Hôtel de Charost
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The Hôtel de Charost is an hôtel particulier located at 39 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris. Since 1814, it has been the official residence of the ambassador of the United Kingdom to France. It i
The Hôtel de Charost seen from the gardens
Dining Room
Throne Room
Salon Pauline
Pauline Bonaparte
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Paula Maria Bonaparte Leclerc Borghese, better known as Pauline Bonaparte, was an imperial French princess, the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla, and the princess consort of Sulmona and Rossano. S
Hôtel de Charost
…for the French home office (siège de bureaux), an Imperial Palace, and the temporary residence of the Austrian ambassador. In 1803, it was bought by Pauline Borghese, the sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon paid 300,000 francs of the 400,000 francs purchase price, and Borghese borrowed the rest from her brother…
Pauline Bonaparte by Robert Lefèvre
Portrait of Pauline by François-Joseph Kinson, 1808
Venus Victrix, by Antonio Canova, depicting Princess Borghese as a deity, created 1804-1808. It was commissioned by her husband.