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“The Campaigns of Napoleon” In the late 18th and early 19th century, when Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was at the height of his career he was made a General & in 1796 hr led the French Army to victory in Italy & in 1797 he defeated the Austrian forces so that France obtained control of Lombardy. He then led an expedition to Syria & Egypt, but Admiral Lord Nelson with the British Navy defeated the French at Aboukir in 1798. On his return to France, Napoleon was made First Consul & in 1800 he took his Army back to Italy where again he fought & was victorious in many battles. In 1804 he was made Emperor & a year later he was back in the Field where he defeated the Austrians at Austerlitz. Emboldened by his victories, in 1812 he set off to conquer Russia, an expedition that ended in disaster. He fought against Spain in the Peninsula Wars, but was defeated by the Spanish with the help of British forces under Wellington & in 1814 the European Allies having had enough of Napoleon they entered Paris and forced him to abdicate. He was sent to the Island of Elba, in exile, but he escaped & went back to France where he gathered his old armies around him, and went forth on the 18th June, 1815 to fight the English & Prussian armies at the Battle of Waterloo. He lost the battle & was exiled once again, this time to the Island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa, where he died 6 years later. To commemorate Napoleon's many battles & victories, a number of the most prominent French artists painted scenes of the battles, which were in turn made into steel engravings by the most notable engravers in Paris at the time. The engravings were very popular & were sold in books, folios & collections to the French public who had been supporters of the Emperor & continued to be so after his death. The following steel engravings are from a collection titled “The Campaigns of Napoleon” & were first published in Paris between 1820 & 1840. Click on thumbnail prints to enlarge them. |
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NAPOLEON106 - Bataille D'Aboukir, Livree Le 7 Thermidor An.7. 25 Juillet 1799. From the painting by Jacques Francois Joseph Swebach (1769-1823.) Engraved by Francois Louis Couche. (1782-1849).& Dequevauviller. B/W. 11X15. |
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NAPOLEON107 - Bataille De La Moskowa. Livree Le 7 Septembre 1812. From the painting by Adolphe Roehn (1780-1867). Engraved by Francois Louis Couche (1782-1849.) & J. Couche. B/W. 11X15. |
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