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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Picken's Sketches of Napoleon, No.5. Price 1s. Un Bivouac [&] The Spirit of Napoleon Visiting his Tomb.
On Stone by A. Picken Jun.
London, Pub. by T. Fisher 1, Hanway St. Oxford St [n.d., c.1845].
Two lithographic vignettes printed on a single sheet, including one puzzle print, sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Slight creasing
The upper illustration is a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte standing in a landscape. The natural forms in the landscape below conceal the outline profiles of military commanders from both opposing sides of the Napoleonic Wars. The figures represented are listed in the text below. From a scarce set of popular prints issued by subscription; with note to subscribers to lower margin.
for a larger version of 'Un Bivouac' (top image), see ref. 29444
[Ref: 23468] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
On Stone by A. Picken Jun.
London, Pub. by T. Fisher 1, Hanway St. Oxford St [n.d., c.1845].
Two lithographic vignettes printed on a single sheet, including one puzzle print, sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Slight creasing
The upper illustration is a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte standing in a landscape. The natural forms in the landscape below conceal the outline profiles of military commanders from both opposing sides of the Napoleonic Wars. The figures represented are listed in the text below. From a scarce set of popular prints issued by subscription; with note to subscribers to lower margin.
for a larger version of 'Un Bivouac' (top image), see ref. 29444
[Ref: 23468] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Shade of Napoleon Visiting his Tomb. In this Print May be traced a full-length Figure of Napoleon, a small head of Napoleon, Wellington and Murat, a Map of Europe, with Napoleon's principal Battles, &c. &c.
Designed & drawn on Stone by A. Picken.
Lithograph. Sheet 180 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"). Creased and soiled.
A puzzle print depicting Napoleon's tomb in the Valley of Willows of the Island of Saint Helena, with the Napoleon's shape created in between the trunks of two trees.
[Ref: 55745] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & drawn on Stone by A. Picken.
Lithograph. Sheet 180 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"). Creased and soiled.
A puzzle print depicting Napoleon's tomb in the Valley of Willows of the Island of Saint Helena, with the Napoleon's shape created in between the trunks of two trees.
[Ref: 55745] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Album sheet] The Shade of Napoleon Visiting his Tomb.](jpegs/55746.jpg)
[Album sheet] The Shade of Napoleon Visiting his Tomb. [with two portraits of Napoleon II & a portrait of the horse 'Le Vizir'.]
[Various dates, c.1840.]
Three lithographs and an engraving on an album sheet. Largest 125 x 185mm (5 x 7¼"). Creased and soiled.
Four scraps on one sheet: a puzzle print depicting Napoleon's tomb in the Valley of Willows of the Island of Saint Helena, with the Napoleon's shape created in between the trunks of two trees; portraits of Napoleon II as a boy and a young man; and a portrait of 'Le Vizier', Napoleon's famous Arabian horse, at pasture. After its death in 1826 it was stuffed, smuggled to England in 1839, returned to France under Napeolon III and now preserved at the Musée de l'Armée.
[Ref: 55746] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Various dates, c.1840.]
Three lithographs and an engraving on an album sheet. Largest 125 x 185mm (5 x 7¼"). Creased and soiled.
Four scraps on one sheet: a puzzle print depicting Napoleon's tomb in the Valley of Willows of the Island of Saint Helena, with the Napoleon's shape created in between the trunks of two trees; portraits of Napoleon II as a boy and a young man; and a portrait of 'Le Vizier', Napoleon's famous Arabian horse, at pasture. After its death in 1826 it was stuffed, smuggled to England in 1839, returned to France under Napeolon III and now preserved at the Musée de l'Armée.
[Ref: 55746] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)