A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Napoleon as First Consul] Die Dreÿ Konsuln Franckreichs.](jpegs/60731.jpg)
[Napoleon as First Consul] Die Dreÿ Konsuln Franckreichs. 1. Ponaparte. 2. Cambuceres. 3 Le Brun.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce engraving, 18th century watermark. 185 x 280mm (7¼ x 11"). Trimmed to plate at top.
A popular print published as the coup of 18 Brumaire (10th November, 1799) replaced the Directory with the Consulate, a triumvirate of Napoleon Bonaparte, Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès & Charles-François Lebrun.
[Ref: 60731] £360.00
[n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce engraving, 18th century watermark. 185 x 280mm (7¼ x 11"). Trimmed to plate at top.
A popular print published as the coup of 18 Brumaire (10th November, 1799) replaced the Directory with the Consulate, a triumvirate of Napoleon Bonaparte, Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès & Charles-François Lebrun.
[Ref: 60731] £360.00
![[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet. [&] ['Explanation' for the 'Corporal Violet' Napoleon Puzzle Print]](jpegs/60825.jpg)
[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet. [&] ['Explanation' for the 'Corporal Violet' Napoleon Puzzle Print]
[Published by J. & E. Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London, and J. Wallis, Jun.r Marine Library Sidmouth.] [n.d., c.1815].
Coloured stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"), with partial watermark '181'. [&] Stipple with engraving. Sheet 90 x 75mm (3½ x 3"). Trimmed to printed border. [&] Very trimmed, losing title 'Explanation' at top, glued to backing sheet.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" for promising his soldiers he would return from Elba during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace. The solution to the famous 'puzzle' portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and son, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), hidden in a bouquet of violets.
See Ref: 58681.
[Ref: 60825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[Published by J. & E. Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London, and J. Wallis, Jun.r Marine Library Sidmouth.] [n.d., c.1815].
Coloured stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"), with partial watermark '181'. [&] Stipple with engraving. Sheet 90 x 75mm (3½ x 3"). Trimmed to printed border. [&] Very trimmed, losing title 'Explanation' at top, glued to backing sheet.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" for promising his soldiers he would return from Elba during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace. The solution to the famous 'puzzle' portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and son, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), hidden in a bouquet of violets.
See Ref: 58681.
[Ref: 60825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item