2-688-018 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Barrière De Clichy, Or The Defense of Paris in 1814', (1896). When France was invaded in 1814, Marshal Moncey (1754-1842) fought the last battle for Paris on the heights of Montmartre and at the barrier of Clichy on 30 March. Moncey, (centre) gives his orders to Claude Odiot (1763-1850), goldsmith to Napoleon and his court, and colonel of the national guard. Engraving after the painting made in 1820 by Horace Vernet. From "Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume IV", by William Milligan Sloane. [The Century Co., New York, 1896]