Artiste(s):

unknown maker

after Bouchot, François (1800-1842)

Titre anglais composé:

The Eighteenth Brumaire.

Inscription:

[on opp p. : Photo-Etching. - From Painting by Bouchot]

Description:

The Coup d'Etat took place on the 18th and 19th Brumaire. The scene depicted here occurred on the second day, when Napoleon attempted to address the Council of the Five Hundred, but was shouted down by the deputies. One of them even threatened him with a dagger. Napoleon was removed by the grenadiers to safety. His brother Lucien, head of the Assembly, saved the situation by leaving, thus avoiding holding a vote placing Napoleon "hors-la-loi". The room was then emptied by the Guards, and Napoleon was free to take over. The coup d'Etat was complete, bloodless, though not without military intervention as had been hoped by the conspirators. This print based on the painting by Bouchot illustrates Napoleon's quality of keeping his calm in the middle of chaos.

Travail Original:

Le général Bonaparte au Conseil des Cinq-Cents à Saint-Cloud, 10 novembre 1799.

by

Bouchot, François (1800-1842)

1840 Salon

. Oil on canvas; 421 x 401 cm; Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.

Sujet(s):

Coup d'État, 18 &19 Brumaire Year VIII (1799)

Œuvres associées:

Bouchot, François (1800-1842); 'Le Général Bonaparte au Conseil des Cinq-Cents à Saint-Cloud, 10 novembre 1799.'

Cote:

DC203 H43 1900z

Endroit supplémentaire:

vol. 3, frontispiece