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  1. Discover the extraordinary house and museum of Sir John Soane, one of the greatest English architects, who built and lived in it two centuries ago. The museum has been kept as it was at the time of his death in 1837, and displays his vast collection of antiquities, furniture, sculptures, architectural models and paintings.

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  2. This portrait is after a painting by Gérard. Napoleon is shown in his coronation robes standing full-length in front of a throne, holding a staff and with an orb beside him. The border features repeat 'N' initials within crowned laurel wreaths. The title is framed by imperial symbols (the orb, crown &c.) above garlands held up by eagles.

  3. Our Spaces. Known for its whimsical and personal interiors, every aspect of Sir John Soane's Museum reflects Soane's architectural ingenuity, imagination, innovation and artistic taste. Soane’s collections – Greco-Roman marbles, architectural fragments, plaster casts, paintings, sculptures, and priceless furniture – are still arranged ...

  4. The British architect and collector, Sir John Soane, visited Paris three times. First, at the beginning of his Grand Tour, in March 1778, en route to Italy. Then again in August-September 1814, during the brief cessation in hostilities between Britain and France, during Napoleon’s exile on the Island of Elba.

  5. The picture was in Soane's collection by 1830 when Soane's refers to it in his Description; it is not mentioned by Britton in 1827. As Maria Cosway and Soane were friends it seems likely that the picture was a gift from her to Soane.

  6. This miniature was painted on the island of Elba in 1814 when Napoleon was in exile. It was originally lent to Soane by Lady Beechey.