Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Durand akaberekerwa muMayenne, France, akadzidza semuchemisi nemushambadzi muMayenne kubva muna 1808<unk>1812, akadzidza zvemishonga muParis, uye paakapedza kudzidza muna 1813 akabatana neboka rezvokurapa reuto raNapoleon. Akashanda kwemwedzi 14, uye akanga aripo muhondo dzeLützen
, Bautzen, Hanau, Katzbach, uye Leipzig. Muna 1814 akasiya basa rake, ndokuva muchengeti wemishonga muNantes kwaakadzidza botany zvakanyanya kwemakore maviri. Pashure pokuwa kwaNapoleon, akafungidzirwa nezvemaitiro aNapoleon, uye akaenda kuNew York City muna 1816.