THE ROCK 545

ENVOY 679

AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 683

INDEX 685

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Buonaparte in 1783. The first known portrait, drawn by his fellow-countryman Pontornini. Musée Nationale, Versailles 4

General Bonaparte in 1797. After a painting by Jean Guérin. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 36 (From the “Corpus Imaginum” of the Photographic Society, Charlottenburg.)

General Bonaparte in 1796. Engraving from the Kircheisen Collection 68

General Bonaparte. Unfinished portrait by Jacques Louis David. From the collection of the Duke of Bassano 100 (Photograph by Braun, Paris and Dornach.)

General Bonaparte in 1797. Drawing by Wocher in Basle. Town Library, Basle 140

General Bonaparte in 1798, during the voyage to Egypt. Sketch by André Dutertre 156

Bonaparte as First Consul. Painting by Girodet. Musée Nationale, Versailles 196 (Photograph in the Kircheisen Collection.)

Bonaparte as First Consul. Pencil sketch by J. D. A. Ingres. Germain Bapst Collection 228 (Photograph in the Kircheisen Collection.)

Bonaparte in 1802, as First Consul. Engraving by Alexandre Tardieu. After a drawing by Jean Baptiste Isabey 260

Bonaparte as First Consul. Painting by J. D. A. Ingres. Musée de Liége 292 (Photograph by Braun, Paris and Dornach.)

The Coronation. Detail from the picture by Jacques Louis David. Louvre, Paris 324 (Photograph in the Kircheisen Collection.)

Napoleon as Emperor. Painting by Vigneux. Count Primoli Collection 356 (From the “Corpus Imaginum” of the Photographic Society, Charlottenburg.)

Napoleon as Emperor. Bust by Houdon, Musée de Dijon 388 (Photograph by J. E. Bulloz, Paris.)

The Emperor’s profile. Sketched during Mass in the Tuileries. Germain Bapst Collection 420 (Photograph in the Kircheisen Collection.)

Napoleon as Emperor in 1809. Woodcut from a medal by J. P. Droz 452

Napoleon as Emperor. Engraving by Bourgeois, after a painting by Jacques Louis David 484 (From the “Corpus Imaginum” of the Photographic Society, Charlottenburg.)

Napoleon as Emperor in 1814. Painting by Horace Vernet. Tate Gallery, London 516 (From the “Corpus Imaginum” of the Photographic Society, Charlottenburg.)

Napoleon as Emperor in 1815. Engraving by Robert Lefèvre, after a painting by Muneret 548

Napoleon as Emperor in 1815. Woodcut, after a medal 580

Napoleon at St. Helena. Watercolour painting, probably by a Japanese, with a marginal inscription in Chinese ideographs concerning the owner. Broadley Collection 612

Death mask of Napoleon. By Dr. Antommarchi 644

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