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This is the Duke of Wellington looking at the effigy of Napoleon Bonaparte at Madame Tussaud’s around 1851 when the Great Exhibition opened.
Wellington was apparently a fan of wax sculptures and seemed to be a personal friend of Madame Tussaud herself. He often visited the new additions. One of exhibits of the Museum (which in Wellington’s lifetime was still located at the Baker Street Bazaar) was dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte. Apart from Napoleon’s own wax figure, the exhibit also contained:
Napoleon Relics. — The camp-bedstead on which Napoleon died; the counterpane stained with his blood. Cloak worn at Marengo. Three eagles taken at Waterloo. Cradle of the King of Rome. Bronze posthumous cast of Napoleon, and hat worn by him. Whole-length portrait of the Emperor, from Fontainebleau; Marie Louis and Josephine, and other portraits of the Bonaparte family. Bust of Napoleon, by Canon. Isabey’s portrait Table of the Marshals. Napoleon’s three carriages: two from Waterloo, and a landau from St. Helena. His garden chair and drawing-room chair. “The flag of Elba.“ Napoleon’s sword, diamond, tooth-brush, and table-knife; dessert knife, fork, and spoons; coffee-cup; a piece of willow-tree from St. Helena; shoe-sock and handkerchiefs, shirt, &c. Model figure of Napoleon in the clothes he wore at Longwood; and porcelain dessert-service used by him. Napoleon’s hair and tooth, etc. (from the book the Curiosities of London)
A book called The History Of Madame Tussaud’s give us an account of Wellington’s visits to the museum and his special fondness for Napoleon’s exhibition:
Early one morning, soon after the Exhibition had been opened for the day, Joseph, Madame Tussaud’s son, who had been wandering through the rooms, as was his habit, perceived an elderly gentleman in front of the tableau representing the lying-in-state of Napoleon I. The model of the dead exile rested—as it does down to this very day—on the camp bedstead used by Napoleon at St. Helena, and was dressed in the favourite green uniform, the cloak worn at Marengo (bequeathed by Napoleon to his son) lying across the feet. In the hands, crossed upon the chest, was a crucifix. In those days it was the custom to lower at night the curtains that enclosed the bed, in order to exclude the dust, whereas now the whole scene is encased in glass.
Observing that the visitor was desirous of seeing the effigy, and no attendant being at hand, Joseph Tussaud raised the hangings, whereupon the visitor removed his hat, and, to his great surprise, Joseph saw that he was face to face with none other than the great Duke of Wellington himself.
There stood his Grace, contemplating with feelings of mixed emotions the strange and suggestive scene before him. On the camp bed lay the mere presentment of the man who, seven-and-thirty years before, had given him so much trouble to subdue. No feeling of triumph passed through the conqueror’s mind as he looked upon the poor waxen image, too true in its aspect of death; he rather thought upon the vanity of earthly triumphs, of the levelling hand of time, and how soon he, like his great contemporary, might be stretched upon his own bier.
Mr. Joseph Tussaud used frequently to recall this dramatic meeting between the Iron Duke and the effigy of his erstwhile foe, and to imagine the feelings of the old General as he gazed upon the couch. It was probably the first of the Duke’s many visits to the Exhibition.
A few days after this most interesting visit Mr. Tussaud, who was an old friend of Sir George Hayter, related the incident to that artist. Hayter was immediately struck with the potential value of the event for the production of a painting of the historic scene, and the Tussaud brothers at once commissioned him to execute the work for them. Sir George thereupon communicated the idea to the Duke, who readily responded, and offered to give the necessary sittings. We have the sketches made by Hayter in preparation for the work, and among them appears a drawing of Joseph Tussaud himself, although he does not enter the actual picture. Hearing that the artist was making progress with the painting, the Duke visited his studio, and, having expressed himself warmly in appreciation of the picture (the figures had been but lightly limned in at the time), said: “Well, I suppose you’ll want me to sit for my picture here?”
Hayter has given us a most characteristic portrait of Wellington as he then appeared. He is dressed in his usual blue frock-coat, white trousers, and white cravat, fastened with the familiar steel buckle. He stoops a little as was his wont, his head is lightly covered with snow-white hair, and his manly features are marked with an expression of mingled curiosity and sadness as, hat in hand, he looks upon the recumbent Napoleon. The picture was completed early in December, 1852, [after the Duke’s death] and has been on view in the Napoleon Rooms at the Exhibition ever since.
The engravings of the picture have been circulated in thousands throughout the world, and, strange to say, they are exceedingly popular in Austria. It is an interesting fact that the painting in question was the last portrait for which the Duke ever sat. When the Duke himself died, Madame Tussaud’s advertised “A full length model of the Great Duke, taken from Life during his frequent visits to the Napoleon Relics.“
#damn 😢#I love the image but it also makes me feel so sad 😞#napoleon bonaparte#duke of wellington#madame tussauds
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MARIE-THÉRÈSE FIGUEUR // SOLDIER
“She was a French soldier who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Unlike some female soldiers before the twentieth century, she did not disguise her gender when she enlisted, serving for twenty-two years under her own name in the French Revolutionary Army and the Grande Armée.”
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look at that cake!
#THIS IS SOOO PRETTY!! THE COLOURS THE ART STYLE AHHHH 🥺💓💓#I want an overdressed husband dandy king#joachim murat#napoleon’s marshals#beautiful art!
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Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, revolutionary, and leader of the of the Non-Aligned Movement, speaking at the October 1979 UN General Assembly Session held in New York.
"The basis of just peace in the region begins with the total and unconditional withdrawal of Israel from all the occupied Arab territories and implies for the Palestinian people the return of all their occupied territories and the recovery of their inalienable national rights, including the right of return to their homeland, to self-determination and to the establishment of an independent State in Palestine."
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I love how doe eyed everyone looks in these lithographs! They’re all like: 🥺
From what I gathered, these lithographs were done by different artists, but all were published by P. Degobert
Links:
#napoleonic era#napoleon’s marshals#frev#jean baptiste bessières#michel ney#jean de dieu soult#P. Degobert#lithograph
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He’s so handsome 😔🤚 I wish men were real (I have no male interaction at all)
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For a spot in the second round, we have a French face off.
Antoine-Jean Gros
"One of Napoleon’s main painters. Pioneer of French Romanticism. Inspired many artists such as Delacroix and Géricault. He was very pretty.”
the tags on his polls also keep mentioning Le Mis
Louis-Alexandre Berthier:
“Prodigial brainpower!!!! (I am sapiosexual!!!!) Able to work long hours!!! The fact that he would be so devoted to the love of his life (Madame Visconti), so much that he arranaged a ménage à trois. Very powerful. He was also always laughing before everything fell apart.”
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Le maréchal Davout sur le champ de bataille
by Jacques Onfroy de Bréville, done sometime before 1931
Wikimedia source
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Guyssssss! This looks so fun! I wanna draw something totally unserious. Please suggest names of any historical figures in the commentssss! 🥺🙏
I will definitely take my grand time though cus I’m busy with university projects, but please please give me some names. It’ll be so funny 💗
Image link
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quick sketches + quick messy coloring (apologies if theres language errors i’m half asleep💀)
bonus
#*screams and faints* 😩💓#they’re so goofy#I adore themmm#pyotr bagration#barclay de tolly#art#your art is so damn gorgeous pls do more it’s bringing me back to life 😌🙏
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4. 19th Century Europe! From the Napoleonic era all the way to the late Romantics! Art and music was at its peak and so much was happening! 😚💗
9. “Mein Name ist Bach”, directed by Dominique de Rivaz (2003). It’s when Bach went to visit Frederick the Great at Potsdam. There the King gave him a musical theme to improvise on. Bach wrote his famous and totally amazing “Das Musikalische Opfer”. Frederick was kinda unhinged throughout the film, but I find it weirdly attractive 🥲
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Additional bunch of Napoleonic discord stickers/emojis for my collection
Featuring some British Bisexual boat men aka Kiss me Hardy and one traffic cone
#OMGGGGGGGGGG AHHHHHHHHH 🥺😩💗#EVERYONE I LIKE IS HERE!#They’re so cute tooo! 😭😳#Davout art! We need more Davout art!#napoleon bonaparte#louis nicolas davout#jean baptiste bessières#horatio nelson#arthur wellesley#thomas masterman hardy
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Ahoy! 10 or 24 for the ask game?
10. I have soooo many favourite art pieces omg 😫💗
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s “The Roses of Heliogabalus”. I like it simply because it’s pretty. Like omgg look at all the details! The guy in the painting (lying down and wearing gold) is the Roman emperor Elagabalus. His story is ABSOLUTELY WILD 😨
Ilya Repin’s “Barge Haulers on the Volga.” I don’t know how to explain this one, I just love the energy it gives off!
And finally, my favourite genre is anything with cavalry charges! They always look so brave and hot but also crazy! 😍 Like, imagine riding on some creature at a crazy speed towards an enemy (with barely any kind of protection) and then proceed to smash each other’s faces with swords! How do they find the guts to do that!?!? 😳
Richard Caton Woodville Jr’s “Relief of the Light Brigade”
Nikolai Samokish’s “The Red Cavalry at Perekop”
Alphonse Lalauze’s Consular Guard’s Charge at Marengo. This one has Marshal Bessières in it!
24. Emilia Plater! I’ve already mentioned her in another post, but here’s another painting of her 💕
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14 and 24 :D
14. I love history cus I love drama! 🤭 I love to get emotional over stuff be it the horrendous events or the nicer ones, I love to cry and laugh over them. Also, I live in an incredibly dull part of a mega-city with barely any social interactions soooo I have nothing better to do but study. Sometimes I feel a bit misanthropic cus I have social anxiety and I just sometimes think that humans are horrible and useless wahhhhhh! 😢😤, but history reminds me that humans are also incredible. We’re able to change the world we live in to physically accommodate our needs. What other animal species are able to achieve that to such an extent!? I’m not saying that this fact is a good thing, but it’s just incredible to think of what we’ve achieved as a society
Raphael’s “School of Athens”, a lovely piece of work, while also being a testament to the awesomeness of humans! 😎💖
24. Emilia Plater!!! The Polish-Lithuanian revolutionary and an absolute girl boss! 😫 💋💋💋 She fought in and commanded a unit of soldiers and peasants in the November uprising. Girl was ready to fight 🙌 She’s so underrated that we don’t know if all the stuff she did was actually true or not. I like to think it is. I have to write a short story as a final project for my writing class and I’m basing my female lead on herrrrrrr
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19. Adam Zamoyski’s “Chopin: Prince of the Romantics” And I have the signed copy! 😚 I absolutely adore Chopin because I play the piano. The book is so well written, sometimes I forget that I’m reading about an actual real person. But some descriptions, the very gritty and depressing parts of his life, are so raw and emotionalllll gurlll I cried! 😭😭
20. Uhmmmmmmm. I have sooo many. Prepare! 🤭💕
The one and only, Johann Sebastian Bach! He’s incredibly talented like omggggg how does he even come up with all these amazing pieces of music?!? 😨😳 His genius is unmatched. There will never be another composer like Bach! I have dozens of portraits and stickers of him and even a t-shirt. Omggggg it’s so embarrassing 🙈
Glenn Gould, the quirky autistic Canadian Bach wizard! He’s so handsome even well into his older years. And he’s soooo eccentric, like you should read about some of his quirks, it’s really out there💀👀 Also, did I mention how talented he is?! He gets criticised a lot for his weird playing style and humming (sometimes singing) during his performances. I love it tho 😘 it really adds something to the records
Louis👏Nicolas👏Davout👏 How can you not like this absolute beast of a man?! Sure, he was a bit rough with his soldiers, but I like a leader who doesn’t fuck around! We need more men like him! I feel for him though. He really was the least liked out of all Napoleon’s marshals, I relate to that because my fam doesn’t like me even though I’m a girl boss 👹 Poor old Davout was just doing his best! Here’s a quote that he wrote to Berthier —
“I cannot help admitting to myself that often my exactingness and my severity alienate good officers from me even before they barely have time to assess my true intentions."
Ommmgggg 😭😢
Ahemmm…. As a student I kinda have a love-hate relationship with this guy. I’ve suffered so many sleepless nights because of him 👩💻📚📚📚 But without this guy we’d probably still have our children working 16 hours for absolutely nothing (we still do actually, it’s heartbreaking). His works literally had soooo much impact on history, it’s unbelievable.
And of course, how can we forget our hero!?! I wanna be like him soooo much it aches 😫 My family genuinely don’t understand my obsession with this man, like how could they not?!! His image is literally on the wiki page for the “Great Man Theory” — that individuals with certain traits are able to affect the course of history rather than it being due to some larger force or something I dunno it’s an IR/history thing I’m studying 😢
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I have seen many questionnaires but none including history. What a shame..
1. Who is your favourite historical person?
2. What is your country most famous for in history?
3. What is your country most infamous for in history?
4. Favourite historical era?
5. Favourite weapon?
6. Military unit?
7. Historical dressing, uniform or costume?
8. What is the last thing you have read/ listened/ spoke with historical reference?
9. Favourite historical film?
10. Pieces of art ( paintings, sculpures, lithographies, ect.) related to history you like most ( post an image of them)
11. Have you participated in reenactment? What it was like?
12. Would you take part in reenactment? In what era and as whom?
13. Something random about some random historical person in a random era.
14. Why you are interested in history ( a silly question, eh?) ?
15. Were the history classes teached in an interesting way in your school/ college/ university? What would you do to improve them if you were the teacher / lecturer?
16. Do you own some historical item? ( coin, clothing, weapons, books, ect) If yes which one is your favourite?
17. What historical item would you like to own?
18. Look at the clock and assume the numbers are forming historical year ( 17;58 would be 1758) What was / is / will be the world that year? Any event happened then or will happen?
19. Favourite historical book?
20. History crush?
21. Historical game?
22. Random historical fact about the place you are at the moment.
23. Favourite historical song / with such reference?
24. Most underrated historical figure?
25. Most overrated historical figure in your opinion?
26. Forgotten hero we should know about and admire?
27. Favourite historical " What if... " ?
28. Favourite "dream team" of specific era or the entire history?
29. Great historical mystery you are interested in?
30. Ask me a question of your own.
Send me the numbers of the questions you wish to be answered in my "Ask".
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I’m sorry, your all-time favourite what????
From (Better Than Life) season 2 episode 2 of the British science fiction comedy series, Red Dwarf
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