74 Charles Meynier, detail of The Emperor’s Return to the Island of...

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Description: The Emperor's Return to the Island of Lobau after the Battle of Essling, May 23,...

TitleThe Emperor's Return to the Island of Lobau after the Battle of Essling, May 23, 1809, detail

Creator nameMeynier, Charles

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1812

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

DimensionsUnknown

LocationChâteau de Versailles, France

http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/?permid=permobj_5316b820-fc82-49b0-891d-14f992af9b1a

Accession numberMV 1746

SubjectsPainting, French--19th centuryNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815War in artMamelukes

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Chapter 3: Revolt

Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby

Extremities: Painting Empire in Post-Revolutionary France

When Napoleon and his French army invaded Egypt in 1798, a proclamation explained their motives to the inhabitants. Napoleon’s army had come to protect French merchants from harassment and to liberate Egyptians from the yoke of Mameluke tyranny...

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Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.105-163

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00220.004

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20658&redirecttoanchor=58692

Chapter subject tags:Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--EgyptCairo (Egypt)--HistoryHistory painting, French--19th centuryMamelukes--HistoryClothing and dress--Ottoman influencesGirodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824Géricault, Théodore, 1791-1824

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