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Bombardement de Saint-Jean d'Ulloa en 1838 lors de l expedition contre le Mexique
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Battle of Veracruz (1838): the prince of Joinville on the poop of the corvette "La Creole" listens to the report of a Navy lieutenant being witness to the explosion of the Tower of the fort of San Juan de Ulúa. November 27, 1838.Français : Episode de l'expédition du Mexique en 1838 : Le prince de Joinville sur la dunette de la corvette "La Créole" écoute le rapport du lieutenant de vaisseau Penaud et assiste à l'explosion de la tour du fort de Saint-Jean d'Ulloa, le 27 novembre 1838.
Horace Vernet (1789–1863) was a French painter of sporting subjects and vast battle panoramas, notably those in the Gallery of Battles at Versailles. The son and grandson, respectively, of two well-known painters, Carle Vernet and Joseph Vernet, Horace developed a remarkable facility for working on a grand scale and became one of France’s most important military painters.
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