Napoleonic Era

Art of the era

Paintings, prints and plans

The campaign was painted while veterans were still alive to criticise the uniforms, and again by Meissonier’s generation, who turned it into legend. Every work here is in the public domain.

Made in living memory

Made by people who lived through these events, within about fifteen years of 1814.

The Battle of MontmirailThe Battle of MontmirailHorace Vernet, 1822The Battle of VauchampsThe Battle of VauchampsJean-Baptiste Réville, before 1825Napoléon à la bataille de MontereauNapoléon à la bataille de MontereauAnonymous print, Rijksmuseum, after 1814La Barrière de Clichy. Défense de Paris, le 30 mars 1814La Barrière de Clichy. Défense de Paris, le 30 mars 1814Horace Vernet, 1820The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the TuileriesThe Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the TuileriesJacques-Louis David, 1812Grande Armée. Affaire du 10 févrierGrande Armée. Affaire du 10 févrierPrinted by P. D. Verdier, Paris, 1814

Remembered

How later artists of the 19th century imagined the campaign.

Campagne de France, 1814Campagne de France, 1814Ernest Meissonier, 1864Combat de Champaubert, 10 février 1814Combat de Champaubert, 10 février 1814Jean-Charles Langlois, 1840Bataille de Montereau, 18 février 1814Bataille de Montereau, 18 février 1814Jean-Charles Langlois, 1840Bataille de BrienneBataille de BrienneJean-Antoine-Siméon Fort, c. 1850The Battle of La RothièreThe Battle of La RothièreRichard Knötel, late 19th centuryThe Battle of Fère-ChampenoiseThe Battle of Fère-ChampenoiseBogdan Willewalde, 1891The Battle of Paris, 1814The Battle of Paris, 1814Bogdan Willewalde, 1834Napoleon at Fontainebleau, 31 March 1814Napoleon at Fontainebleau, 31 March 1814Paul Delaroche, 1845Les Adieux de FontainebleauLes Adieux de FontainebleauAntoine-Alphonse Montfort, 19th centuryBattles of Champaubert and VauchampsBattles of Champaubert and VauchampsA. K. Johnston, for Alison’s Atlas, 1863Batailles de Brienne et de la RothièreBatailles de Brienne et de la RothièreDépôt de la Guerre, 19th century