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[Double portrait of Napoleon]
[Double portrait of Napoleon] [Fac Simile d'un Dessin de Girodet-Trioson, fait d'après nature à la Chapelle de l'Empereur, le 8 Mars 1812.]
[G. Maile sc.]
[Published by R.G. Jones 34 Brewer Street Golden Square London October 1827.]
Mezzotint, very scarce proof before etched border and letters. Sheet 305 x 255mm (12 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Double portrait of Napoleon, after a drawing by Anne-Louis Girodet (1767-1824), who was closely associated with the emperor. He was commissioned to paint an allegory based on James Macpherson's Ossianic legends for Napoleon's country retreat at Malmaison, while Vivant Denon commissioned him to paint Napoleon receiving the keys to Vienna and the Revolt at Cairo (both now in Versailles). In 1812 he was commissioned to paint 36 portraits of Napoleon in his Coronation Robes for the Imperial Courts and had completed 26 by 1814, but the following year Napoleons abdicated for the final time and Girodet came into a considerable inheritance. Thereafter his output decreased.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For Girodet's 'Napoleon receiving the keys to Vienna' see ref. 30836.
[Ref: 65217]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Napoleon on Elba.]
[Napoleon on Elba.]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 75 x 105mm (3 x 4¼"). Trimmed to image, losing all inscriptions, stains.
A fanciful portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte standing on a beach under a cliff-top fort, a ship out at sea.
[Ref: 66705]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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