Consulate Size:M: 50 x 40cm Frank Hough

Frank Hough

Figures 9-13 Aspidiotus personatus

and falls asleep

Vignettes of the remains of the Church of St Martin's le Grand

In the middle distance a pair of figures play with a bat and ball

Consulate Size:M: 50 x 40cm Frank Hough'Consulate', 1882 1884. On 9 November 1799, which was 18 Brumaire, Year VIII under the French Republican Calendar, General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the government of the Directory, replacing it with the Consulate. Napoleon was installed as first consul, making him effective dictator of France, a status that he confirmed in 1804 when he declared himself Emperor. A print from La France et les Franais Travers les Sicles, Volume IV, F Roy editor, A