Trois types de haches, provenant des environs de Chambéry [dessin au crayon collé sur planche, 2020001/66/1]. Divers objets provenant des palafittes du lac du Bourget [calque à l'encre d'un dessin prêté par M. Serrin, 2020001/66/2]. Poteries, couteaux et bijoux, provenant de la grotte de Savigny [planches imprimées, 2020001/66/3-6]. Bracelets et vase, conservés au musée d'Annecy [dessin au crayon sur calque, 2020001/66/7-8].

Différents bijoux, conservés au musée archéologique du Mans [dessin au crayon et à l'aquarelle, 2020001/67/1].

Bracelet et torque, conservés dans la collection Lacroix [dessin au crayon et à la craie blanche collé, 2020001/65/1]. Couteau en bronze, trouvé dans la Grosne [dessin à l'encre, 2020001/65/2] (1846). Fragments de casque, casque et cotte de maille, retrouvés sur les berges de la Saône, à Ouroux [planches polychromes imprimées, 2020001/65/3-4]. Lame d'épée et fragments, provenant d'Anzy-le-duc [dessin à l'encre, 2020001/65/5]. Différentes haches, provenant d'Anzy-le-duc [dessin à l'encre collé sur planche, 2020001/65/6].

« C’est le roule des monstres de LX lances a cheval et de LX archiers estans en garnison a Saint Germain en Laye soubz le gouvernement et de la retenue de noble homme mons. François de Suroenne dit l’Aragonnois, capitaine de lad. place pour le Roy nostre sire, receues par nous Robert Hedouys et Audry de Villiers, contreroulleur de ladicte garnison, commis ad ce de par le Roy nostred. seigneur, pour ung quartier d’an commençant le XIXme jour de mars et finisant le XXIXe jour de juin ensuivant IIIIc XL.
Et premierement
Lances a cheval :
Jehan de Surienne
Vincent de Surienne
Le bastart de Surienne
Jacquemin de Moulineaulx
Jacques de Millery
Jehan André
Robinet de Launoy
Pierres de Tisy
Pierre d’Oriac dit Lodvat
Jehan Duval
Fery Duval
Huguelin Lescossois
Jehan Dubu
Jehan de Fontenay dit Lodvat
Jehannet Remon
Guillaume Coudaret
Louys Leconte
Jacquet de Savoye
Le grant Jehan
Le bastart Bardenche
Guillaume Legrant
Gillet de Caffaz
Michault Jacquet
Cudinet Bicquet
Estienne Barat
Le bastart de Villecte
Regnault Berengier
Jehan Prevost
Jacquemin Bonnebeuf
Jehan Pomier
Pierre de Savoye
Jehan Bonenfant
Hayne de Bucelles
Le petit Rodigue
Jacquot Lebarbe
Estienne Clanegris
Michiel Lalement
Perrin Lalement
Jehan de Fontenay
Pierre de Beaujeu
Jehan Dallemaigne
Drouet de Vaucelles
Jehault Varlet
Andry Coustant
Jehan de Salses
Gorget de Fontaines
Thevenin Petit
Pierre Dubois
Jehan de Neufchastel
Jehan Omon
Le grand Lauteman
Thomas Detous
Yvon Chevreneau
Loppes de Nelphe
Reganult Legaston
Pierre Gentilz
Berthehemin de Medines
Phelebert Lebourguignon
Jehan Moreau
Andry de Villers, contreroleur
Archiers :
Jehan Brunel
Oudinet de Laufernat
Jehan du Buisson
Le petit Guion
Le petit Breton
Pierre des Crenell
Jehan Berengier
Jehan Dauvergne
Guillaume Bonnet
Jehan de Courtenay
Pierre Lepetit
Estienne Lecouraigeux
Le gros Camys
Anthoine Deciville
Jacquemin Lepiquet
Jehan Thoudez
Pierre Delaplanque dit Lepere
Guillaume Teste
Le petit Jehan
Thevein Lagrigue
Le Picart de Bethisy
Gieffroy Caquart
Guillaume Pasquier
Pierre Seigneur
Jehan Leroy dit Debrie
Roulet Delasausoye
Le Normant du Patis
Jehan Henry
Guillaume Langlois
Jehan Descry
Jehan Luilliet
Guillaume Dubois
Le Picart de Feries
Le gros Philippe
Simon Delaunoy
Robinet Lenepveu
Jehan Tuault
Estienne Lenormant
Le bastart d’Arnouville
Le petit Garsie
Gaspart d’Aragon
Pierre de Villaines
Jehan Maillet
Le petit Lanceman
Thomas Larchier
Le petit Lambart
Hennequin Larmierres
Jehan de Marigny
Guillot Vallon
Jehan Lamoureux
Gaultier Desoppes
Guillaume Le Gascon
Perrenet Larchier
Jehan Charpentier
Francequin Lelombart
Hennequin Duchesne
Ythier Renier
Jehennet de Navarre
Robert Herison
Le bastart Quatrosses
LX archiers
Toutes lesquelles lances et archiers dessus nommés nous Robert Hedouys et Andry de Villers, commissaires devant diz, certiffions avoir veus et passés a monstres audit lieu de Saint Germain, et iceulx estre montés, armés et habillés suffisamment chacun selon son estat, le XXIIe jour de may l’an dessusd. mil IIIIc XL, tesmoins noz signez et sainctz manuels.
R. Hedouys, De Villers »

Fibule, retrouvées dans des fondations sur les hauteurs de Lyon [dessin au crayon et à la craie blanche, 2020001/64/1] (1836). Trois bracelets, provenant de la montée des Carmélites, Lyon, conservés au musée archéologique de Lyon [planches imprimées, 2020001/64/2-5]. Ossements d'un elephas, provenant de Solutré [planches imprimées, 2020001/64/6-8]. Ossements d'un rhinocéros, provenant de Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or [planches imprimées, 2020001/64/9]. Ossement d'une tête d'animal, provenance non-spécifiée, [planche imprimée, 2020001/64/10]. Poinçons en os, dent de loup et bois de rennes, provenant de Solutré [planche imprimée, 2020001/64/11]. Silex et anneaux, provenance non-spécifiée [planches imprimées 2020001/64/12-14].

« Nous soussignés Frédéric Fouquier, inspecteur des Domaines et Forêts, et Xavier Dufrayer, architecte de la Couronne, chargés par Son Excellence monsieur le ministre de la Maison de l’Empereur de la remise du jardin fleuriste, d’une part
Et Eugène Millet, architecte du château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, chargé de la prise de possession dudit jardin par Son Excellence monsieur le ministre d’Etat, d’autre part
Nous sommes transportés dans le terrain dont il s’agit tenant au nord au parterre de Saint-Germain, à l’est à la Cité Médicis, à l’ouest aux fossés du château et bordant au sud la rue du Château-Neuf, avons reconnu qu’il contient environ 19 ares 54 centiares entre murs, et qu’il est enfin en tout conforme au plan ci annexé signé par nous.
Ce jardin fleuriste est remis par messieurs Fouquier et Dufrayer à l’administration des Bâtiments civils à titre de chantier pour le temps que dureront les ouvrages de restauration du château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, pour faire retour au domaine de la Liste civile aussitôt les travaux [terminés].
Fait en double expédition à Saint-Germain-en-Laye ce treize avril mil huit cent soixante-trois
Signé : Fouquier, Dufrayer et Millet »

« Le Roi vivait avec ses favorites, chacune de son côté, comme dans une famille légitime : la Reine recevait leurs visites ainsi que celles des enfants naturels, comme si c’était pour elle un devoir à remplir, car tout doit marcher suivant la qualité de chacune et la volonté du Roi. Lorsqu’elles assistaient à la messe à Saint-Germain, elles ses plaçaient devant les yeux du Roi, Mme de Montespan avec ses enfants sur la tribune à gauche, vis-à-vis de tout le monde, et l’autre à droite, tandis qu’à Versailles Mme de Montespan était du côté de l’Evangille et Mlle de Fontanges sur des gradins élevés du côté de l’Epître. Elles priaient, le chapelet ou leur livre de messe à la main, levant les yeux en extase, comme des saintes. Enfin, la Cour est la plus belle comédie du monde. »

« [p. 167] At the extremity of the forest, we found the town of St. Germaine, where we took breakfast, and then repaired to the terrace of the palace, which commands a charming view of the adjacent country. On the left and in the centre of the prospect we saw St. Denis and Paris ; and on the right Malmaison, St. Cloud, and the district of Versailles. On the ever memorable 30th of March, this spot was crowded with people, who distinctly saw, with various and undescribable emotions, the battle which preceded the surrender of Paris. We found the palace, which is a gloomy and inelegant brick building, surrounded by stone walls and a deep ditch, over which, opposite [p. 168] the gate, was thrown a draw-bridge. The whole edifice had the air of a state prison ; and, on enquiry, we found, that it might well class with buildings of that description. It was Napoleon’s principal military school ; and his method of supplying it with pupils, affords an instance of that tyranny in detail, which was, no doubt, one of the primary causes of his ruin. Whenever he was apprised, by his agents that any individual of rank and wealth had a son who was strong, active, and spirited, and the youth had attained the age of sixteen or seventeen, the Emperor addressed a letter to the parent, congratulating him on the early promise of his child, and gracioulsy offering, if he destined him for the army, to admit him into his school at St. Gemaine ; and promising, on his good behaviour, to cause him to make his way rapidly in the service. This letter was well understood to be a command. The young man was accordingly severed from his domestic connections. He was shut up in the palace, where, for the space of three [p. 169] years, he was precluded from personal communication with his friends ; and employed, from five in the morning till ten at night, in studying, scientifically and practically, the military art. At the expiration of that time he was liberated from confinement, and sent, with a commission in his pocket, to join the regiment to which it was thought expedient to attach him. When we consider the waste of life which was occasioned by Bonaparte’s campaigns, we may easily conceive that the pupils of his military academies were regarded ad for ever lost to their relatives and friends. Four hundred youths were at this time immured in the palace, and were to be restored to their parents on the breaking up of the establisment, which we undestood was to take place in two days from the period of our visit. What a subject must this gaol-delivery afford to the pen of a sentimental traveller, should any such character witness the transaction ! Our guide, from whom we obtained this information, was a retired soldier who had an allowance [p. 170] as an invalid, of eight sous a day. He acknowledged that most of the military were friendly to Bonaparte, but still was of opinion, that the sentiments of the nation at large would preclude his re-establishment on the throne. »

« Je suis passé ensuite à Saint-Germain et j’ai admiré surtout la beauté du site. J’[y] ai trouvé Francini, encore abbé de nom, mais je promets à Votre Altesse qu’il a fait et fera des choses galantes. On ne peut nier qu’il ne cherche à imiter Pratolino, mais il le fait avec tant de grâce qu’on peut lui pardonner. »

« Die… 5 vel 15 transivimus Argenteuil 1 mil. Inde Sainct Germain 3 mil… jentavimus et vidimus aedificia pulchra quae demum extruuntur. Praeterea fontem artificiosum ex conchis, cochleis et aliis pretiosis materiis ornatum. In medio est draco ex quo undique profluit aqua : quando effluit aqua, canunt aves. Alium fontem in quo, ex omnibus partibus infra et supra fluit aqua. Elegans palatium, variis picturis ornatum, ubi ab una parte alia est imago : ab altra est etiam alia, et tales sunt 7. Inter alia, ab una parte est virgo, ab altera diabolus. Cubiculum in quo est depicta Gallia aegrotans quam venit modernus Henricus 4 consolaturus. In integrum, re titubante (sic) ducit ad manum, habens in capite coronam, in manus aliam gerens impositurus Gallias convalescenti. Deinde ab altera parte sed et Rex depictus in sua majestate, tenens in dextra scipionem justitiae, in sinistra vero Regnum sceptri. »

« [p. 57] We next arrived at a bridge which is peculiarly interesting from the situation in which it is placed. To the right appears an extensive succession of forest-scenery, diversified with chateaus, all built of stone, which, at a distance, assume the appearance of rocks, while the Seine beautifully meanders through an adjacent valley. To the left appears an expanded plain, with the river, which continually catches the eye, reflecting the beams of an unclouded sun, whilst a great number of towns, some of them of considerable magnitude, appear in front. The most prominent feature, however, is the forest of St. Germain, famous for the amusements of the chase which it afforded the kings of France, while that country could boast of kings. This celebrated forest is cut into rides, or green allées, three miles in length. The ground is too flat to give an air of grandeur to the scenery; but, speaking as a sportsman, that circumstance contributes to its real excellence, as the flatter the [p. 58] country the better for the chase. The First Consul has lately taken this forest under his special protection, and, as the game, which was almost extirpated during the revolution, is now replenishing, it will probably soon resume its ancient celebrity.
We arrived at St. Germain about five o’clock, and found the town, which is four leagues from Paris, superior to any we had hitherto seen in France, being entirely built of white stone. We dined at a beautiful inn called the Grand Cerf, and were glad to retire early to rest. This place is particularly worthy the notice of strangers, as having been the birth-place of Louis XIV and the residence of James II after his abdication of the throne of England.
The morning proving fine, we took an early breakfast, that we might have leisure to visit those places worthy of inspection. The palace is a grand pile of building, but, being converted into barracks, it is now considerably out of repair, although there are still many vestiges of its pristine magnificence. Most of the windows are broken, and the words Liberty and Equality are written every where on the walls, on those very walls which once formed the habitation of despotic power. How the Goddess of Liberty likes her present residence in France, I have not leisure to examine. England, you know, she has long made the place of her favourite sejour, but if our Gallic neighbours have not decoyed her away, they have, at least, set up her representative.
I must not omit mentioning the terrace, which commands a most sublime prospect; nor could I avoid recalling to my recollection the late unfortunate inhabitants of the sumptuous palace. The contemplation was unpleasant, and my spirits became still more depressed by a short conversation which took place between myself and our grey-headed conductor. He gave us to understand, that the remembrance of their decapitated master still reigned in the hearts of the inhabitants. He also [p. 59] complained much of the existing government, in consequence of which (though naturally averse to argue any point with persons of his description) I requested to know his reasons for thinking as he did? He replied, that bread was so dear. “But, my worthy citizen”, said I, “can the First Consul command the seasons?” “Monsieur”, said the old man, while the tears trickled down his cheeks, “Vous avez raison, je vois que j’ai eu tort”. I gave him a trifling present, and we parted, probably never to meet again.
I must observe, that the chief consul has hunted four or five times at St. Germain. But, as the stags are yet very scarce, he comes privately, and amuses himself, attended only by four of five general officers. He always rides very hard, and is particularly fond of horses. »

« At Saint Germain en Laye we stopped to take a view of the palace. It is a gloomy structure, built of a dark-coloured brick, and has more the apperance of a prison than a palace. It was the retreat of the fugitive James II of England ; and here, worn with vexation and grief, he expired. It was originally designed by its founder, Francis I, as a hunting seat for the kings of France, when they enjoyed the diversion of the chase in the adjoining forest of Laye. It has been much neglected of late, however, and has greatly suffered from the Prussian soldiers, by whom it was occupied as barracks during the late war. From the terrace is a very extensive prospect, and Paris is distinctly seen in the distance. The town of St. Germain is chiefly built of stone – the streets are wide, the houses, generally, are on a grand scale, and there is an air of magnificence about the whole. The approach to it, by a spacious avenue through the forest, is extremely fine. In this forest Napoleon took great delight, and there he used frequently to hunt. »