Napoleon - An Intimate Portrait


“Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord”

“Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord”

Pierre-Paul Prudhon; engraving by Chapuy - c. 1805

As in Shakespeare’s play, Talleyrand consistently played Iago to Napoléon’s Othello, deceiving him and selling him out from first to last. A consummate political actor, Talleyrand appears to have taken Napoléon in with his piety from his days as Bishop of Autun and his horror of wrongdoing in others.

Historical Provenance - Castle of Valençay collection

Engraving



NAPOLEON BONAPARTE LETTER SIGNED TO MINISTER OF WAR ABOUT PENINSULAR WAR TROOPS picture

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE LETTER SIGNED TO MINISTER OF WAR ABOUT PENINSULAR WAR TROOPS

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Napoleonic Peninsular War France Spain Portugal Battle Wellington Vitoria Maps X picture

Napoleonic Peninsular War France Spain Portugal Battle Wellington Vitoria Maps X

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1811, PENINSULAR WAR. General Warren Peacocke, Governor of Lisbon signed letter picture

1811, PENINSULAR WAR. General Warren Peacocke, Governor of Lisbon signed letter

$158.35



SPAIN. Peninsular War Passport, 1810. picture

SPAIN. Peninsular War Passport, 1810.

$151.13



SIR GEORGE MURRAY - DISTINGUISHED ARMY OFFICER - PENINSULAR WAR - SIGNED DISPLAY picture

SIR GEORGE MURRAY - DISTINGUISHED ARMY OFFICER - PENINSULAR WAR - SIGNED DISPLAY

$94.46



ANDREW LEITH HAY - SCOTTISH SOLDIER IN PENINSULAR WAR - SIGNED COLOUR DISPLAY picture

ANDREW LEITH HAY - SCOTTISH SOLDIER IN PENINSULAR WAR - SIGNED COLOUR DISPLAY

$94.46



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A Traveling Exhibition from Russell Etling Company (c) 2011