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Bonaparte in the Council of Five Hundred, Antique Madou Lithograph, 1827
£210
$275 · €245
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1827
- Technique
- Lithograph
- Coloring
- Uncolored
- Condition
- Fair. Light wear to the corners. A band of brown toning along the top edge. A cluster of brown foxing stains in the lower left margin, around and below the start of the caption, and a few more spots in the left margin. Age toning, darker at the edges; light soiling at the lower right corner and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean.
- Collection
- Battle scenes
- Era
- 1790 to 1815, Napoleonic wars
- Stock no.
- BG-14174-3-52
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
An original antique lithograph from Jean-Baptiste Madou's Vie de Napoléon, printed at Brussels in 1827. The sheet is lettered "18 BRUMAIRE." in open capitals above the image. The hall, with draped windows and Corinthian columns, is in uproar. Bonaparte, in uniform with a sash, stands at the center among grenadiers with fixed bayonets while a robed deputy reaches for him. Deputies in long robes stretch out their arms, a man at the left stands on a bench with his arm raised, and at the right a deputy leans over the tribune rail.
The caption below the image reads: "Le 18 Brumaire. Napoléon entre seul dans la salle du conseil des cinq cents; aussitôt les cris: à bas le dictateur! se font entendre; les poignards sont levés sur lui; les grenadiers enveloppent et enlèvent leur général." In English: "18 Brumaire. Napoleon enters the hall of the Council of Five Hundred alone; at once the cries of 'down with the dictator!' are heard; daggers are raised against him; the grenadiers surround their general and carry him off."
Vie de Napoléon was published at Brussels in 1827 by the Lithographie royale de Jobard, éditeur propriétaire. Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself on Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by Jean-Baptiste Madou (1796 to 1877) after the first painters of the French school. This plate belongs to the first volume.
Though lettered with the date that named the coup, this scene took place the next day, 19 Brumaire, Year VIII (10 November 1799), at Saint Cloud, where the councils had been moved. The deputies met Bonaparte with shouts of outlaw and grenadiers brought him out. His brother Lucien, president of the council, rallied the troops, the hall was cleared, and that night a rump of deputies voted in the Consulate.
Condition: Light wear to the corners. A band of brown toning along the top edge. A cluster of brown foxing stains in the lower left margin, around and below the start of the caption, and a few more spots in the left margin. Age toning, darker at the edges; light soiling at the lower right corner and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
