print
- Museum number
- 1867,0309.1438
- Title
- Object: Napoleon Buonaparte embarking in the Bellerophon
- Description
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Napoleon I stepping on to the gangplank of the Bellerophon from a rowing boat; ship in full sail in background right.
Etching on chine collé
- Production date
- 1840 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 206 millimetres
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Width: 156 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Napoleon exiled to Saint Helena 1815
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Acquisition notes
- The BM purchased at the sale from the prints sold in bundles rather than in individual lots. It bought lots 47, 106, 352 and 431 in their entirely. It also made selections from lots 1,2,3,5,11,49,50,75,93,107,108,115,116,162,358. It is not easy from the register to work out which prints belonged to which lot.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0309.1438