• Louis-Philippe Crépin (1772, Paris – 26 November 1851, Paris) was a French marine painter. Together with Théodore Gudin, he was appointed as one of France's...
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  • Belgian botanist Jean Crépin (1908-1996), French Army general Louis-Philippe Crépin (1772–1851), French painter Malin Crépin (born 1978), Swedish actress...
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    throne vacant, and on 9 August, elevated Louis-Philippe, to the throne. Thus, the July Monarchy began. Louis-Philippe ascended the throne on the strength of...
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    court painter to both king Louis Philippe and subsequently Emperor of the French Napoleon III. Along with Louis-Philippe Crépin, he became one of the first...
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    for Willaumez, who had commanded the frigate. A large painting by Louis-Philippe Crépin was commissioned in 1819 to commemorate the event. France had been...
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    Hercule was stricken across its rigging and dropped out of the fight. Louis-Philippe Crépin painted the sails, sky, smoke and fire in his relevant seascape...
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    1824–1830) abdicated; and both Louis Philippe I (r.  1830–1848) and Napoleon III (r.  1852–1870) were deposed. Louis Stanislas Xavier, styled Count of...
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    specialised in naval scenes. Gilbert was a pupil of Pierre Ozanne and Louis-Philippe Crépin. He taught painting at the École Navale from 1816 and was admitted...
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    and Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, a member of the Orléans branch of the family, and son of Philippe Égalité who had voted the death of his cousin Louis XVI...
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    guns, Philippe Cochois design, launched 3 August 1697 at Le Havre – captured by the English Navy in July 1697. Gracieuse, 16 guns, design by Philippe Cochois...
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    British fireships, during the evening of 11 August 1809. Drawing by Louis-Philippe Crépin. Recruit fighting D'Hautpoul on 15 April 1809. Detail of the model...
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    southeast. Willaumez ordered his second-in-command, Contre-amiral Antoine Louis de Gourdon to drive Beresford away and Gourdon brought four ships around...
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    deck of three-deckers. French frigates began carrying the 18-pounder under Louis XV, when the two Pourvoyeuse-class frigates, originally designed to carry...
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    Firing of an 18-pounder long gun aboard a French ship, by Louis-Philippe Crépin...
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    which reckoned amongst its attendants Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Louis-Philippe Crépin, Louis Lafitte, Merry-Joseph Blondel, Robert Lefèvre, Henriette Lorimier...
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    permission to commission on government funds a painting of this battle. Louis-Philippe Crépin did paint a 258 by 162 cm (102 by 64 in) depiction of the battle...
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    project was eventually abandoned, before being temporarily revived under Louis XV. The British raid on Cherbourg in 1758 however caused severe damage to...
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    eventually striking her colours. After the battle, she sailed back to Port-Louis, near Lorient, In December 1796, Redoutable took part in the Expédition...
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    First Restoration (category Louis XVIII)
    Bonaparte, and the Russians were open to either the duc d'Orléans, Louis Philippe, or Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Napoleon's former Marshal, who was in...
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    fails against the flotilla near Boulogne - 15th of August 1801, by Louis-Philippe Crépin (1772 Paris – 1851) Belligerents United Kingdom France Commanders...
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    took the side of the King and paid homage to him, while the Abbey of Saint-Crépin in Soissons was finally given to Renaud of Roucy. In 943, during the homage...
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    were subsequently commissioned, notably a large painting by young Louis-Philippe Crépin which is now one of the main exhibits of the Musée national de la...
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    Firing of an 18-pound gun, Louis-Philippe Crepin (1772–1851)...
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    The French Régulus under attack by British fireships during the evening of 11 April 1809. Portrayed by Louis-Philippe Crépin....
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    and the light on the estuary of the Seine inspired many painters: Louis-Philippe Crepin (1772–1851), Jean-Baptiste Corot (1796–1875), Eugène Isabey (1803–1886)...
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    Gazette. 8 October 1811. p. 1976. Demerliac, Alain (1996). La marine de Louis XVI : nomenclature des navires français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Omega...
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    started studying navigation, attracting the attention of his superiors up to Louis XVI himself. Willaumez eventually became an officer and served under Antoine...
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    people on board but also refloated the ship. At Môle-Saint-Nicolas, General Louis Marie Antoine de Noailles refused to surrender and instead sailed to Havana...
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    formed after the fall of Napoleon. It was announced on 13 May 1814 by King Louis XVIII. After the return of Napoleon from exile, the court fled to Ghent...
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    peintre agréé for more than 4 consecutive terms (12 years). 1830 : Louis-Philippe Crépin, Jean Antoine Théodore de Gudin, 1849 : Eugène Lepoittevin 1854 :...
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