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



NAPOLEONIC GARDE DE BATTAILLE SWORD FROM KING WILLIAM BODYGUARD USED AT WATERLOO picture

NAPOLEONIC GARDE DE BATTAILLE SWORD FROM KING WILLIAM BODYGUARD USED AT WATERLOO

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Battle of Waterloo Medal 1815 to Asst. Surgeon - 52nd (Oxfordshire) Foot picture

Battle of Waterloo Medal 1815 to Asst. Surgeon - 52nd (Oxfordshire) Foot

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Waterloo Related French Napoleonic General's Saddle picture

Waterloo Related French Napoleonic General's Saddle

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WATERLOO BOY VINTAGE SPANNER WRENCH STATIONARY ENGINE TRACTOR PRE JOHN DEERE  picture

WATERLOO BOY VINTAGE SPANNER WRENCH STATIONARY ENGINE TRACTOR PRE JOHN DEERE

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BRITISH WATERLOO MEDAL AMBROSE PAPPS 2nd BATT. COLDSTREAM GUARDS C1815 picture

BRITISH WATERLOO MEDAL AMBROSE PAPPS 2nd BATT. COLDSTREAM GUARDS C1815

$4500.00



Battle of Waterloo Medal 1815 to Ellott, 15th King's Hussars picture

Battle of Waterloo Medal 1815 to Ellott, 15th King's Hussars

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A Traveling Exhibition from Russell Etling Company (c) 2011