Frye Art Museum mixes it up with exhibits displaying Napoleonic art, contemporary video and works from its permanent collection. "Napoleon on the Nile" and the rest are reviewed by art critic ...

Visit of Prince Napoleon at Washington The Present and the Past. Share full article. Aug. 9, 1861. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Before reaching the auction, it went through many hands. Napoleon’s hat was first recovered by his quartermaster, Col. Pierre Baillon, who kept it in his family until the end of the 19th century.

In 1880, Tchaikovsky composed the monumental 1812 Overture, a grand symphonic piece that vividly encapsulates the sheer scale and emotional intensity of Napoleon Bonaparte’s tumultuous reign and ...

In this episode of History As It Happens, Mr. Strauss-Schom discusses Napoleon’s tactical military genius, unique personality, style of dictatorial rule and enduring reforms, such as the ...

In this age of social media and Instagram filters, the story of Napoleon could not be more timely. The self-made man carefully crafted all aspects of his public image.

In “Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast,” Cynthia Saltzman, the author of two previous books about art, exposes the rich contradictions of the 1796 Italian campaign through the ...