Prosper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist Finish:Rolled The model for the painting

The model for the painting is possibly George White

Napoleon had proposed to withdraw his soldiers from Rome

His publications include An Introductory Treatise on the Lunar Theory (1896) and Tables of the Motion of the Moon (1919)

from the apartment of Pope Clement VI (1291-1352) in the Palais des Papes at Avignon

Fancy dress parade with a 1957 Cadillac

Prosper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist Finish:Rolled The model for the paintingProsper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist, 1861. Merimee (1803 1870) is best remembered for his novella Carmen which was the inspiration for Bizet's opera of the same title. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855 1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris.