Napoleon I: Media
emperor of France
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It's no wonder that the man called the Little Corporal has captivated the public...
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Learn why Napoleon I came to have a reputation for being short even though he was...
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Napoleon I, emperor of the French, is one of the most celebrated personages in the...
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An investigation into who damaged the Great Sphinx, near Giza, Egypt.
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Images
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis...
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Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.
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Maximilien Robespierre.
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Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole, 17 November 1796, oil on canvas by Antoine-Jean...
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Talleyrand, detail of a portrait by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1809; in a private collection,...
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First Consul Bonaparte, oil on canvas by Antoine-Jean Gros, c. 1802; National...
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Early version of the Code Civil des Français (“Civil Code of the French”;...
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Napoleon in His Imperial Robes, oil on canvas by François Gérard, 1805;...
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The Battle of Trafalgar, oil on canvas by John Christian Schetky, c. 1841;...
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Meeting Between Napoleon I and Francis I After the Battle of Austerlitz, 4 December...
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Napoleon on the Battlefield at Eylau, February 1807, oil painting by Antoine-Jean...
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The size of Napoleon's army during the Russian campaign of 1812 is shown by the dwindling...
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An illustration by Vasily V. Vereshchagin of Napoleon I looking on as Moscow burns,...
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1814, the Campaign of France, by Ernest Meissonier, 1864; in the Louvre,...
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A collection of significant facts about the Battle of Waterloo.
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Napoleon I fleeing the battlefield of Waterloo, engraving, 1817.
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Dôme des Invalides, Paris, designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, c. 1675.
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Death mask of Napoleon
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An obelisk commemorates Napoleon I at Montgenèvre Pass in southeastern France.
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The tomb of Napoleon I, Les Invalides, Paris; designed by Louis-Tullius-Joachim Visconti,...
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Napoleon, Allegory, oil on canvas by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, 1833; in the...
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French First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte as Gulliver and British King George III as...
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Napoleon Visiting the Pesthouse at Jaffa, oil on canvas by Antoine-Jean...
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The spirits of Napoleon I and Louis XIV lamenting the siege of Paris in an 1870 British...
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Napoleon and his generals, detail of The Trophy of the 4th Dragoons, oil...
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Alessandro Volta demonstrating his battery's generation of electric current before...
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The artist Jacques-Louis David painted The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the...
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Napoleon overthrew the government of France in a coup in 1799. He replaced it with...
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Napoleon is shown on the battlefield at Eylau (in Prussia) during one of the Napoleonic...
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A collection of significant facts about the Battle of Waterloo.
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The artist Antoine-Jean Gros painted General Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole,...
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Napoleon wears his imperial garments upon his coronation as emperor of France in...
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Napoleon in His Study, by Jacques-Louis David, 1812; in the National Gallery...
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Interactives
The entire family tree of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Interactive The Coronation of Napoleon, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David,...
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Interactive map of Napoleon Bonaparte's major battles.
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