One of the most iconic images in all of French history rendered in sepia on a compact early postcard — Jacques-Louis David's monumental painting of the Coronation of Napoleon I at Notre-Dame de Paris, here in a detail view showing Napoleon placing the crown upon Joséphine's bowed head while Pope Pius VII raises his hand in blessing and a sea of courtiers, clergy, and marshals bear witness. David's 1807 masterwork, over 30 feet wide, hangs in the Musée du Louvre, and this card — numbered 281, published by the prestigious Lévy et Neurdein Réunis of Paris — was part of their celebrated "LL" art museum series that brought the Louvre's greatest works to postcard collectors worldwide. The undivided-back format with the note "N'écrire que sur le côté réservé à la correspondance" places this in the transitional 1903–1904 French postcard era.