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Bance: Rue St Denis, Paris

Clemence des sa majeste l'Empereur et Roi.

RCIN 755990

Description

c.1806. Napoleon gives a letter to Duchess Hatzfeld, pregnant in white dress, for her to burn incrimating the letter which her husband is shown to have betrayed Napoleon's battle plans. 2 French officers at door.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Bance: Rue St Denis, Paris
(publisher)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821)

Search the collection Hatzfeld, Duchess (fl.1806)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

stipple, hand colouring
Groupings
Category
History Prints / Almanacs
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Social sciences
Military affairs
Wars, Campaigns & Battles
Wars
Wars of the nineteenth century
Napoleonic Empire Wars (1803-1815)

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