Napoleonic War Art

Napoleonic War Art: Paintings, Graphic Art and Sculptures depicting Individuals or Scenes associated with the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

By Caroline Miley , with input from James Curlin

This is a listing of art works relating to the Revolutionary and NapoleonicWars, of which the images are available online on the websites of major museums.

The listing is not exhaustive. If an art work cannot be found on this listing it may still be worth searching the sites individually.

Some museums and galleries are under-represented; others, especially the National Portrait Gallery (London) are over-represented. The degree of representation is a function of the online catalogue-searching resources offered by the museums.

Similarly, the information offered on these sites varies according to the institution. The aim of this listing is to provide a resource for researchers, not exhaustive information on the art works or subjects.

This is a work in progress. It is hoped to expand the listings from time to time. Contributions will be gratefully received.

List of Web Sites

Name of Museum	URL	Code
Base Joconde (French Museums)	http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/joconde/fr/recherche/rech_libre.htm	J
Bridgeman Art Library	www.bridgeman.co.uk	B
British Museum	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/	BM
Courtauld Institute of Art	http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/	C
De Young Art Museum (San Francisco)	http://www.thinker.org/deyoung/collections/collection.asp?collectionkey=127	DY
Guildhall (London)	http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/search.htm	GH
Hermitage Museum (Russia)	www.hermitage.ru/	H
Legion of Honor Art Museum ( San Francisco)	http://www.thinker.org/legion/collections/collection.asp?collectionkey=125	LH
Louvre	cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite	L
Masterpiece Gallery	www.masterpiece-paintings-gallery.com/	MG
Metropolitan Museum of Art	www.metmuseum.org/home.asp	MET
National Army Museum (London)	www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/	NAM
National Gallery (London)	www.nationalgallery.org.uk/default.htm	NG
National Gallery of Art (Washington)	www.nga.gov/	W
National Portrait Gallery (London)	www.npg.org.uk/	NPG
Tate Gallery (Britain)	www.tate.org.uk/	T

Notes

Public Sculpture and Monuments in England

The Courtauld Institute has a useful listing of many of these, most with images, online at: Courtauld Institute

Russian Portraits

The Hermitage Museum contains a very extensive collection of over 200 portraits by George Dawe, of virtually every Russian officer of rank of the period. Search online at: The Hermitage Museum by the name of officer or under “Dawe”.

Dates: If paired, the dates of birth and death of the sitter. If a single date, the date of the portrait.

Availability of Images: The images listed here were available online at the time the search was made. A small number of exceptionally interesting works whose image is unavailable online have been listed: researchers may be able to visit the museum or purchase postcards. Some images are available on request. Museums are also constantly adding to their databases.

Placed on the Napoleon Series: January 2004; updated September 2004 and December 2007

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