Picture of the day Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 by French artist François Gérard. Napoleon became Emperor of the French the year following this painting, on 18 May 1804.

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en">Picture of the day </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span><a href="Bonaparte_premier_Consul_G%C3%A9rard_Chantilly.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="http://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/picture-of-the-dayportrait-of-napoleon-bonaparte-in-1803-by-french-artist-francois-gerard-napoleon-became-emperor-of-the-french-the-year-following-this-painting-on-18-may-1804.jpg" width="300" height="362" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2245" data-file-height="2710"></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en">Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 by French artist François Gérard. Napoleon became Emperor of the French the year following this painting, on 18 May 1804.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>