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I got these bust figurines last week and never got around to posting them.

Napoleon (with hat), Poniatowski, Junot, Murat, and Napoleon (without hat he probably threw a fit and stomped it into the ground)

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Newest acquisition ✨

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!

Auction alert!

I just came across this Sotheby's Napoleonic auction. OMG I can't afford anything but just LOOK AT IT 😭😍😱

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Happy 225th Battle of Marengo Day! As always, made Chicken Marengo to celebrate

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Finally got the chance to fill up my new curio cabinet! I didn't do as major a rearrange as anticipated but so much more stuff is back on display 😁

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I got this new (free) curio cabinet! I was just walking past and noticed Napoleon's reflection in the mirror.

But you know what this means... Big rearrange coming! Just gotta wait for the baby and the puppy to be napping before I open all the doors... 😬

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Psychotherapist: furry Napoleon is not real, he can't harm you

Furry Napoleon:

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My brother gave me an extremely early birthday present. I haven't gotten any new Napoleon stuff in so long!

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Drop everything and go look up Oscar Rex. I recently stumbled upon his work. He was an Austrian painter and did many paintings of Napoleon. Here's a few:

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Hey guys!

I personally know Paul's brother Peter. Donate if you can help. It's very tragic that this scum murdered a disabled man for his wallet. Absolutely disgusting! No one deserves to die like this. 💔

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Anyway...

The Napoleonic fandom is a group of losers and failures who glorify the most mediocre figures like Junot, Marmont, and Bernadotte. I think they identify with them.

I can't believe there are more Junot posts than Murat posts.

So I bid farewell to this horrible community, full of people who think they own the truth.

ok buddy

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Is this Snowpoleon cute?

Rating: Cute!

Napoleons usually have trouble in winters, especially Russian ones, but not this Napoleon. He has evolved. Adapted. Overcome.

This Napoleon only weeps because he knows soon there will be no more world to conquer.

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Woah wait, is that what I'm doing??

People seriously underestimate the long term effects of constant loneliness

"why are you so weird?" Idk, maybe because being completely isolated while growing up has destroyed my brain and now I'm nothing more than a human-mimicking creature that bases all of my actions on what I think is normal human behavior rather than just doing things naturally

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These are so cool! I remember playing with paper dress up dolls when I was little.

These really cute paper dolls illustrated by JOB!!!!!!! Kyaaa so jealous of whoever may own one of these books… though realistically with my luck the paper would crump at my slightest touch

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Welcome to Napoleon’s House - may I or one of my 437 employees take your coat ?

In case anyone’s interested in Duroc’s crazy system of managers, sub-managers, and assistant sub-managers for his catering/interior decorating/personal security service.

Les employés de la Maison obéissaient à une hiérarchie très precise. Au sommet, les grands officiers, l’intendant, le trésorier ou le secrétaire d’État occupaient le sommet de la pyramide. Dans les services particuliers, les officiers civils venaient en second. Ils étaient amenés à commander par intérim ou en raison de leur tour de service. Au quotidien, les employés de base avaient aussi affaire à un chef de service ou à un directeur d’établissement. Chaque service était organisé de manière classique et comprenait selon son importance un chef et un ou plusieurs sous-chefs. L’encadrement était assez important puisque au 1 janvier 1812, on ne comptait pas moins de 18 directeurs, 156 chefs, et 26 sous-chefs. Selon les métiers, une classification pouvait exister entre employés. Il y avait ainsi des cochers de première, seconde, et troisième classe. Au plus bas de l’échelle, de jeunes employés (commis ou garçons) faisaient leur apprentissage. C’était le cas notamment aux écuries pour les élèves piqueurs, les tiers de paye ou les deux tiers de paye.

Les fonctions des employés étaient précisément consignées dans plusieurs règlements, certains généraux, d’autres spécifiques. Les premiers décrivaient la chaîne de commandement et les principales caractéristiques du service (habillement, horaires, cadences de travail, ou punitions). Les seconds s’intéressaient à des aspects particuliers méritant d’être soulignés. Sur le plan réglementaire, la Maison n’avait rien à envier à l’armée. Dans le service de Duroc, il existait un règlement presque pour tout.

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The employees of the Imperial Household were subject to a very precise hierarchy. At the top, the Grand Officers, the Steward, the Treasurer, or the Secretary of State occupied the tip of the pyramid. In personal service, the civil officers came second. They were called up on an interim basis, or according to their tour of service. On a day-to-day basis, the lower-ranking employees also answered to a service manager or director. Each department of the household was classically ordered and included, depending upon its scale, a manager and one or several sub-managers. This supervisory staff was fairly considerable ; by 1 January, 1812, there were no less than 18 directors, 156 managers, and 26 sub-managers. Depending on the branch of occupation, a system of classification could also exist between ordinary employees. There were thus first, second, and third-class coachmen. At the bottom of the ladder, the young employees (assistants, etc.) completed their apprenticeships. This was notably the case for the whippers-in [hunters’ assistants who keep the pack in check] in-training, and those on third-pay or two-thirds pay.

The duties of the employees were assigned according to several registers of regulations - some general, others specific. The general regulations laid out the chain of command and the principle characteristics of the occupation (dress, timetables, work rate and hours, or punishments). The specific regulations concerned more distinct aspects of the work that were deemed particularly note-worthy. In terms of organisation, the Imperial Household was every bit as precise as the army. In Duroc’s service, there was a rule or regulation for practically everything.

From Pierre Branda’s article « La Maison de l’Empereur Napoleon Ier » in La cour impériale sous le Premier et le Second Empire (dir. Jacques-Olivier Boudon, 2016)

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This is a thing that interests me a lot

Why is nobody talking about this who the hell is the red man 🙏😭

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I saw a meme and I had to remake it with Napoleon...

Original vs mine