• First Empire of France’s fashion illustrations (1804-1814)
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    First Empire of France’s fashion illustrations (1804-1814)

    The First Empire of France was a political regime in France. On the 18 May 1804, Napoleon 1st established the First Empire of France ; it lasted until the 6 April 1814. Napoleon 1st was sacred at Notre Dame of Paris on the 2 December 1804. To Louis Bonaparte Napoleon’s mind, fashion was a symbol…

  • Jane Austen’s early life at Steventon, Hampshire

    Jane Austen’s early life at Steventon, Hampshire

    Thierry Colson’s pink empire dress and Earstwilder’s lady goose. The English writer Jane Austen (1775-1817) and her family had lived at Steventon in the Hampshire for twenty years.