Le Général Bonaparte franchissant les Alpes. Dédié à Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon III par ses très humbles & très respectueux Serviteurs Goupil & C.ie.
Peint par Paul Delaroche. Gravè par Alph.se François. London. Published October 1.st 1852, by P.&D. Colnaghi & C.o, 13 & 14, Pall Mall East. Berlin. Verlag von Goupil & c.ie. Imprimé par Goupil & C.ie à Paris. Rare steel engraving on india paper, 710 x 515mm (28 x 18"). Trimmed to plate, creases on top left corner. A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte leading his army through the Alps on a mule, a journey Napoleon and his army made in the spring of 1800 to surprise the Austrian army in Italy. The original painting by Paul Delaroche was inspired by Jacques-Louis David's series of five paintings of Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801–1805).
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