The Veteran at Home by Horace Vernet
A Grenadier of the Old Guard in tenue des climanches, with beige
breeches and white stockings, he is shown playing with a small child while
on leave.
A Grenadier of the Guard at Elba by Horace Vernet
Wearing patched white trousers and gaiters made of mattress ticking. In
the mid distance, officers of the Polish Lancers and the Guard. Napoleon
stands on the distant cliff. To the right a ship flies a tricolour. The
Elba battalion was Napoleons bodyguard in exile, comprising six companies
of Guardsmen, 100 artillery men and a crew of 21 seamen, They formed the
nucleus of the Imperial Guard in 1815.
The Last Stand of the Old Guard by Robert Hillingford
The Old Guard being asked to surrender at the end of the Battle of
Waterloo.
The Grenadier by E Detaille French Grenadier of the Old Guard on Sentry while Napoleon and his
staff are shown in the distance.
Evening of waterloo by Ernest Crofts, The French army is in a route, and Napoleon is urged to leave the
Battle Field, while the Old Guards protect his carriage.
Napoleons Last Grand Attack by Ernest Crofts
The fourth release of Ernest Crofts Waterloo series. Painted in 1895
and was last sold at Sotheby's London. Available in three sizes:
Morning of Waterloo by Ernest Crofts Napoleon on the morning of Waterloo surrounded by the Imperial Guard.
In fact, all the French Infantry would have been wearing their capotes
(greatcoats).
The Battle of Jena, Won by Napoleon by Horace Vernet
The painting shows Napoleon's customary informality with the soldiers
in his army. Here he is turning to acknowledge the Salutation by a
Grenadier of the Imperial Guard. Murat is shown riding behind Napoleon.
The Sentinal by H Bellange
Depicting a lone guard outside the Emperors
tent, on the left Napoleon surveys the on-coming battle.
Battle of Montmirail by Horace Vernet One of Napoleons last successes in France when he defeated the Russian
General Sacken on 11th February 1814 at Montmirail near Paris.
