2-365-156 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Napoleon crowns Empress Josephine, Notre Dame, Paris, 2nd December 1804 (1882-1884). In 1799 Napoleon led a coup to overthrow the government, the Directory, and became first consul and effective dictator of France. In 1804, he declared himself Emperor. A print from La France et les Français à Travers les Siècles, Volume IV, F Roy editor, A Challamel, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884.