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On the third day of the Coronation fêtes, Dec. 5, 1804, Napoleon distributed the eagles and flags of the empire to the army and the National Guard, from the portico of the École militaire in the Champ-de-Mars, the façade of which was decorated to represent a grand tribune. Painted in 1810. Engraved by Frilley.—Gal. de Versailles, iv. No. 745; Moniteur, Dec. 6, 1804.

Napoleon crossing the Alps, Louis David, Versailles Museum.


NAPOLEON IN 1814, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, late Defoer Collection, Paris; wood, H. 12-1/4 in. × 9-1/4 in. The Emperor, in gray overcoat, buckskin breeches, and white waistcoat, wearing his star and orders, on a white Arab charger, looking sternly across the battlefield; near by, two mounted officers of his staff await orders. Painted in 1862 for Prince Napoleon Jérôme for 15,000 francs; passed to M. Durand Ruel, Paris, who sold it in 1868 to Mr. Wallis of London; bought by John Ruskin (1868) for 1,000 guineas; sold at Christie's, June 3, 1882, for 5,800 guineas to Mr. Wallis, who bought it for M. Defoer; at his sale (1886), 128,000 francs.—London Times (1882), June 5, 8, 10.


NAPOLEON AT FONTAINEBLEAU, Paul Delaroche, Leipsic Museum; canvas. Seated, his dress a little in disorder and his small-clothes soiled. Painted in 1845. Sold originally for 12,000 francs to Mr. Schletter, Berlin. Engraved by A. François.


NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA, Paul Delaroche, Osborne House, Isle of Wight; canvas, H. 1 ft. 2 in. × 10 in. Seated at the extremity of a rock which occupies the whole height of the picture, whence some-*times called the Rock of St. Helena. Painted in 1852. Sold for 1,650 francs. Engraved by C. W. Sharpe.—Art Journal (1860), 360.


NAPOLEON IN HIS STUDY, Paul Delaroche, Countess of Sandwich; canvas. Seated, dressed in small-clothes. Salon, 1837. Engraved by Aristide Louis.


NAPOLEON III. AT SOLFERINO, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, Luxembourg Museum, Paris; wood, H. 1 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. 6 in. The Emperor, mounted, accompanied by his staff, inspects from a height the field of battle; behind him, groups of officers on horseback awaiting orders; at right, in foreground, a battery of cannon, and on a neighboring hill troops marching. Salon, 1864.—Gaz. des B. Arts (1864), xvi. 521; Larousse, xi. 833.


NAPOLETANO, FILIPPO. See Angeli, Filippo d'.


NARCISSUS AND ECHO, Claude Lorrain, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 1 in. × 3 ft. 11 in. Narcissus, observed only by the disconsolate Echo and another nymph, admires his image in a transparent pool, the banks of which are surrounded by rocks and lofty trees. Painted in 1644; Liber veritatis, No. 77. From Delmé Collection; presented by Sir G. Beaumont in 1826. Engraved by Vivarès (1743), and by Cooke in National Gallery.—Waagen, Treasures, i. 340; Cat. Nat. Gal.; Pattison, Claude Lorrain, 228.


NAS LI HANUM, Princess, born in Turkey about 1857. Flower painter, daughter of Mustapha Fasyl Pasha; received a thor-