12 drawings & etchings concerning Napoleon, various authors & sizes. Interesting set. The coronation of Napoleon Buonaparte Emperor of the French at Paris on the 2d of December 1804. London, G. Thompson, 1805, etching, 37 x 47 cm, orig. col. (stain...
Estimation :
180 / 220
Adjudication :
270 €
Description
in top margin not aff. pl.). Very good copy. Popular etching showing the coronation by the pope. - [Coronation of Napoleon and Joséphine]. S.l., s.d., etching, 19,3 x 32,5 cm, orig. col. (compl. underlaid; trimmed to the platemark). Good copy. Rare popular print showing the coronation of Napoleon by the pope and of Joséphine by Napoleon. - [Portrait of Napoleon]. [Germany], 1814, watercolour signed "AV" and dated, 14 x 10 cm. Intriguing political drawing showing in the portrait a spider invading Europe with names of important battles and in the face dead (?) bodies. - Death and Bonaparte. London, 1814, caricature, aquatint by T. Rowlandson, handcol., 21,2 cm x 22 cm (some folds & stains). - Demande en mariage (...). S.l., 18th c., hand col. engr. Nice bright col.
We join : Tombeau de l'empereur Napoléon aux Invalides. Paris, P. Baudouin, s.d. Broadsheet, 55 x 44 cm, with 2 engr., a calendar and the text of a song surrounded by explanatory text. - 6 more engr. of which 4 concerning Napoleon.- Plan de la Bastille. Paris, 1789, engr., 25 x 28,5 cm, clear col.
We join : Tombeau de l'empereur Napoléon aux Invalides. Paris, P. Baudouin, s.d. Broadsheet, 55 x 44 cm, with 2 engr., a calendar and the text of a song surrounded by explanatory text. - 6 more engr. of which 4 concerning Napoleon.- Plan de la Bastille. Paris, 1789, engr., 25 x 28,5 cm, clear col.
