One of these was a British-led force with units from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick, and Nassau, under the command of the Duke of Wellington (often referred to as the Anglo-allied army or Wellington's army). A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two armies of the Seventh Coalition. For the next 18 years, Gros would be occupied by Napoleon and his endeavours.The Battle of Waterloo ( Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. He was then sent by her to Milan and introduced to Napoleon. Antonie-Jean Gros has been described by Christopher Prendergast as 'closest to being in everything but name his official war artist.' It was in Genoa in 1796 that Gros was introduced to Josephine. It is no ordinary crime to spread defamatory writings in places occupied by the French armies, and to incite the inhabitants against them.'Īrt was also recognised by Napoleon for its power, evidenced by the potent paintings that exist today.

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Napoleon was a ruthless man and very aware of public image and reputation, as a letter written in August 1806 bears witness: However, France's defeat by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 confirmed the British Navy's superiority at sea, and his later retreat from Russia in 1812 has become a classic example of an army overreaching itself. The many battles of the Napoleonic Wars raged throughout Europe in the first decade and a half of the nineteenth century, with Napoleon largely successful on land in conflicts such as Austerlitz (1805). Napoleon I (1769–1821), in Coronation RobesĪnne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (1767–1824) The Bowes Museum

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