Student of Napoleon's military academy, Ecole polytechnique, 1804-1815. Reading a book on a bench in front of artillery. In shako, blue coat and breeches, gaiters. Eleve de l'Ecole Polytechnique, 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Francois Rouget after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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