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1867

Exhibits seven important paintings at the Exposition Universelle , receives a medal there and is named an Officer of the Legion of Honor.

1869

Exhibitions in London and Munich. Cancels most travel plans due to poor health.

1870

Working in his studio during the siege of Paris in the Franco Prussian war, he paints Paris incendié par les allemands (location unknown).

1872–74

Travels and paints continuously, exhibiting both at the Salon and abroad.

1875

Dies of stomach cancer at age 79 on February 22 . A posthumous sale of his studio and his collection is held in May and June of that year, as is a large retrospective at the École des Beaux-Arts.