORD / CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE picture

NAPOLEONIC WAR FRENCH PRESENT OFFICER - BODYGUARD SWORD / CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE

$9000.00



From NAPOLEONIC WARS  FRENCH OFFICER PRESENTATON CAVALRY SWORD Original Scabbard picture

From NAPOLEONIC WARS FRENCH OFFICER PRESENTATON CAVALRY SWORD Original Scabbard

$3300.00



Napoleonic Wars Imperial French Grenadier Cartridge Box & Sword Bandolier 1800s picture

Napoleonic Wars Imperial French Grenadier Cartridge Box & Sword Bandolier 1800s

$2999.00



MONUMENAL OIL MURAL 1812 NAPOLEONIC WAR SURRENDER OF BRITISH TROOPS IN HOLLAND picture

MONUMENAL OIL MURAL 1812 NAPOLEONIC WAR SURRENDER OF BRITISH TROOPS IN HOLLAND

$2750.00



82nd Regiment Foot Military 1848 General Service Medal Duxbury Vittoria Pyrenees picture

82nd Regiment Foot Military 1848 General Service Medal Duxbury Vittoria Pyrenees

$2477.86



Rare French First Empire Shako Plate 2nd Department De La Seine Napoleonic Wars picture

Rare French First Empire Shako Plate 2nd Department De La Seine Napoleonic Wars

$2413.50



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