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XIR326620 The 'Champ de Mai' or Emperor Napoleon I swearing fidelity to the Constitutions on 1st June 1815 (engraving) (b/w photo) Additional act of 22nd April 1815 to the Constitutions of the Empire (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add. info.: Le Champ de May ou l'Empereur Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) pretant serment de fidelite aux Constitutions le 1er Juin 1815; additional act of 22nd April 1815 written mainly by Benjamin Constant (1767-1830); at Lyon Napoleon issued an edict dissolving the existing chambers and ordering the convocation of a national mass meeting or Champ de Mai; Hundred Days; 100 Days; Les Cent Jours); Giraudon; French, out of copyright