Napoleon commissioned the sword, filled with classical motifs, after being elected as consul for life by the senate in 1802.

A rare sword commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte for his personal use will be auctioned in Paris on May 22, according to the ...

Rising from the fires of the French Revolution, one young man reached the top of European politics – not through seizing ...

The sword has been in Grouchy's family since 1815, the year of Napoleon's last defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. A second ...

What is David Cartwright's most expensive painting? Since 2011 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,062 USD for Uxbridge's Charge, Battle of Waterloo 1815, sold at Anthemion Auctions in ...

Height: 112 cm Width: 136 cm.

The day was June 18, 1815. By about 8 p.m., the emperor ... Gianni Dagli Orti / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY As combat at Waterloo ground on, “one saw on Napoleon’s face a look of ...

Carnival celebrations in Germany’s Rhineland region are characterized by five things: Music, costumes, flowers, candy, and ...