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Bonaparte, First Consul
Bonaparte, First Consul ("Bonaparte, Premier Consul") is an 1804 portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The painting is now in the collection of the Curtius Museum in Liège. Posing the hand inside the waistcoat was often used in portraits of rulers to indicate calm and stable leadership.
Background.
On 1 August 1803 Bonaparte stopped in Liège for two days on his triumphal march across the nine annexed départements. On the terrace of a hôtel
1804 in France
Events from the year 1804 in France
Incumbents.
- First Consul / Emperor – Napoléon Bonaparte / Napoleon I
Events.
- 21 March – The Napoleonic Code entered into force, forbidding privileges based on birth, allowing freedom of religion, and specifying that government jobs should go to the most qualified
- 14 May – Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title of Emperor by the French Senate.
- 18 May – First French Empire established.
- 2–3 October – Raid on Boulogne