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The Age of Innocence by Reynolds
A 1788 oil on canvas painting, The Age of Innocence, by Joshua Reynolds (1723-92). The painting reflected a wider movement in the arts where artists were concerned with capturing the innocence of childhood, something which had been threatened...
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Bonaparte Before the Sphinx
Bonaparte before the Sphinx, oil on canvas by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1886.
Hearst Castle collection.
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Gypsy Family
Gypsy Family, oil on canvas by Mihály Munkácsy, 1884.
Private collection.
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Battle of Mount Tabor
Battle of Mount Tabor between the French and the Ottoman Empire, 16 April 1799 during Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt and Syria; the battle resulted in a French victory, although the French would subsequently lose the Siege of Acre. Painting...
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Revolt in Cairo, October 1798
The revolt in Cairo against French occupation, 21 October 1798. Painting by Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, 1810.
Palace of Versailles.
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Napoleon Visits the Plague Victims of Jaffa
Bonaparte Visiting the Pesthouse in Jaffa, oil on canvas by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1804.
Louvre, Paris.
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Explosion of L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile
Explosion of L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798, oil on canvas by George Arnald, c. 1825.
National Maritime Museum, London.
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Napoleon in Egypt
Napoleon in Egypt, oil on panel by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1863.
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey.
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Bonaparte and His Officers in Egypt
General Napoleon Bonaparte and his officers on the Egyptian campaign, painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1863.
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London Housing by Gustave Doré
An 1870 print by Gustave Doré (1832-83) showing the cramped housing of London which followed the great urbanisation of the British Industrial Revolution.
