This small topographical service was begun during the Napoleonic period, but was completed in 1817 and delivered to Louis XVIII. It contained 48 plates which are all shown below. The service is noteworthy for the quality of the painting and for the variety of decoration which features views of landscapes and palaces across Europe, often with specific connections to Napoleon, the gilt cobalt blue border design different on each plate.
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Chateau des Tuileries, ParisChâteau de Saint-Cloud, ParisZwinger Palace, DresdenMunichUtrecht, HollandArpino, ItalyLa pyramide de Cestius, RomeTemples de Paestum, ItalyFlorenceNaplesEaton Hall, EnglandEdinburghRosamowsky Palace, ViennaSyriaAlhambra, Granada, SpainMadrid
Pavillon de Bagatelle, ParisChateau de MorfontaineChâteau de Tharandt near DresdenPraguePort of Harlingen, HollandBelvedere Museum, RomeVatican, RomeBolsen, ItalyFlorenceChâteau de Stupinigi en Piémont, Turin, ItalyWindsor Castle, EnglandBern, SwitzerlandVilla Pliniana, Lake Como, ItalyMonastery of Yuste, SpainTolède, SpainMadrid
Palais de Saint Cloud, ParisChateau de Sanssouci, PotsdamLoewenburgAmsterdamRotterdam, HollandQuirinal Palace, RomeColosseum, RomeTarente, ItalyNaplesCastle Laeken, Brussels, Belgium Sterling Castle, ScotlandAbbaye de Rheinau, SwitzerlandDelftPlaine de Roncevaux, SpainMaison du Cid, Burgos, SpainGibraltar