Portraits of the Russian Tsar, Austrian Emperor, and King of Prussia: Putting 'Liberating Partners' in Their Place

• In Event: Liberation through the Exhibition and Display of Art?

Abstract

The paper takes as its starting point the idea that the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor and the so-called Waterloo Gallery at Apsley House were artistic displays with different purposes, despite their similar names. And, as a result, their displays specifically of the Tsar, Emperor of Austria, and King of Prussia indicate different attitudes about them in the context of liberating Europe from Napoleonic terror. The comparison will show how “liberating partners” discourses became manifest in the private galleries in the context of post-Napoleonic Europe.

Author

• Andrew Graciano, U of South Carolina