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French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture - Cheshire Antiques Consultant
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French 19th Century Napoleon Wearing Laurel Wreath Crown Wall Sculpture

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  • This 19th Century Napoleon wall sculpture is a sophisticated tribute to one of history's most renowned military leaders. Handcrafted with a fine attention to detail, it exquisitely captures the timeless style of the man in a pose of victorious grandeur. Adorn your wall with this remarkable masterpiece and pay homage to the unmistakable legacy of Napoleon.
  • Add some French Napoleonic military history to your walls.
  • Subject quarter length view head portrait in low relief of Napoleon Bonaparte wearing his laurel wreath crown in side profile.
  • The crown was produced by Biennis and made up of forty-four large leaves, forty-two detachable berries and twelve smaller leaves, set on an oval band and fixed at the back of the head by a pin. This crown was destroyed during the Restoration.
  • So collectible is a great Christmas gift and a highly sought after quality display piece.
  • Made from cast bronze & set in a dark oak frame.
  • With a round metal hanging loop attached to the back ready for immediate home wall display.
  • A nice small size, being 11.5 cm wide and 15.5 high.
  • Circa mid 19th century.
  • Origin from France.
  • Provenance from a bronze dealers' collection in the Shires. 
  • Biography of Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleon Bonaparte 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regna name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. He was the leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then of the French Empire as Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and briefly again in 1815. Napoleon's political and cultural legacy endures as a celebrated and controversial leader. He initiated many liberal reforms that have persisted through the years, and is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His campaigns are still studied at military academies worldwide. Between three and six million soldiers and civilians died in the Napoleonic Wars.
  • Napoleon was born on the island of Corsica into a native family descending from Italian nobility. Napoleon was resentful of the French monarchy, and supported the French Revolution in 1789 while serving in the French army, even going so far as to try and spread its ideals to his native Corsica. He rose rapidly in the ranks after saving the governing French Directory by firing on royalist insurgents. In 1796, he began a military campaign against the Austrians and their Italian allies, scoring decisive victories, and became a national hero. Two years later, he led a military expedition to Egypt that served as a springboard to political power. He engineered a coup in November 1799 and became First Consul of the Republic. In 1804, to consolidate and expand his power, he crowned himself Emperor of the French.
  • Hoping to extend the Continental System, his embargo against Britain, Napoleon invaded the Iberian Peninsula and declared his brother Joseph the King of Spain in 1808. The Spanish and the Portuguese revolted in the Peninsular War aided by a British army, culminating in defeat for Napoleon's marshals. Napoleon launched an invasion of Russia in the summer of 1812. The resulting campaign witnessed the catastrophic retreat of Napoleon's Grand Armed. In 1813, Prussia and Austria joined Russian forces in a Sixth Coalition against France, resulting in a large coalition army defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig. The coalition invaded France and captured Paris, forcing Napoleon to abdicate in April 1814. He was exiled to the island of Elba, between Corsica and Italy. In France, the Bourbons were restored to power.
  • Napoleon escaped in February 1815 and took control of France. The Allies responded by forming a Seventh Coalition, which defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. The British exiled him to the remote island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic, where he died in 1821 at the age of 51.
  • Condition report. 
  • Offered in fine, charming old used patina condition. 
  • Having some noticeable wear, some scratches, and chips and cracking of the frame commensurate with usage & old age.
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Dimensions in centimetres

High (15.5 cm) 
Width (11.5 cm) 
Length depth thickness (1.5 cm) 

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