Napoleon - An Intimate Portrait


Joséphine’s monogrammed tortoise shell box

Joséphine’s monogrammed tortoise shell box

- c. 1799-1800

The opposite of Napoléon in temperament, Joséphine loved to spend money on beautiful objects. He gave her a monthly allowance of 50,000 francs for personal expenses and 10,000 for charities, but her spending often exceeded that.

Historical Provenance - Marshal Ney’s collection

Tortoise shell ornamented with guilloche



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

$205.99



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

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

$137.00



1789-1889 FRENCH  EXPOSITION BRONZE MEDAL STORMING OF BASTILLE  SYMBOLIC RARE picture

1789-1889 FRENCH EXPOSITION BRONZE MEDAL STORMING OF BASTILLE SYMBOLIC RARE

$30.00



1983 Press Photo Runners In The Storm The Bastille Midnight Run, Milwaukee picture

1983 Press Photo Runners In The Storm The Bastille Midnight Run, Milwaukee

$19.99



1986 Press Photo The Storm the Bastille run at Bastille Days took place in rain picture

1986 Press Photo The Storm the Bastille run at Bastille Days took place in rain

$17.99



1894 magazine engraving ~ STORMING OF THE BASTILLE  ~ France picture

1894 magazine engraving ~ STORMING OF THE BASTILLE ~ France

$8.96



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A Traveling Exhibition from Russell Etling Company (c) 2011