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Cranston Fine Arts  Military Art and Artists Napoleonic Military Art Napoleon's Army  Guard Regiments |
[UP] - Napoleon's Cavalry - Napoleon's Infantry - Guard Regiments - Napoleon's Generals |
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The Veteran at Home by Horace Vernet. A Grenadier of the Old Guard in tenue des climanches, with beige breeches and white stockings, he is shown playing with a small child while on leave. |
A Grenadier of the Guard at Elba by Horace Vernet. Wearing patched white trousers and gaiters made of mattress ticking. In the mid distance, officers of the Polish Lancers and the Guard. Napoleon stands on the distant cliff. To the right a ship flies a tricolour. The Elba battalion was Napoleons bodyguard in exile, comprising six companies of Guardsmen, 100 artillery men and a crew of 21 seamen, They formed the nucleus of the Imperial Guard in 1815. |
The Last Stand of the Old Guard by Robert Hillingford. The Old Guard being asked to surrender at the end of the Battle of Waterloo. |
The Grenadier by Edouard Detaille. French Grenadier of the Old Guard on Sentry while Napoleon and his staff are shown in the distance. |
Napoleons Retreat From Moscow by Adolf Northern. No text for this item |
Evening of Waterloo by Ernest Crofts. The French army is in a route, and Napoleon is urged to leave the Battle Field, while the Old Guards protect his carriage. |
Napoleons Last Grand Attack by Ernest Crofts. The fourth release of Ernest Crofts Waterloo series. Napoleon is seen with his generals as his faithfull Guard regiments (held in reserve) pass him on their way to the last French attack on the British lines during the last stages of the Battle of Waterloo. Painted in 1895 and was last sold at Sothebys London. |
Morning of Waterloo by Ernest Crofts. Napoleon on the morning of Waterloo surrounded by the Imperial Guard. In fact, all the French Infantry would have been wearing their capotes (greatcoats) |
The Battle of Jena, Won by Napoleon by Horace Vernet. The painting shows Napoleons customary informality with the soldiers in his army. Here he is turning to acknowledge the Salutation by a Grenadier of the Imperial Guard. Murat is shown riding behind Napoleon. |
The Sentinel by H Bellange. Depicting a lone guard outside the Emperors tent, on the left Napoleon surveys the on-coming battle. |
Un Jour de Revue sons L Empire en 1810 by H Bellange. No text for this item |
Battle of Montmirail by Horace Vernet. One of Napoleons last successes in France when he defeated the Russian General Sacken on 11th February 1814 at Montmirail near Paris. |
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