Wednesday, November 29, 2017

The opening of the Suez canal, 1869

Dean Server, The Golden Age of Steam, Todtri, 1996
This painting by Edouard Roux commemorates the passage of the Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napolean III on the Imperial yacht L'Aigle piloted by NapolĂ©on Coste, the first ship through the  canal.

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