Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
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204 Antoine-Denis CHAUDET designer French 1763–1810 Pierre-Philippe THOMIRE French 1751–1843 French Imperial Eagle, 1804 model Aigle de drapeau, modèle 1804 1804 gilt bronze Musée de l’Armée, Paris inv. 07314 The Imperial Eagle was a rallying symbol that crowned the shafts of regimental flagpoles much like the insignia of the ancient Roman armies. The distribution of these eagles took place in a grand ceremony held on the Champ-de-Mars in Paris on 5 December 1804, three days after the coronation. The Imperial Eagle rested on a base bearing the number of the regiment, which in turn was attached to a dowel to which the shaft of the flagpole could be secured. © COPYRIGHT This document remains the property of the National Gallery of Victoria and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.
Antoine-Denis CHAUDET designer French 1763–1810 Pierre-Philippe THOMIRE French 1751–1843 French Imperial Eagle of the 6th Regiment of the Light Cavalry. Hundred Days model Aigle de drapeau du 6e régiment des Chasseurs à cheval. Modèle des Cent Jours 1815 gilt bronze Fondation Napoléon, Paris Donation Lapeyre inv.895 The Hundred Days model of the Imperial Eagle was created to replace the numerous eagles that had been destroyed after Napoleon’s defeat during the first Restoration of the monarchy in 1814. Only ninety gilt bronze eagles of the 1804 model are known to survive today, the rest having been melted down during the first Restoration. The 1815 Hundred Days version is rarer still. Made with less precision and in great haste, the 1815 eagles have a chunkier appearance, shorter wings and a beak that is almost closed. 205 © COPYRIGHT This document remains the property of the National Gallery of Victoria and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.
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204<br />
Antoine-Denis CHAUDET designer<br />
French 1763–1810<br />
Pierre-Philippe THOMIRE<br />
French 1751–1843<br />
French Imperial Eagle, 1804 model<br />
Aigle de drapeau, modèle 1804<br />
1804<br />
gilt bronze<br />
Musée de l’Armée, Paris inv. 07314<br />
The Imperial Eagle was a rallying symbol that<br />
crowned the shafts <strong>of</strong> regimental flagpoles<br />
much like the insignia <strong>of</strong> the ancient Roman<br />
armies. The distribution <strong>of</strong> these eagles<br />
took place in a grand ceremony held on the<br />
Champ-de-Mars in Paris on 5 December<br />
1804, three days after the coronation.<br />
The Imperial Eagle rested on a base bearing<br />
the number <strong>of</strong> the regiment, which in turn<br />
was attached to a dowel to which the shaft<br />
<strong>of</strong> the flagpole could be secured.<br />
© COPYRIGHT<br />
This document remains the property <strong>of</strong> the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.
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