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Object Type
print
Museum number
1850,0211.112
Title
Object:
Napoléon Ier, empereur des Français et Roi d'Italie
Description
Portrait of Emperor Napoleon in uniform, half-length, turned to the left, his right hand tucked inside his waistcoat, his left hand behind his back; with below a view of Liege. 1804 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Léonard Jéhotte
Published by:
Vilquin
School/style
Flemish
French
Production date
1804
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
512 millimetres
Width:
339 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Ourte or Ourthe is a former French département which roughly consisted of the modern province of Liège (slightly extending to Germany). Antoine Desmousseaux de Givré was prefect of Ourthe from 1806 to 1814.
Bibliographic references
De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique.
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (Napoleon)
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Liège (town)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Mills
Acquisition date
1850
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1850,0211.112