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The Capitulation of Mantua, Marshal Wurmser, Antique Madou Lithograph, 1827
€195
$220 · £165
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1827
- Technique
- Lithograph
- Coloring
- Uncolored
- Condition
- Good. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean.
- Collection
- Sieges & fortresses
- Era
- 1790 to 1815, Napoleonic wars
- Stock no.
- BG-14174-3-25
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 capitulation of Mantua, from Vie de Napoléon, published at Brussels in 1827. The sheet is lettered CAPIT.on DE MANTOUE in capitals above the image. Before the long walls and domes of Mantua, an Austrian officer in a white coat stands hat in hand before Bonaparte, who is mounted on a white horse among his staff; the Austrian officers wait with their colors at the left, a French gun and its crew stand at the right, and a drum and a fallen soldier lie in the foreground.
The printed caption below the image reads: Le maréchal Wurmser est forcé de remettre la place de Mantoue à l'armée française. Durant trois blocus 27,500 hommes étaient morts dans les hôpitaux de la place, la garnison était encore forte de 20,000 hommes dont 30 généraux. In English: Marshal Wurmser is forced to hand over the fortress of Mantua to the French army. During three blockades 27,500 men had died in the hospitals of the town; the garrison was still 20,000 strong, including 30 generals.
The plate comes from Vie de Napoléon, issued in two volumes at Brussels in 1827 by Marcellin Jobard's Lithographie royale, its text compiled by a society of men of letters from the documents Napoleon dictated and corrected at Saint Helena. The lithographs are credited to the young Jean-Baptiste Madou (1796 to 1877), later celebrated in Belgium as a painter of genre scenes.
Mantua surrendered on 2 February 1797, ending the eight month struggle for the fortress that had shaped the whole Italian campaign. It is a crayon lithograph printed in black, uncolored as issued, with the lettered title above the image and the caption in script below.
Condition: Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean.
Every plate in the series shares the same format and lettering, so a group framed alike reads as a set over a desk, a mantelpiece or along a corridor.
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.
