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German painter, draughtsman and treatise-writer Anton Raphael Mengs was born #OnThisDay 1728.
He was an outstanding artist of early neoclassicism. Pictures: self portrait (1755) + Diana and Helios from the boudoir of María Luisa of Parma (1765).

Rousseau accepted Girardin's offer and came to live at Ermenonville. Maximilien Robespierre met the philosopher here in May 1778. Rousseau died in July that year and was entombed in the garden.
Many visitors flowed during years to pay homage to his ashes.➡️

Glad I managed to go to see the Alexander the Great exhibition @britishlibrary before it closes this Sunday. Highly recommended. 👌
“In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done.”

The Battle of Vauchamp was fought #OnThisDay 1814 and was the last French victory during the Six Days Campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition. Hand watercoloured steel engraving from a drawing by Martinet, engraved by Jean Reville - 1838.

Jean François Carteaux was born #OnThisDay 1751. He was a general in the French Revolutionary Army and designated by the Convention to be in charge of the siege of Toulon (1793). Due to his ineptitude, he was replaced by Napoléon Bonaparte. ⬇️

Painter Émile-Jean-Horace Vernet died #OnThisDay 1863. In his long career he painted battles and other historical accurate scenes, getting many important commissions. He also received the Legion of Honour for serving in the National Guard in 1814.

@MmeGuillotine Perfect match! 💞

A mere coincidence: I had 2 American visitors on my tour this afternoon and, somehow, we ended up talking about the war of 1812. ⚓

Marie Louise, daughter of the emperor of Austria, wife of Napoleon, empress of the French, and, from 1816, Duchess of Parma, was born #OnThisDay 1791.
She had a strong passion for botany but above all a boundless love for the violets of Parma.⬇️

So, you see, the important is the outcome. He made it to Rome, he became an accomplished history painter and portraitist. He also went on to paint the only major contemporary portrait of Marshal Lannes, today in Musée national du Château de Versailles.