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Napoleon Bonaparte’s lost brooch fetches $4.4 million at Sotheby’s auction
The annual Royal & Noble Jewels auction, held on Wednesday in Geneva, concluded with record sales. The jewel that the French military leader lost at the Battle of Waterloo alone increased its starting ...
The brooch, which can also be worn as a pendant, features an oval diamond weighing over 13 carats surrounded by smaller cut ...
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The Mystery Waterloo Soldier Depicted in a Painting at London’s National Army Museum Has Been Identified
Historians at London’s National Army Museum have determined the identity of a 19th-century Black soldier whose portrait was acquired by the museum earlier this year. Private Thomas James, an honorable ...
King's College London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The Napoleonic wars were fought on a bigger scale than any conflict that had gone before. Though concentrated in Europe, ...
Art experts believe they have solved the mystery of a portrait of a previously unidentified black soldier that hangs in the ...
The Napoleonic wars were fought on a bigger scale than any conflict that had gone before. Though concentrated in Europe, their impact was global. They conjure up images of huge battles fought between ...
The National Army Museum in London has shared new research which has revealed the sitter of a previously unidentified portrait relating to the Napoleonic period. The painting, which was acquired by ...
On the afternoon of Tuesday 16th September, His Majesty The King and Members of the Royal Family joined The Duke of Kent and members of The Duchess’s family at a Requiem Mass for The Duchess of Kent.
A grieving Duke of Kent bowed his head as his late wife's coffin was carried into Westminster Cathedral. Heartbroken Prince Edward, 89, who is now the oldest living member of the Royal Family, had ...
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