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Morning of 18 Brumaire, the Paris Garrison, Antique Madou Lithograph, 1827
€220
$245 · £185
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1827
- Technique
- Lithograph
- Coloring
- Uncolored
- Condition
- Fair. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. A small cluster of spots in the top margin. Printed image clean.
- Collection
- Battle scenes
- Era
- 1790 to 1815, Napoleonic wars
- Stock no.
- BG-14174-3-51
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 of the morning of 18 Brumaire, Bonaparte securing the Paris garrison, from Madou's Vie de Napoléon, published at Brussels in 1827. The sheet is lettered MATINÉE DU 18 BRUMAIRE in open capitals above the image. Bonaparte stands on the steps of a classical doorway holding a paper, surrounded by generals, while officers of every arm crowd forward with sabers raised and mounted men press in from the courtyard at the right.
The printed caption below the image reads: Le 18 Brumaire an VIII, à la pointe du jour, Napoléon s'assure du dévouement des officiers de la garnison de Paris, et des généraux les plus distingués. In English: On 18 Brumaire, Year VIII, at daybreak, Napoleon makes sure of the devotion of the officers of the Paris garrison and of the most distinguished generals.
Vie de Napoléon was published at Brussels in 1827 by the Lithographie royale de Jobard, the press of Marcellin Jobard, in two volumes, with a text by a society of men of letters drawn from the documents Napoleon dictated and corrected on Saint Helena. The plates are the work of Jean-Baptiste Madou (1796 to 1877), the leading Belgian lithographer of his generation, who worked closely with Jobard in the 1820s.
This is the first act of the coup of 9 November 1799, the morning gathering of the officers, which is far less often illustrated than the scene in the council chamber at Saint Cloud the following day. The printing is lithographic, black on wove paper, and the sheet is uncolored.
Condition: Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. A small cluster of spots in the top margin. Printed image clean.
Framed simply, with a generous mat to let the wide margins show, the plate suits a study, a paneled dining room or a corridor, and it sits naturally beside other Napoleonic material such as campaign maps and portraits of the marshals.
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.
