#consulate

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English Vinglish (Gauri Shinde - 2012)

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Laure about Bessières and Junot

In her memoirs, Laure for the time of her marriage (i.e., early Consulate) mentions Bessières as one of Junot's close friends:

Colonel Bessières, as he still only held that rank at the time, was at that time considered to be one of Junot's close friends.

However, with a caveat in a footnote:

Since then, this friendship cooled. I have always deplored the cause, which was as futile and ridiculous as possible, especially between two men such as Bessières and Junot, both young sprouts from the same tree and destined to live under its shade. I was the judge between the two of them, and I must say that I did not always rule in favour of Junot.

In the same chapter, Laure also mentions Bessières sharing his lodgings with Eugène and the two of them partying hard:

He was then colonel of the guides, i.e. the mounted chasseurs of the consular guard, together with Eugène Beauharnais. They were living in the same lodgings, and rumour had it that they were both very fond of all the joys that come with fortune and youth.

Does anybody happen to know what „futile and ridiculous“ thing caused the friendship between Bessières and Junot to break up? My first guess would have been a woman. But it might as well have been Bessières' catholicism?

[empirearchives]

Found a really awesome old book containing pictures of women’s hairstyles and headdresses from the Consulate and Empire, early 19th century

Source: The Mode in Hats and Headdress by R. Turner Wilcox, published 1945

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Oil Painting, 1802-1805, French.

By François Gerard.

Portraying Juliette Recamier in a white dress and yellow shawl.

Musée Carnavalet.

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Spanish consulate in Casablanca, Morocco

French vintage postcard

[agentfascinateur]

The Gaza glaring blindspot

The Iranian attack, mind you, occurred a little over six months into Israel’s ongoing pulverisation of the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 34,000 Palestinians, including some 13,800 children. And yet given the thousands of missing persons presumed to be buried under the rubble, even these terrifying numbers are no doubt grave underestimates.

More than 76,000 people have been wounded, as the Israeli military has busied itself flattening entire neighbourhoods and blowing up schools, hospitals, and other basic infrastructure, all the while condemning the territory’s inhabitants to famine and starvation.

Talk about “terrorising”.

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Consulate General of the United States (1954-58) in Munich, Germany, by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Sep Ruf

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[nakeddeparture]

Barbados has a new Consulate office in Rwanda. But, what Barbados needs is high technology…

https://youtu.be/xbmygGfrIdc

…not tea leaves. Naked!!

[downmystreeandupyours]

(via Self-Defense and Retaliation are Alienable Western Rights)

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On June 2, 2016, Sarah was awarded the prestigious decoration of "Cavaliere" in the "Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" by the Consul General of Italy in New York, Francesco Genuardi. 

[empirearchives]

One of the instances of Napoleon saying he wanted to retire from public life:

“Yet more than once in the course of his career he declared that he would like to retire from public life, settle as a landowner in the country and satisfy himself with the function of a Justice of the Peace. ‘In three years’ time I shall retire from public affairs,’ he declared one evening in 1802, when as First Consul he had become effective dictator of France. ‘I will have an income of fifty thousand livres, and with my tastes that is more than I need. I will have a country estate, because Madame Bonaparte likes the country.’ After a moment he added that he would fulfil his civic duty in the locality as a Justice of the Peace. This usually brings a sarcastic smile to the lips of those who read these words. But they should not be dismissed out of hand, as there is much about Napoleon’s character to suggest that, given the chance, he would have enjoyed such a life—and suited it admirably.”

— Adam Zamoyski, Great Men and Small Ways

(Bold and italics by me)

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Oil Painting, ca. 1790, French.

By Antoine Gros.

Portraying Étienne-Nicolas Méhul, a composer, in a green coat and white cravat.

Musée Carnavalet.

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Italian consulate in Tunis, Tunisia

French vintage postcard