17th & 18th-Century history, arts & musicCorporal Violet's Secret
A bit off-topic but I wanted to share it.
Corporal Violet (le 'Caporal La Violette') is how they nicknamed Napoleon, and that 1815 colour print by Jean-Dominique Etienne Canu, titled Le Secret du Caporal La Violette, is about him.
Corporal Violet (le 'Caporal La Violette') is how they nicknamed Napoleon, and that 1815 colour print by Jean-Dominique Etienne Canu, titled Le Secret du Caporal La Violette, is about him.
Can you see Napoleon, his wife and his son in the bunch of violets ?
Labels: Iconography, Portraits
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no, I totally can't! any guidance?
(I might imagine a child's profile on the left, but there's not even a bit of another appearing to me!)
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