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One of several drawings from "La Vieille Armee francaise" (1820) or "La Vie politique et militaire de Napoleon" (Paris, 1826), showing infantry uniforms or "military exploits under the First Empire, which made [Charlet's] work popular with the opposition under the Restoration and influential in the propagation of a mythic view of the Napoleonic era" (Oxford Art Online: Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint). This illustration depicts Napoleon during the period after which he crowned himself Emperor, overseeing one of his military campaigns, with a Grenadier in the background. Napoleon stands facing away from the viewer, with his hands clasped behind his back, wearing his uniform. Tall black boots, white trousers, blue jacket with red facings and cuffs, and gold epaulettes, and the black bicorne hat evoke his position as military commander. He stands in a rocky landscape, and a Grenadier stands in the distance.
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