Napoleon Witnessing the Conflagration of Moscow, from the Palace of the Kremlin.
Designed and Engraved by Mr George Cruikshank.
Published Jan.y 20, 1826 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint, Whatman watermark 1827. Sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Folded twice as issued, small split taped, album paper stuck over left edge.
The fire that destroyed most of Moscow during the French occupation of 1812. Adapted from a peaceful view of the city in Robert Bowyer's 'Triumphs of Europe'. From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 53361] £160.00
Published Jan.y 20, 1826 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint, Whatman watermark 1827. Sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Folded twice as issued, small split taped, album paper stuck over left edge.
The fire that destroyed most of Moscow during the French occupation of 1812. Adapted from a peaceful view of the city in Robert Bowyer's 'Triumphs of Europe'. From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 53361] £160.00