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Jean Lannes
Image by Julie Volpelière after an original by Antoine-François Gérard

Jean Lannes

Jean Lannes (1769-1809), 1st Duke of Montebello, a marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. Oil on canvas portrait painting by Julie Volpelière after an original by Antoine-François Gérard, 1834. In the Musée de l'Armée...
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Image by Tito Marzocchi de Belluci after an original by Claude Gautherot

Louis-Nicolas Davout

Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770-1823), Duke of Auerstedt and a marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Nicknamed the "Iron Marshal" for the strict discipline he imposed on his Corps, Davout never lost a battle and...
British Army Infantry Square
Image by Elizabeth Thompson

British Army Infantry Square

An 1875 oil on canvas painting by Elizabeth Thompson titled The 28th Regiment at Quatre Bras (a battle during the Napoleonic Wars). The British infantry is shown employing the classic defensive strategy of a square, where each rank fires...
Map of the Roer Department
Image by Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire

Map of the Roer Department

This antique map of Germany depicts the department of the Roer during the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France. The map documents...
Map of the Genoa Department
Image by Léopold Denis

Map of the Genoa Department

This antique map of Italy represents the Genoa department under the First French Empire. It was produced in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France. The map reflects...
Meeting of Napoleon and Alexander I at Tilsit, 25 June 1807
Image by Adolphe Roehn

Meeting of Napoleon and Alexander I at Tilsit, 25 June 1807

Emperor Napoleon I of France (r. 1804-1814; 1815) meets with Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1801-1825) on a specially built raft in the middle of the Niemen River to discuss peace. It is one of the most iconic episodes of the Napoleonic Era...
Archduke Charles of Austria
Image by Anton Einsle

Archduke Charles of Austria

Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1771-1847), brother of Austrian Emperor Francis I, and one of Austria's most capable generals during the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). He is best known...
Map of the Lys Department
Image by Léopold Denis

Map of the Lys Department

This antique map of Belgium represents the Lys department under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France. The map illustrates...
Map of the Montenotte Department
Image by Léopold Denis

Map of the Montenotte Department

This antique map of Italy depicts the Montenotte department under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is included in the Atlas National de France. The map reflects...
Map of the Sambre-et-Meuse Department
Image by Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire

Map of the Sambre-et-Meuse Department

This antique map of Belgium shows the department of Sambre-et-Meuse under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and forms part of the Atlas National de France. The map...
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