The Embarkation of the Duchess of Angoulême at Pauillac

The Embarkation of the Duchess of Angoulême at Pauillac (French: Embarquement de la duchesse d'Angoulême à Pauillac) is an 1818 history painting by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros.

[1] Gros had made his reputation depicting scenes of Napoleon and the French Empire.

By contrast this work was during the Restoration era and celebrated an iconic Royalist moment of recent history.

The main figure is Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême, the only surviving child of the executed Louis XVI and the niece of the reigning monarch Louis XVIII.

In when Napoleon escaped from Elba and much of the royal family fled, the Duchess was in Bordeaux where she tried to rally Royalist forces against his supporters.