Thomas Robert Bugeaud, marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d'Isly was a Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria during the French colonization. Born an aristocrat, he has a complex legacy, serving
Bugeaud by Charles-Philippe Larivière, 1843-1845
The Bugeaud Dulong duel, in the image the ghostly figure is a reference to King Louis-Phillipe who it was claimed stoked the tensions as a means to distance himself from the treatment of the Duchess of Berry
Battle of Isly, propaganda oil painting by Horace Vernet.
Bugeaud entering the Moroccan camp after Isly, oil painting by Horace Vernet