Monday, November 24, 2014

PART FIVE, GROUP A: THE BATTLE'S AFTERMATH AND NAPOLEON

 THE BATTLE'S AFTERMATH, NAPOLEON. NAPOLEON'S FAMILY, CHATEAU MALMAISON

THE BATTLE'S AFTERMATH


Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler
9,500 dead; 32,000 wounded


Napoleon's Retreat


The Prussians capture Napoleon's carriage


One of Napoleon's carriages and one of his greatcoats and hats
on display in Paris


Napoleon's carriage was displayed in London in 1815,
but was destroyed in a fire at Madam Tussaud's in later years
 
 
Allies second entry into Paris,  July 7, 1815
 
 
 
Entry into Paris of 95th Rifles, led by Lt. Smith
 
 
 

NAPOLEON 

 
 

Napoleon Aboard the HMS Bellerophon

Napoleon Aboard HMS Bellerophon
 
Tourists in Plymouth Harbor to see Napoleon (in center ship)
painting by John James Chalon, 1817
 
  
 
location of St. Helena in the South Atlantic
 
 
 
 
Angel carries sign that says "He fled from Egypt, Madrid, Moscow, Leipzig, Mt. St. Jean"
Caption: I Came, I Saw, I Fled.

 
The Tyrant Overthrown by Justice is excluded from the world
 
Longwood House, St. Helena, Napoleon's home on the island

 
Death of Napoleon, 1821
 

Death of Ney, December, 1815

Ney's Grave, Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

 
 
 

NAPOLEON'S FAMILY

  
Marie-Louise, Duchess of Parma, 1812
by Robert Lefevre
 
Napoleon II
studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence (private collection)


Napoleon Franz Bonaparte  by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

Napoleon II, King of Rome aka Duc du Reichstadt
 
Franz (Napoleon), Duke of Reichstadt
1811-1832
by Bucher Leopold 
 
Josephine Beauharnais Bonaparte 1763-1814
by Francois Gerard c. 1807
 
Eugene Beauharnais
1781-1824
Son of Josephine and stepson of Napoleon
married a Princess of Bavaria and had 7 children. some of whom married into noble Eurioeamn families; his daughter married King Oscar I of Sweden
(son of the former Count Bernadotte and Desiree Clary)
 
Hortense de Beauharnais, daughter of Josephine and step-daughter of Napoleon
1783-1837
married Napoleon's brother Louis, King of Holland to 1810,
and mother of Napoleon III
portrait by Anne-Louis Girodet deRoussy-Trioson, 1808
 
version of the above portrait hanging at Malmasion, 2014
 
Hortense, Queen of Holland,
by Francois Gerard
also mother of the Due de Morny, by Comte Charles de Flauhaut
she lived ins Switzerland from 1817-37
 
Letizia Bonaparte, Napoleon's mother, 1750-1836
who lived in Rome 1815 till her death there at age 85
 
Letizia Romolino Bonaparte by Canova
Chatsworth House
 
 
 
Letizia Bonaparte, by Canova
Bibliotecca Nazionale Centrale de Firenze
 
 
 
 
 
 

MALMAISON (AUGUST, 2014) 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Above, l'Salon'
 
 
 
Le Salon Dore
 

Le Salon de Musique
 


 

La Bibliotheque
 
 
Le Salon de l'Empereur
 

La chambre a coucher de l'Empereur
 

Pieces des services de l'Emperatrice Josephine  
et Prince Eugene
porcelain dure, 1811-13 
 
Salle de la frise
 


above three, belongings of Josephine

 
La chambre a coucher de l'Imperatrice
 
 
le Jardin
 

  







A selection of Josephine's roses
 
 

 
 

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