Bivouac Collection

LEJEUNE, Louis-Fran篩s, baron (1775-1848). Visiting
LEJEUNE, Louis-Fran篩 s, baron (1775-1848). Visiting a Bivouac on the Eve of the Battle of Austerlitz, 1st December 1805, 1808. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles

Sikh soldiers resting in a French building, WW1
Sikh soldiers (regiment unidentified but likely to be The 15th Sikhs) resting in a building on the Western Front during the First World War

Label for le Toubib Aperitif and Tonic Wine, late 19th century (colour litho)
CHT224194 Label for le Toubib Aperitif and Tonic Wine, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Contrefacon, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1769-1821). Emperor of France, 1804-1814. The Eve of Austerlitz, 1 December 1805. Oil on canvas (detail), 1808, by Louis Francois Lejeune

Cavalry Bivouac
When French cavalry bivouac for the night, the horses are tethered near their weapons in case of a surprise attack by the enemy

Napoleon (1769-1821) Visiting the Bivouacs on the Eve of the Battle of Austerlitz
XIR182602 Napoleon (1769-1821) Visiting the Bivouacs on the Eve of the Battle of Austerlitz, 1st December 1805 (oil on canvas) by Bacler d Albe

I could do with a new photograph of you girlie
Bonzo outside his tent with a photograph of his girl covered in kisses. Date: circa 1940

Tent set at 9700 ft camp, Denali National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Tent hotel, Tsomori, Ladakh, India, Asia

Aircraft on the ground in a blizzard, Antarctica

Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1909 (print)
947246 Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1909 (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Patterning, Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Navy); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved.

A Prussian Bivouac, 1870 (engraving)
1580759 A Prussian Bivouac, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts Prussian soldiers at a Prussian bivouac. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Bivouac of the volunteers at the close of the review, 1860
1577555 Bivouac of the volunteers at the close of the review, 1860; (add.info.: Bivouac of the volunteers at the close of the review.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A Prussian Bivouac, 1870 (engraving)
1580765 A Prussian Bivouac, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts Prussian soldiers at a Prussian bivouac. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The War in Schleswig: the 9th regiment of hussars...bivouacking on the battlefield..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: the 9th regiment of hussars (Prince Liechtenstein's) bivouacking on the battlefield of Over-Selk after the fight - from a sketch by our special artist

Bivouac of the Volunteers at the close of the Review, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Bivouac of the Volunteers at the close of the Review, 1860. Review of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers in Knowsley Park. The hospitality of the Earl of Derby...was on a scale of princely munificence;

Distant Fronts, In Palestine; Bivouac of a division in the mountains of Judea, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Distant Fronts, In Palestine; Bivouac of a division in the mountains of Judea, 1917 From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Moose-hunting in Canada - the Encampment, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Moose-hunting in Canada - the Encampment, 1858. Hunters in autumn. The favourite months for hunting the moose are March and September

Cossack Bivouac, 1813, 1813-1814. Creator: Louis Moritz
Cossack Bivouac, 1813, 1813-1814

The Revolution in Sicily - "Our First Bivouac at sunrise, near Villafrati" - from a sketch... 1860
The Revolution in Sicily - "Our First Bivouac at sunrise, near Villafrati" - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860

Bivouac at Molodechno, 3-4 December 1812: an episode from Napoleon's Retreat from Russia, 1816. Soldiers around a smoking campfire - the man on the right holds a wild boar's head

Bivouacplace du Panthéon, dans la nuit du 22 au 23 décembre 1830, 1830. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Bivouacplace du Pantheon, dans la nuit du 22 au 23 decembre 1830, 1830

'Group d'officiers au bivouac. 1916. Creator: Unknown
Group d'officiers au bivouac, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

Ruined Cottage off Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ruined Cottage off Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War. Allied troops bivouac near a derelict building. From "Illustrated London News", 1854

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Occupation russe à Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Creator: Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841)
Occupation russe a Paris (Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1814), 1814-1817. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Sheet with Sketch (Grenadier of the Guard, Napoleon in a Bivouac), 1842. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Sheet with Sketch (Grenadier of the Guard, Napoleon in a Bivouac), 1842

Scene in Katteawar. - Travellers & Escort, 1845. Creator: Samuel Prout. Scene in Katteawar
Scene in Katteawar. - Travellers & Escort, 1845. Caravan and military escort bivouacking in Kathiawar, Gujarat, India. From "Hindostan, The Shores of the Red Sea, and The Himalaya Mountains

Panorama of New Zealand - Bivouack of Surveyors, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Panorama of New Zealand - Bivouack of Surveyors, 1850. Display in London:..painted by Mr. S. C. Brees, from drawings made by him during his location in New Zealand as principal engineer

Alpine bivouac at Lagazzuolo lake at sunrise during autumn, Chiesa di Valmalenco, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

French women visting the Cossack bivouac in Paris, 1814
Woman in fur-lined coat with fur muff visting the Tatar and Kalmyk Cossack bivouas in Paris after the fall of Napoleon. Cossack encampment on the Champs Elysees, 1814. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Nutwell Court, Exeter, seen from the River Exe, seat of Sir Thomas Trayton Fuller-Eliott-Drake. Georgian neo-classical manor house with portico entrance

Russian Cossacks in Paris, 1914, 1814-1815. Found in the collection of State History Museum, Moscow

Citta di Clusone Bivouac, Castione della Pesolana, Prealpi Orobie, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy (MR)

A trekker walks from Citt di Clusone Bivouac, Castione della Pesolana, Prealpi Orobie, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy (MR)

A trekker enters the Citt di Clusone Bivouac, Castione della Pesolana, Prealpi Orobie, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy (MR)

campanile di Val Montanaia and Croda Cilomiana, Friulian Dolomites, Cimolais, Pordenone, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

campanile di Val Montanaia, iconic steeple of the Friulian Dolomites, Cimolais, Pordenone, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

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"Bivouac: A Journey Through Time and Terrain" Step into the world of bivouacs, where history intertwines with adventure. From the rugged terrains of Denali National Park to the exotic landscapes of Ladakh, bivouacs have been a constant companion for explorers throughout centuries. In 1778, General Washington found solace in his bivouac before the Battle of Monmouth, strategizing under starlit skies. Meanwhile, Louis-François Lejeune, Baron de Bivouac himself (1775-1848), embarked on a journey visiting these temporary encampments during his travels. Fast forward to 1911 when Olive MacLeod, The Lady Traveller extraordinaire ventured into Africa. In awe of her surroundings, she captured breathtaking moments amidst African bivouacs that still resonate today. During World War I, Sikh soldiers sought refuge in French buildings as they rested from their arduous battles. Their presence added diversity and camaraderie within these makeshift shelters. The spirit of cavalry echoed through time as horses grazed peacefully in their own cavalry bivouac. These noble creatures formed an integral part of military campaigns across continents. Amidst all this historical significance lies a touch of indulgence - le Toubib Aperitif and Tonic Wine label from the late 19th century showcases how even in remote locations such as bivouacs, people found ways to enjoy life's little pleasures. Napoleon Bonaparte himself was no stranger to these temporary campsites. On the eve of the Battle of Austerlitz, he visited his troops' bivouacs instilling confidence and forging bonds that would shape history forever. From Alaska's snow-capped peaks at 9700 ft camp to India's enchanting Tsomori tent hotel; modern-day adventurers seek respite within nature's embrace while experiencing the comforts of a bivouac.