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In a dark landscape, the wounded Cuirassier flees the battle, going down a slope with his horse. This is how French painter Théodore Géricault (born #OnThisDay 1791) represents the debacle of the Napoleonic armies against the coalition during the campaign in France in 1814.

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I notice some resemblance here (promenade des ânes). 😅 https://t.co/dZnTZ6Wseu

English caricaturist James Gillray, was born #OnThisDay, 1756. Considered the 'father of modern political cartoon', in his works he depicted George III, Napoleon, prime ministers, and other important people of his time. Gillray also satirized Napoleon as "Little Boney".

Dancer and poet Teresa Bandettini, known under the pseudonym of Amarilli Etrusca, was born #OnThisDay 1763. She famously enchanted many audiences around Europe and in 1803 she also performed in front of Napoleon.

#OnThisDay 1794, Robespierre is arrested along with his brother, Saint-Just, Lebas and Couthon, all members of the Committee of Public Safety. The day before, he had made a speech at the Convention, heavy with threats, denouncing a "league of rascals" but without giving names.

"Shaken with anxiety and grief, walking along the beach under the hottest summer sun, he reached #PortoErcole where he layed and died for vicious fever, without human help and in a few days... " Death of #Caravaggio #OnThisDay 1610

#OnThisDay 1809 the start of the Battle of Wagram between Napoleon I and Archduke Charles of Austria-Teschen and the 5th coalition. In 1810 Joseph Chabord portrayed the emperor in the posture of the statue of Marcus Aurelius on a light gray horse dominating the Wagram plateau.

Went to see Treasures exhibition @Sothebys this afternoon. Apart from Napoleon's console (see post below), there were a few interesting possessions of Captain Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet, Nelson's protégé and naval hero from the age of the Napoleonic Wars. 👌

There is considerable indication that Napoleon may have lost the Battle of #Waterloo due to extremely painful thrombosed hemorrhoids.
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"Piles of defeat" (1988) https://t.co/tRs2qkJj5o