Grosvenor Prints

Armistice avec le Roi de Sardaigne.
Grenier del. Lith: de C. Motte. R. des marais.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"). Uncut.
In 1799 King Charles Emmanuel IV was ousted from his territory of Piedmont by the French army, moving his court to Cagliari. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30803] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Birth of Napoleon.] Naissance de Bonaparte [in ms below].
[Anon., c.1810]
Etching with hand-colouring, 80 x 80mm (3 x 3"). Trimmed to image and glued to backing sheet.
[Ref: 40365] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Concordat signé avec le Légat du Pape.
Champion del. Lith: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 595mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins.
The Concordat of 1801, the agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, signed on 15 July 1801. It solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30785] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon escaping from either Elba or Saint Helena, with titlepage to 'Vie secrète de Napoléon Bonaparte']
[Anon., 1817]
Engraving, sheet 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"), with separate title page.
Hyperbolic, propagandising and partly allegorical depiction of Napoleon escaping, published while Napoleon was exiled on Saint Helena in a volume about his life. Offered with title page from the book.
[Ref: 44489] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Introduction de l'Ambassadeur de la Porte otomane.
Norblin del. Lith.de C: Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"). Repaired tear into title area.
The Franco-Iranian Alliance formed for a short period between Napoleon I and Fath Ali Shah against Russia and Great Britain between 1807 and 1809. The alliance was part of a grand Napoleonic scheme to cross the Middle East in order to attack British India. The alliance came to an end when France eventually allied with Russian and turned its focus to European campaigns. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30833] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Réceptión des présens de la Cour de Russie.
Vathier et Courtin del: Litho: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph, very large margins. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"). Tears into lower edges.
Napoleon receiving presents from the Court of Russia. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30822] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon in Spain.
Courtray del. A.H. Payne sc.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Steel engraving, sheet 290 x 220mm (11½ x 8¾"). Tipped into album sheet.
Napoleon peers into the distance on a rock in Spain with a telescope. Next to him a native of the country points and appears to show him the way.
[Ref: 55841] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Marriage of Napoleon] Mariage de Bonaparte [in ms below]
[Anon., c.1810]
Etching with hand-colouring, 80 x 80mm (3 x 3"). Trimmed to image and glued to backing sheet.
[Ref: 40366] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon Receiving the Sword of General Mack, on the Capitulation of Ulm.
Engraved by Mr. George Cruikshank, from the Original design of Swebach, Published at Paris.
Published Dec. 29. 1824, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 210 x 280mm. 8¼ x 11". Folds as published. Very cut at right.
The surrender of Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich (1752-1828), the Austrian soldier who capitulated to Napoleon's Grande Armee in the Battle of Ulm in 1805. From "The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte".
Cohn: 435.
[Ref: 26480] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Réception par l'Institut.
Chamption del. Litho. de C. Motte rue des marais.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins. Small tear into lower edge.
A reception for the reopening of the Académie Francaise. It was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu and suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution. It was restored in 1803 by Napoleon. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30832] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Traité de Bayonne.
Demais del.t Lith: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins.
On 5 May 1808, Carlos IV of Spain abdicated his rights to the throne of the Spains and Indies in favour of Napoleon I in accordance with the Treaty of Bayonne which he signed that very day. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30827] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon visitant l'atélier de David.
Norblin del. Litho. de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with large margins.
Napoleon and Josephine visiting the studio of David. There was great fanfare when David announced the completion of his picture. The royal couple, accompanied by a large entourage from the court, made a special visit to the artist's studio to see the work on 4 January 1808. It was an official display of royal patronage with music and a cavalry escort for the parade of carriages. Pleased with David's work and overwhelmed by the realism of the enormous canvas, Napoleon exclaimed, "What truth! This is not a painting, I can walk in it!" Surrounded by his court and all those assembled, the emperor continued: "Well done, David, very well done! You have correctly guessed my own intention in representing me as a French knight [chevalier français]. I am grateful to you for having given future generations proof of my affection for the woman with whom I share the burdens of government." Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30816] £320.00

Napoleon's Bivouac on the Night Preceding the Memorable Battle of Austerlitz.
Engraved by Mr George Cruikshank from the original French Print, published at Paris.
Published May 1, 1824 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Folded twice as issued, small split, small tear in title, album paper stuck over left edge.
An adaptation of Adolphe Roehn's painting of Napoleon asleep in a chair, surrounded by his officers, however showing him in full uniform rather than bare-headed and in an overcoat. Also the next day;s battle was Wagram (1805) not Austerlitz (1809). From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 53356] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon's Divorce] Die Scheidung Napoleons.
Lith v. Orell Füssli & Comp.e.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph. Sheet 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾").
Napoleon stands by a door with a candle, about to leave Josephine slumped in the arms of an aide.
[Ref: 55760] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Vue Intérieure de L'Assemblée du Champ-de-Mai au moment de la Présentation des Drapeaux.
Martinet delin. Jazet Sculp.
A Paris, chez Ostervald l'ainé, Editeur, Rue de la Parcheminerie, No.2, chez Boieldieu Editeur, Rue Amelot, No.2.
Etching and aquatint. 345 x 495mm (13½ x 19½").
Napoleon Bonaparte, on steps of imperial tribune in Paris during the 'Hundred Days' in 1815 when he returned to France from exile on Elba, saluting the colours. In the foreground and in the right background, stands packed with onlookers, arms raised in salute. Six line description below image. After Pierre Martinet (1781 - 1815?).
[Ref: 12239] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Grand Entry of the Allied Sovereigns into Paris, on the 31, March, 1814.
Published by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1816.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 298 x 398mm (11¾ x 15¾"). Crease into upper plate area, time staining.
The Allies entering Paris, a propaganda coup that was a significant step towards the first abdication Napoleon Bonaparte, April 1814, after which he was exiled to Elba. From "An illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe" by R. Bowyer.
[Ref: 28169] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Prise de Pavie.
Grenier del. Litho: de C. Motte, R. des Marais.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins.
The arrival of Napoleon and his troops at Pavia, northern Italy, who took control from the Austrians in 1796. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30786] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Entrée des Français Dans le Piémont. le 20 Frimaire, an 7.e.
Duplesi-Bertaux inv. & del. Desault Sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching. 235 x 300mm (9? x 11¾").
The Treaty of Paris (1796), giving the French army free passage through Piedmont to attack Italy. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 28237] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Le Polonais à Milan. Le général Jean Henri Dombrowski donnant lecture de sa proclimation aux Polonais le 20 Janvier 1979 (1.er pluvoise an V) devant les premiers soldats de la légion polonise d'Italie, rennis sur la place du Dôme de Milan.
Elie Tremo del. W.A. Le Petit sc.
[Paris, n.d., c. 1840.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 185 x 270mm, 7¼ x 10½".
A parade of the Polish Legions under Jan Henryk Dabrowski, in front of the Duomo di Milano (Milan Cathedral). After the Third Partition of Poland (1795), many Poles believed that Poland's best chance of reunification lay with the support of Revolutionary France, so fought for France and Napoleon right up until Waterloo. Here they were fighting the Austrians for control of Italy. From a painting in the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21336] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Trauriges Bild der Französischen Retirade in Thüringen. Man fragt sich, ist dies grosse Heerführer, vor dem bis jetzt ganz Europa zitterte? Vide 23. Bulletin des Kronprinzen von Scheden.
Nürnburg bei Friedrich Compe [n.d., c.1814].
Etching with hand colour. 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"), large margins.
Napoleon rests in a bivouac as the Grand Army rests near Erfurt during the Retreat from Moscow in 1812. A propaganda piece, with a title referring to the 'sad state' of the army and continuing 'One asks oneself, is this great military leader before whom all of Europe has trembled until now?'.
[Ref: 61479] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Confédération du Rhin.
Litho de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins.
The Confederation of the Rhine, a confederation of client states of the First French Empie. It was formed initially from 16 German states by Napoleon after he defeated Austria's Francis II and Russia's Alexander I. The confederation lasted from 1806 to 1813. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30806] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Entrée Triomphante des Français Dans Rome, le 27 Pluviose An 6.e de la République.
Giardet inv. & del. Berthault Sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching. 280 x 330mm (11 x 13"). Some spotting.
The triumphant entry into Rome by French forces (1797). They were driven out of Italy by the Russians and the Austrians in 1799, but Napoleon retook Rome in 1801. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 28234] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Tree of Liberty Planted in the Piazza di Spagna.
[London: G.G. & J. Robinsson, c.1799.]
Rare aquatint, part J. Whatman watermark. Sheet 255 x 160mm (10 x 6¼"),
A French soldier stands under a pine tree topped with the Cap of Liberty and decked with the flags of Napoleon's new Roman Republic. In February 1798 the French invaded the Papal States, setting up a satellite state called the Roman Republic, led by Louis-Alexandre Berthier, one of Bonaparte's generals. Don Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese (who later married Napoleon's sister Pauline) cut this tree from his family's estate and had it erected in the Piazza di Spagna.
[Ref: 55616] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Retour de Moscou.
M...del. Litho: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"). Repaired tears in lower edge.
Napoleon's withdrawal from Russia, following the French Invasion of Russia in 1812, which was a turning point during the Napoleonic Wars. It resulted in a decisive Russian victory and the destruction of the French Allied army. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30797] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Bonaparte's Flight in Disguise, from Russia, 1811.
W. Heath. Del. Aquatinted by Sutherland.
London, Published March 1st 1814 by J. Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 215 x 300mm (8½ x 11¾"), with large margins.
A scene showing Napoleon, wrapped in a large fur coat and hat escaping from a battle on a sled.
[Ref: 55806] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Bonaparte's Flight in Disguise, from his Ruined Grand Army in Russia 1812. Dedicated to all the Patriotic Subscribers to the Fund for the relief of the brave Victorious, but suffering Russians By Edw.d Orme.
Atkinson Del. M. Dubourg Sculp.t.
Published & Sold Jan.y. 20.th 1813, by Edw.d Orme, Bond St. London.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 305 x 405mm (12 x 16''). Laid on album sheet at corners, foxing.
A scene showing Napoleon, wrapped in a large fur coat and hat escaping from a battle on a sled. Following Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon had held Moscow for one month but as winter drew in and with no negotiations from the Russians, Napoleon decided to retreat. Lack of food and fodder for animals, cold and repeated attacks from the Cossacks caused the French to lose huge numbers of men.
[Ref: 50513] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Alliance avec la republique de St. Marin.
Boulanger d'apres Aubry. Litho de C. Motte rue de marais.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½").
When Napoleon I had completed his conquest of Northern Italy and began to push his armies towards the edges of the norther territories of the Papal State, San Marino found itself forced to choose between maintaining the alliance with the Papal State or creating a new one with France. One of the Regents, Antonio Onofri, managed to gain the respect and friendship of Napoleon, and so Napoleon issued orders that exempted San Marino's citizens from any type of taxation and gifted them 1,000 quintals of wheat and four cannons. The state was recognised by Napoleon by the Treaty of Tolentino, 1797 and by the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30817] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon and His Army, Effecting the Wonderful Passage of the Alps, at Mount St. Bernard.
Engraved by Mr. George Cruikshank, from the original design of C. Vernet, executed at Paris, by I. Duplessi Bertaux.
Published July 1. 1823, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 210 x 285mm. 8¼ x 11¼". Folds as published. Cut to image on right.
Napoleon and his army crossing through the Great St Bernard Pass in 1800 to Italy. From "The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte".
Cohn: 435.
[Ref: 26478] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

L'Aigle fidele.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Rare lithograph. Printed area 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"), with large margins. Foxing.
An eagle guards the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena.
[Ref: 55826] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon at St Helena.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster Row, Dec.r 14th 1816.
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 265mm (8 x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Slight staining.
Napoleon on a galloping horse, riding uphill apparently trying to evade his escort.
[Ref: 35989] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

[St Helena.] View taken from the Road leading Towards the Plantation House. [&] View of Plantation House The Residence of the Governor. [&] View from the First Range of Hills below Sandy Bay Ridge. [&] The New House at Longwood Intended for the Late Napoleon Buonaparte. [with] The Shade of Napoleon Visiting his Tomb.
[Painted by John Kerr, engraved by Robert Havell & Son.]
[London: Colnaghi & Co, 1822.]
Four very fine coloured aquatints. Each sheet c.225 x 340mm (9 x 13½"). Each trimmed to image and laid on two album sheets, titles excised and pasted below each image.
Four plates from the rare 'Series of Views in the Island of St Helena' by John Kerr, Paymaster to the 66th Regiment, which had garrison duty guarding Napoleon on St Helena in 1816. An extra plate is an uncoloured lithograph with Napoleon's outline formed by two trees by his tomb.
Abbey: Travel 316.
[Ref: 38080] £750.00 view all images for this item

The Rock at St. Helena (The Last Sketch of Delaroche) From the Picture in the Royal Collection
P. Delaroche pinxt. C.W. Sharpe sculpt.
[1860]
Engraving, sheet 315 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Unidentified 'R.J.' collector's stamp verso. Trimmed.
Engraving published in the 'Art Journal', 1860. Queen Victoria bought Delaroche's oil sketch of c.1855-6 (made in preparation for a large canvas never completed) at the sale of Delaroche's studio in Paris in 1857 before giving it to Prince Albert the following year. It remains in the Royal Collection, whose cataloguing for the oil sketch notes that Queen Victoria was 'in touch with the fashion in England and on the Continent during the middle years of the nineteenth century for collecting Napoleonica'.
Not in Lugt.
[Ref: 41228] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Ile Ste. Helene.
Martinet del. Lith. de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with wide margins
The island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean where Napoleon was exiled. A slightly romanticised scene of Napoleon with his generals, and army troops; a woman and two children behind. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30810] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon ut in morte recumbit. Dedicated with Permission to the Countess Bertrand By her obliged and most obed.t Serv.t Will.m Rubidge. Taken at St. Helena in Presence of Countess Bertrand, Count Montholon &c.&c.&c.
W. Rubidge pinx.t H. Meyer sculp.t
London, Published Aug.t 20. 1821, by Henry Meyer, 3 Red Lion Square, High Holborn.
Stipple and engraving. 330 x 265mm (13 x 10½"), with wide margins.
Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769-1821) on his deathbed. William Rubidge was the only professional artist who painted Napoleon while in captivity, and also sketched the dead emperor on his deathbed.
Ex Collection: William Fitzwilliam Burton [1796-1844], of Burton hall, Carlow; Eire, landowner.
[Ref: 21098] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Two views of Napoleon's tomb, St Helena.]
[Aquatint] Arranged by E.W.
[n.d., c. 1840 & 1825.
An engraving & an aquatint mounted in album sheet together. 70 x 115mm (2¾ x 4½") & 95 x 120mm (3¾ x 4¾"). Both trimed within plate.
[Ref: 55828] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Napoléon.
[by Innocent Louis Goubaud.]. Lith de Jean-Baptiste Joubard No.1.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Rare lithograph. Printed area 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13½"), with wide margins. Foxed, edges creased.
A moonlit scene of Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb on St Helena, with soldiers guarding.
[Ref: 35977] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Bonaparte at St. Helena.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster Row, Dec.r 14, 1816.
Engraving. 203 x 254mm (8 x 10").
Napoleon riding his horse on St Helena. Behind is possibly William Balcombe, a friend of Napoleon on the island until the authorities became suspicious that Balcombe had acted as an intermediary between Napoleon and Paris, and dismissed him from the Island.
[Ref: 22915] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Burial of Napoleon] Napoléon.
[by Innocent Louis Goubaud.] Lith de Joubard No.2.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Rare lithograph, signed on left D. J Goubaud. Printed area 240 x 330mm (9½ x 13"), with large margins. Wear to edges, spotting.
French soldiers lowering Napoleon's coffin towards his tomb, the ceremony presided over by Father Ange Vignali.
[Ref: 55795] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Tomb of Bonaparte. Who was Interr'd, at his own request, under some Willow Trees, near a Spring from which / he daily sent for the Water used at his Table _ taken by Capt. Marryat, R.N.,
Capt. Marryat, R.N. del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t.
[London, Published July 20, 1821, by S. & I. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place.]
Coloured aquatint, rare, printed on J. Whatman paper. Sheet 300 x 395mm (11¾ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's inscription.
The tomb of Napoleon I on Saint Helena, a plain stone slab within a fenced enclosure guarded by a soldier, with two on-lookers and a tent outside the perimeter. The artist, Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), joined the Navy in 1806 as a midshipman on board Lord Cochran's frigate HMS Imperieuse; in 1820 he visited St Helena, sketching Napoleon on his deathbed and bringing back dispatches announcing the death of Napoleon; and in 1824 he took part in the Anglo-Burmese war, publishing a book of scenes of the campaign. He left the Navy in 1830 to devote himself to writing: his most famous novel, Mr Midshipman Easy, was published in 1836, filmed in 1936 with Hughie Green as Easy.
[Ref: 30930] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Mort de Napoleon.
[after François Grenier.]
[n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph. Printed area 170 x 200mm (6¾ x 8"), with large margins. Some spotting.
Napoleon in full uniform, lying on a bed in a darkened room at Longwood, 5th May, 1821, in the presence of Father Ange Vignali and British officers.
[Ref: 55793] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

A View & Plan of Longwood House, St. Helena. The Residence of Napoleon Bonaparte.
No.13 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. Jany. 1 1817 [101 Strand, London].
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6").
Napoleon Bonaparte died, reportedly of stomach cancer, on 5 May 1821 after six years in exile on the Atlantic island of Saint Helena. His body was buried first in the grounds of Longwood, his residence on the island, before being brought back to France in 1840 to be ceremoniously reburied in Les Invalides. Numbered 'Plate 3, Vol. III', for Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 18981] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Retour de Syrie.
H. Vernet 1823. Lit: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Printed area 310 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"), with very large margins.
General Napoleon Bonaparte walking back to Egypt after the failed 1799 expedition to Syria. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 55872] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Chambre Ardente De Napoleon. construite a Toulon en Juillet 1840, dans la Fiegate, la Belle Poule.
dessinee d'apres nature par Arnout._ L'entourage par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et Co.
Paris, publie par Jeannin, Place du Louvre 20.
Lithograph sheet 355 x 480mm (14 x 18¾"). With publishers embossed stamp.
Print of Napoleon's tomb on board the French frigate Belle Poule, which had been painted black for the occasion, on the retour des cendres. In Napoleon's last will he gave directions to the priest Vignali how he wished his body to be laid out in a 'chambre ardente' (a state room lighted with torches).
[Ref: 55931] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Tomb of Napoleon.
Sketched Etched & Published by G. Cruikshank.
[n.d. c.1830 but later.]
Etching. 204 x 254mm (8 x 10").
A collection of vaguely satrical images surround the central image of Saint Helena. The pictures depict Napoleon I on his steed, a successful stance holding the French standard, two eagles, and an image of Josephine holding her sceptre.
See BM: 1891,1117.438 [for original drawing of the study of the rocks.]
[Ref: 16770] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Pace Conclusa fra il Gen.l in Capo Bonaparte, ed i Plenip.re di S.S. Pio VI. Seguita a Tolentino il di 19. Febr.io 1797.
G. Beys Inv. & Del. A. Poggioli Sculp. Romæ.
Roma Anno 1801.
Engraving. Sheet: 380 x 370mm (15 x 14½"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet. Central vertical fold.
A scene showing the signing of the Treaty of Tolentino by Bonaparte and representatives of the Papal States and Pius VI. Following the invasion of Italy by Napoleon during the French Revolutionary Wars, the Papal States surrendered to the French, the terms of which were set out in the Treaty of Tolentino, as well as a signifcant monetary indemnity, the Papal States were handed over to France and many of the treasures from the Vatican were taken to the Louvre.
[Ref: 42132] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Treaty of Campo Formio] Conférences d'Udine interompues.
F. Grenier. Litho: de C. Motte, rus des marais.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Printed area 280 x 330mm (11 x 13"), with large margins. Slight foxing in margins.
General Napoleon Bonaparte on the steps of a building, being stopped from leaving. After the fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797, the French and Austrians met at Udine to discuss the Treaty of Campo Formio, which ended the War of the First Coalition and divided the spoils of Venice between them, Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 55870] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Capitulation de la Ville d'Ulm.
Martinet del. Lithog. de Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Printed area 320 x 430m (12½ x 17"), with large margins. Mount Stain.
Napoleon Bonaparte on horseback, surrounded by his officers, accepting the surrender of the Austrian garrison of Ulm (21st October 1805, the same day as the Battle of Trafalgar). Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 55880] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Les clefs de Vienne.
Girodet pinx.t Lith: de C: Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins.
The handing over of the keys of Vienna to Napoleon at the Schonbrunn Palace, as part of the 1805 treaty of friendship and co-operation, which was signed at the palace. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30836] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

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