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tweaking vs nonchalant

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POV: the year is 1794 and you're drinking your coffee in revolutionnary bucolic cups

— from the Carnavalet temporary exhibition: Paris 1793-1794: une année révolutionnaire

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Napoleon Bonaparte 👑

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Portrait of the Marquis Achille Fontanelli by Andrea Appiani, 1813.

Meisterdrucke

Italian general who was ADC to Bonaparte, and was in the administration of Eugene de Beauharnais in Italy. Lived to age 62.

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Muiron P.S.

Napoleon still remembered the companion who had sacrficed himself to save his life and made the last codicil in his will the bequest of "one hundred thousand francs to the widow, son, or grandson of my ADC Muiron, with me at Arcole and killed whilst covering me with his body."

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There is no worse enmity than between Napoleon and Josephine’s pug (Fortuné), who not only did not allow Bonaparte into the house, but also bit him on the leg.

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Decoration Executed for the Birthday of His Majesty the King of Westphalia by Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri, 1811.

A scenic designer for the Paris Opera, Cicéri created this decoration for a performance celebrating the birthday of Emperor Napoleon's brother, Jérôme Bonaparte (1784–1860), King of Westphalia, a vassal state of territories taken from Prussia and its allies.

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Art dump! Sorry for the hiatus, but I’ve been pretty busy lately 😭. This is all random stuff from November/December btw.

Also, here's Saint-Just! I might make more frev art, but I want to read more about it, so probably in the distant future lol.

Also, happy new years everyone!! 🎉🎉

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Lucien is the prettiest Bonaparte brother to me

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sorry french revolution followers i know we hate this guy but his interpersonal tea has bewitched me

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Joséphine Beauharnais (left) and Thérésa Cabarrus Tallien (right) in La guerre des trônes, le clan Bonaparte.

Joséphine's actress is Charlotte Meynaert, I couldn't find the name of the one playing Thérésa.

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Napoléon et le chat in St. Helena

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Nappy practice sketches (I need to do better on his nose next time fr)

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Oh Lannes...

this is suppose to be Nap greiving about Lannes' death but he visualize themselves in early adulthood --and uh I referenced the pic of Lannes with blond/powdered(?) hair, Im not sure of either..

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napoleon +sasha dump

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Duke of Abrantès crying over his ex or something i dont know how to name my art

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