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Napoleon’s Birthplace, Ajaccio

Courtesy of a private collector | All Rights Reserved

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Date

1874

Artist

Robert Elwes (1819-1878)

Collection

Private Collection

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Description

This is a page from a sketchbook belonging to Robert Elwes (14"x 8" with a marbled cover). Dated 1874, the watercolours record scenes in southern France and Corsica. [Robert Elwes Marbled Sketchbook No. 5]

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Courtesy of a private collector

Location

Rue Saint-Charles, Ajaccio, Corsica, France

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Buildings & Architecture

TWW Comment

Maison Bonaparte is the ancestral home of the Bonaparte family. The house was almost continuously owned by members of the family from 1682 to 1923. Napoleon Bonaparte's great-great-grandfather Giuseppe Buonaparte first moved into the Maison Buonaparte in 1682.

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