The Urge To Dwelve Into The Rich History, Delight In Interpreting Sources, And Try To Represent The Past

hi sorry i was the old owner of the confessions account, i deleted it during a mental breakdown along with my main tumblr account, it was hell running that blog

I'm sorry to hear that, and don't worry, mental health is always more important than some silly confessions-blog

Hope you're doing better!!

Help my teacher constantly calls my young napoleon that i drew for my end year project (about roustam) sexy napoleon...

(PS extra points for sexy napoleon)

I mean i get but its so embarrassing for them to keep calling him that 😭

Pardonnez-moi Monsieur le Maréchal

Should I draw Masséna in this

Sketch dump before my personal waterloo (my final exams)

Ach Jomini

The price of food, clothing and other stuff during the Consulate and the Empire

Source : forum des Grenadies à pied de la Garde du Consul

Food:

Coffee (per pound): 8 francs

Sugar (per pound): 5 to 6 francs

A piece of venison: 5 francs

Chocolate sweets (per pound): 2 francs

Six oranges: 1.50 francs

One eel: 1 franc

Meat from butcher's shop (per pound): 70 cents

Butter (per kilo): 2 francs

Meat (beef, veal or mutton, per kilo): 70 cents

Bacon (per kilo): 80 cents

Bread (1st quality, per kilo): 30 cents

Bread (2nd quality, per kilo): 19 cents

Bread (rye, per kilo): 11 cents 2/3

Cheese (decaliter): 2.85 francs

Rye (decaliter): 1.90 francs

Butter (per kilo): 1.60 to 2.20 francs (1807)

Cheese: 0.60 to 1.80 francs

Eggs (per dozen): 0.45 to 0.70 francs

Poultry: 0.20 to 0.40 francs (in 1800)

Rabbit: 1.25 francs

Hare: 2.40 francs

Salted sardines (per dozen): 0.80 franc

Herrings (dozen): 0.80 franc

Eel: 1 to 3 francs

Small fishes (per dozen): 0.30 franc

Pike: 2 to 4 francs

Walnut oil (per kilo): 2.40 francs

Sugar (per kilo): 4 francs

Beans (per decaliter): 3 francs (in 1814)

Prunes (per decaliter): 1.40 francs (in 1814)

Drinks:

Ordinary red or white wine (per bottle): 1.97 to 2.96 francs

Champagne and fine wines (per bottle): 3.06 to 6.91 francs

Extra-fine liqueur wines (per half-bottle): 7.90 to 9.87 francs

“La chenette” or migraine: 2.50 francs

White wines: 3 francs

Chambertin: 5 francs

Clos Vougeot: 6 francs

Fine white wines: 8 francs

Vin du Cap : 10 francs

Vermoutte: 10 francs

Extra-fine liqueur wines: 13 francs

Regular Beaune wine: 2 francs

Extra-fine red wines: 18 francs

Livestock :

Horse: 150 francs

Cow : 60 francs

Heifer : 40 francs

Mule : 360 francs

Lamb: 8 francs

Bullock: 400 to 600 francs

Cow: 250 francs

Pig: 100 francs

Calf: 70 francs

Ram: 50 francs

Clothes:

Men's shirt: 3.75 francs (in 1814)

Cotton stockings (per pair): 6 francs (in 1800)

Clogs (pair): 1.20 francs

Shoes (pair): 5 francs (in 1805)

Boots (pair): 18 francs (in 1801)

Pair of sheets: 30 francs

Shirt: 8 francs

One pair of stockings: 4.75 francs

Lighting and heating :

Lamp oil (per kilo): 2.31 francs

Candles (per kilo): 2.33 francs

Wood (per stere): 14 francs (in 1807)

Charcoal (per 100 kilograms): 10 francs (in 1814)

Entertainment:

Admission to the Tivoli (drinks plus show): 3 francs

Also at the Tivoli, a garden party: dances, entertainment, shows, fireworks: 2.20 francs

Hameau de Chantilly (concert, illuminations, games, dances): 1 to 1.50 francs, including 0.75 francs for consumption.

Also at the Hameau de Chantilly, large decadal festivities: 2 francs

French theater :

Lodges: 6.60 francs

Galleries: 1.80 francs

Mardi gras ball 1801 at the Opéra: 2 francs

Other items:

Tea towel: 1 franc (in 1814)

Tobacco (per kilo): 4 francs

Soap (per kilo): 1.70 francs

shitposting once more

Someone take this forsaken site away from me

Quick sketch of some of the important napoleonic medical staff

Old doctors make me go insane

HAPPY (late 💔) BIRTHDAY TO DAVOUT YYAAAYYYY

thầy vũ hãy ban con may mắn so con sẽ pass mấy cái finals please

The real reason why napoleon cut his hair (trust me bro I was there)

more egyptian campaign shenanigans: The Junot/Lanusse duel

maybe I'll turn the entire thing into a comic one day when I have more time

text is from the translation of Laure's memoirs