Images Unleashed: A Century of First Empire Artists

Finally, a mixed bag of battle, maritime, uniform, and portrait artists from the first century after 1792. It is also unique in that it is the first work to be truely international in scope, covering 50 artists from eight nations. For the first time a rouges gallery appears, attempting a veneer of middle class decorum. Most can't quite seem to get the dust of the battlefield off their boots or the paint from under their fingernails. Each is represented by three works, some well-known, others probably not, but all fascinating.

What you and I know - that this art has been around longer than Modernism, longer than Impressionism - that it is still going strong, the average layman does not. That is part of the message the author tries to get across.