“A pencil sketch of the Empire”

The « Coup de crayon à l’Empire » (A pencil sketch of the Empire) exhibition has been prolonged until 17 May 2010.

« What a novel my life would make! » (Napoleon)
We may well need more than a lifetime to read all the works written about Napoleon, but the vast array of comic strips published on the subject would astound more than one connoisseur. 

The use of pictures and speech bubbles can only further illustrate and add to an already exhaustive historic treatment of the subject.

Within the framework of the BD 2009 (Comics Strip 2009) initiative in Wallonia and Brussels, the Wellington Museum in Waterloo has created a totally new exhibition entitled

 “A pencil sketch of the Empire”

•    The exhibition will comprise display panels tracing the high points of the Empire, the turns taken by the Napoleonic campaigns and also the major players of the times, both well known and less well known, whether they were French, English, Prussian, Spanish or another nationality entirely.

•    The Comic Strip will be omnipresent: both well known stars of the comic strip art as well as young, as yet unpublished illustrators have collaborated with our project. Several comic strips in foreign languages form part of the exhibition. A DVD following the work of a young Belgian illustrator is used to illustrate the exhibition.

Entrance fee :

Exhibition : adult 4€ and young 2€
Exhibition + museum and audio guide : adult 6€ and young 5€

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