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ART - Jean-Baptiste Isabey: Napoleon Bonaparte - 1st Consul of France: Jean-Baptiste Isabey (11 April 1767 – 18 April 1855) was a French painter born at Nancy. At nineteen, after some lessons from Dumont, miniature painter to Marie Antoinette, he became a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. Employed at Versailles on portraits of the dukes of Angoulême and Berry, he was given a commission by the queen, which opens the long list of those he received from successive French rulers until his death in 1855.Patronized by Josephine and Napoleon Bonaparte, he arranged the ceremonies of their coronation and prepared drawings for the publication intended as its official commemoration, a work for which he was paid by Louis XVIII, whose portrait (engraved, Debucourt) he executed in 1814. Although Isabey did homage to Napoleon on his return from Elba, he continued to enjoy the favor of the Restoration, and took part in arrangements for the coronation of Charles X. During the time that Napoleon took over, France was in turmoil. Poverty and corruption were widespread. Napoleon worked with Emmanuel Sieyes to overthrow the Directory. Napoleon successfully took over in a coup d\'état on 18 Brumaire (November 9, 1799). The Directory was replaced by a three-member Consulate, and Napoleon became First Consul. Napoleon reorganized his armies and restructured his defense. In May 1800, Napoleon led his famous march across the Alps. After bitter battles, Russia dropped out of the Second Coalition in 1799, and Austria surrendered. Great Britain was left alone and was weary of war. The Treaty of Amiens was signed between the British and French in 1802. The Second Coalition was destroyed. For the first and only time in Napoleon’s reign, France was at peace with the world. This White Border Era (1915-30) postcard is in good condition, but shows some edge wear and the loss of the card\'s lower left-hand corner.