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Bust of André Masséna, 1807

By François Masson

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Not sure why, but this letter is kind of cute.👀

A letter from Masséna to Soult, Paris, 28 Frimaire An IX (19 December 1800)

You no longer write to me, my dear Soult; where does that come from? Are you angry with me? Have you forgotten that I am your good friend? Write to me often, that will prove me different. What are you doing? The First Consul, to whom I have often spoken about you, does justice to your high military talents, and has never spoken to me about them except with the greatest interest. Farewell, my friend, never forget that I am sincerely attached to you. I embrace you. Masséna

At the time of this letter, Soult had (more or less) recovered from his wound that he had received during the siege of Genoa, had been released on parole from Austrian captivity (i.e., he was not allowed to go to war) and thus was employed in the military administration of Piemont.

I remember that Thiébault (who adored Masséna and despised Soult) in his memoirs claims that Soult, after Genoa, slowly distanced himself from Masséna - according to Thiébault, because he had gotten all advantages out of his relations with Masséna that he could, and now no longer needed him. In particular, Thiébault claimed that Soult later was furious about not being mentioned enough in the book Thiébault had written about the siege of Genoa. - Make of that, what you will.

N. Gotteri in her book on Soult does not mention Thiébault's claim. To the contrary, she lists several letters during the second half of 1800, that Masséna, Lefebvre and Oudinot (all in the entourage of First Consul Bonaparte now) had written to Soult, reassuring him of their friendship and of Bonaparte's interest in Soult. According to Gotteri, Masséna, Lefebvre and Mortier had even tried to convince Soult to come to Paris, but Soult had refused and preferred to stay with the army, where he was at home.

Maybe he regretted that decision later? Or maybe he still did not feel at ease about his personal situation (his broken leg, only released on parole)? Or, maybe the easiest explanation: Louise was with him at the time. He may just have been too busy doing household chores to keep up an extended correspondence.

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HBD davout 🥳🥳

Happy late bday to davout🎂😄

Btw i heard that 5/10 is also the Maid Day sooo

The iron maid😲

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HBD to Masséna🥳

Always be my favourite🥹👍

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🦉HBD

HBD to our stoic 🦉🎂

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This was in my drafts

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Zine/booklet front and back cover

Some of the pages

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It’s been a long time since I updated.

I just drew them for fun, so it’s kind of ugly. Haha, just look at it.

It’s been so long since I last drew them, I feel a bit rusty.

A little bit massoult? I think

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the Dear Child of Victory

(Poor image quality😭)

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The next time you are dreading a teams call with your co-workers, just be glad you don't have to put up with these dudes. I legit forgot Junot wasn't a marshal. Just imagine Napoleon hasn't found a way to perma ban him yet.

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Here's the second bunch of chibi marshals :D

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This January 26, 2025 is Bernadotte's 262 years old, there is a theory about him that I want to believe in so much that it is magnificent, during the French Revolution he would have been tattooed “Death to the King”... While he himself is going to become king

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Happy birthday~

Happy birthday Bernadotte!!

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芝麻妳超會畫🥹👉👈

大家的萬聖節裝扮都好適合喔😭

happy late halloween🎃

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This is the best combination🥹

will u ever post that one drawing of davout w fluttershy or that one that is like. i think lannes n murat w his cunty king outift pls theyre so bootiful i kneet them on my wall 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Oh yeah I forgot to post this one too loll

Idk why I drew this it just felt… right. I can’t explain!

This one’s old arghhggr

And the other one… eh that’s one of my first drawings of the marshals and I don’t like it anymore so I’ll just share this one

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Omg😂

lannes & davout playing chained together