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Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (1779-1857)
NAPOLEON LE GRAND 1808
Engraving | 70.2 x 53.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 617722
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Engraving of Napoléon I, Emperor of the French. Whole length with short hair, laurel wreath, lace tie, and ermine robes. The Emperor Napoléon is shown standing beside a throne under an embroidered canopy, holding a sceptre in right hand with the sceptre of the hand of justice and an orb to the left. Within a decorative border with title below.
Napoléon personally chose Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers to engrave his portrait after François Gérard's portrait of the Emperor.Provenance
Purchased by George IV when Prince Regent, from Colnaghi & Co. on 1 Feb 1811 for £63 (Royal Archives GEO/MAIN/27596)
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Engraving
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70.2 x 53.2 cm (sheet of paper)
68.0 x 51.0 cm (platemark)
65.2 x 48.6 cm (image)
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