Allegorical portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon_allegory.jpg

Title

Allegorical portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte
France en délire, pendant les deux usurpations de Buonaparte

Subject

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; France--History--Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815; Symbolism in art; Frontispieces (illustrations);

Description

Handcolored engraved allegorical frontispiece portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte. Text undre image reads: "Aces trais fiers et durs on ne voit point un sage. Mais d'un usurpateur la trop sanglante image."
21 x 13 cm.

Creator

Mouton-Fontenille de la Clotte, Marie Jacques Phillippe, 1769-1837.

Source

Special Collections and Archives, DePaul University Library; Chicago, IL, USA 60614; http://library.depaul.edu/Collections/SpecialCollectionArchives.aspx

Publisher

Lyon : Guyot Frères

Date

1815

Rights

Please contact the Special Collections and Archives Department of DePaul University Library regarding rights and any reproduction.

Relation

France en délire, pendant les deux usurpations de Buonaparte / Marie Jacques Phillippe Mouton-Fontenille de la Clotte, .

Format

TIFF

Language

French

Type

Still image

Identifier

France_Delire_20130117
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