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Napoleon Bonaparte on a White Charger Before the Tricolor Flag, 1815
£455
$605 · €540
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1815
- Technique
- Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Marked handling soiling along the left, right and top edges. Foxing over much of the margin. Complete sheet, all four corners present. Several larger brown marks.
- Collection
- Uniforms & regiments
- Era
- 1790 to 1815, Napoleonic wars
- Stock no.
- BG-14400-3
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 engraving, colored by hand, captioned "NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, EMPEROR OF FRANCE." Napoleon rides a white horse galloping toward the left and raises his saber high in his right hand. He wears a black bicorne, a green coat with red collar and gold epaulettes over a white waistcoat, white breeches and black boots, with a red order on his breast. His saddle cloth is crimson edged with heavy gold fringe and embroidery. At the left stand two tents, in the middle distance two horsemen ride ahead of a column of infantry carrying a small tricolor, and at the right a French tricolor flag flies above a stone fortress wall.
No engraver's or artist's name is lettered on this plate. The publication line reads "London Published May 31.1815. by Richd. Evans, Whites Row, Spital Fields." Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in June 1815, a few weeks after this plate was published.
The plate was issued for The History of the Wars occasioned by the French Revolution by William Nicholson, LL.D., printed in London for Thomas Kelly of 17 Paternoster Row. Its title page promises biographical sketches of the public characters of Europe, with an account of the Congress of Vienna, the escape from Elba, Waterloo and the exile to Saint Helena. The plates carry their own engraved publication line naming Richard Evans of Whites Row, Spitalfields, London.
With its galloping white horse and the tricolor, it is a strong single picture for a room hung with Napoleonic subjects.
Condition: Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Marked handling soiling along the left, right and top edges. Foxing over much of the margin. Complete sheet, all four corners present. Several larger brown marks.
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.
