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The painting depicts the Duke of Chartres, after hoisting the Tricolour to the top of the Vendôme Column on the 4th August, 1830. Chartres, at the head of his regiment, hoisted the tricolour flag to the top of the Vendôme column, in the centre of the splendid Place designed by Mansart. Here we see the young Duke in his Guards uniform mounted on his rearing charger, looking straight at the viewer, his officers behind and in the distance the towering colonnade.
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