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[Tribute to Napoleon.]Ton souffle du chaos faisait sortir les lois ; / Ton image insultait aux dépouilles des rois. / Et, debout sur l'airain de leurs foudres guerrieres, / Entretenait le ciel du bruit de tes exploits. Casimir Delavigne.
Dessiné par V. Adam.
à Paris chez Dopter, rue St Jacques, No. 21. [n.d., c.1835.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed to plate at sides, some damp staining at top.
A tribute to Napoleon, showing the second statue of the former emperor on top of the Vendôme Column, showing Napoleon a tricorn hat, boots and a redingote (riding coat), as erected by Louis-Philippe I (reigned 1830-46). Around the statue are events from Napoleon's life, starting and ending in storm clouds, but his successes shining against a rainbow arching above. The verse is from Casimir Delavigne's 'À Napoléon', part of his 'Les Messéniennes, Livre II' (1835).
[Ref: 36064] £160.00
à Paris chez Dopter, rue St Jacques, No. 21. [n.d., c.1835.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed to plate at sides, some damp staining at top.
A tribute to Napoleon, showing the second statue of the former emperor on top of the Vendôme Column, showing Napoleon a tricorn hat, boots and a redingote (riding coat), as erected by Louis-Philippe I (reigned 1830-46). Around the statue are events from Napoleon's life, starting and ending in storm clouds, but his successes shining against a rainbow arching above. The verse is from Casimir Delavigne's 'À Napoléon', part of his 'Les Messéniennes, Livre II' (1835).
[Ref: 36064] £160.00