Tezos

Eh Bien

Creator

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Description

Viola odorata Common names: Sweet Violet, English Violet, Garden Violet, Wood Violet "Aimez-vous la violette?" That was the question Napoleon's supporters used to identify each other after he was exiled to Elba in 1814. If you answered a simple yes or no, you were nobody. If you answered eh bien, you were one of them. He had told his people he would return with the violets in spring, and they called him Caporal Violette in secret toasts across France while the Bourbon monarchy had no idea what anyone was talking about. Josephine wore them on their wedding day. He sent her a bouquet every anniversary. When she died he planted violets on her grave and picked some to keep in a locket he wore until his own death on Saint Helena. The locket was found on his body, still containing those pressed flowers and a lock of her hair. An artist named Canu published a print that looked like a simple bunch of violets but contained the hidden profiles of Napoleon, Marie Louise, and their son. The Bourbon censors couldn't ban a picture of flowers. In England it was believed that picking the first violet of spring brought terrible luck. You had to wait until there were at least twelve. © Corina Daniela Obertas Photography. All rights reserved. The purchase of this NFT grants the collector ownership of the token only. Full copyright, reproduction rights, and commercial usage rights remain exclusively with the artist. No part of this artwork may be reproduced, distributed, printed, licensed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written consent from the artist.

Traits

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macro

Tag

violet