Are there any photographs of napoleon

The first photograph was taken in , about 11 years after the Napoleonic Wars ended. So there are no pictures of the actual war or the battles that took place. However many of the veteran soldiers who fought on both sides of the conflict lived well into the last part of the 19th century when photography had developed considerably and had become fairly common place and a number of them were photographed later in their lives.

In some cases the veterans are proudly wearing their uniforms and they still have the swagger that they must have had as young men. However in other photographs the old men who fought for England and France have clearly fallen on hard times and you can see the hardships that they must have endured, not only on the battlefields but in the peace that followed.

We are lucky to have this glimpse at the soldiers who fought on both sides of the Napoleonic Wars. Click on the thumbnails for larger pictures as well as more information about these soldiers.

Unlike the photos of the French veterans further below, these photographs show British veterans in their later years of life, looking quite a bit worse for wear. September 4, at pm. Tom Holmberg says:. David Markham says:. September 5, at am.

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William Warden. Napoleon in America What if Napoleon had escaped from St. Napoleon in his office at the Tuileries. Oil on canvas, , by Jacques-Louis David. Napoleon Bonaparte leading his troops over the bridge of Arcole, by Horace Vernet in In , at Smorgon, he got into a carriage and, with a few of his generals, rode madly away from the hideous suffering and disaster which he could not check.

His excuse was that he went to gather reinforcements, but he left his soldiers to despair. French statesman and military leader. Hand-colored woodcut Napoleon Bonaparte studying maps to plan a battle. Miniature by unknown artist. Hieroglyphic portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as 'The Destroyer'.

Colored engraving. Vote to confer the life Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte French military and political leader. Hand-colored engraving Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in Napoleon Bonaparte : First Consul. Portrait of the Emperor of France and King of Italy. Portrait engraving of Napoleon Bonaparte - in his study. Here Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled after his defeated in the Battle of Waterloo June and here died in View of the Island of Saint Helena, Circa s hand-tinted steel engraving, Napoleon Bonaparte.