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Esquisse représentant la réunion des Souverains accompagnans Sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi au Bal donné par la Ville de Paris le 4 Décembre 1809. S. M. l'Empereur répond au Discours de M.r le Préfet du Département de la Seine.
Dessiné et Gravé par A. Godefroy.
Déposé à la Bibliothèque Impériale. A Paris chez A. Godefroy, Rue des Francs Bourgeois S. Michel N° 3 [n.d., c.1810].
Etching in outline. 290 x 425mm (11½ x 16¾"). Lacking upper and lower margin.
Group portrait of European monarchs inside the Hôtel-de-Ville, Paris; seated in a semi-circle, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821, as Emperor Napoleon I) on his throne at centre. Three of the Emperor's brothers sit to his right: Louis, Jerome, and Joachim. Hosted by the Prefect of the Seine department, the occasion was a celebration of the fifth anniversary of Napoleon's coronation, the conclusion of a peace between France and Austria, and his return to the capital city. All the sovereigns are captioned beneath the image. By Adrien-Pierre-François Godefroy (1777 - 1865). BNF FRBNF41514640.
[Ref: 20974] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Un Corps de Garde de la Garde Nationale. Mais Monsieur Pigeon faites vous donc Habiller.
AG [Monogram of Adrien Godefroy]
A Paris chez Martinet. Déposé &a [1815].
Fine coloured etching platemark 255 x 325mm (10 x 12¾") very large margins.
French soldiers in their barracks, all in uniforms (identified by a legend below the image) except for one 'bourgeois san uniforme' on the right. Plate from the series 'Armée des Souverains Alliés, année 1815', illustrations of the uniforms of the various armies.
[Ref: 43822] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
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