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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1872,1012.1579
Title: Object: Bataille d'Arcole, les 25, 26 et 27 Brumaire An 5; Series: Tableaux historiques des campagnes d'Italie
Description: Battle at the bridge of Arcola, after Carle Vernet, with in the middle distance, at centre, Napoleon on horseback, preceded by flag-bearer, crossing bridge under fire; troops in battle formation in background. 1799 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (etching); Print made by: Edme Bovinet (engraving); After: Carle Vernet
School/style: French
Production date: 1799
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 333 millimetres; Width: 460 millimetres
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Curator's comments: From 'Tableaux historiques des campagnes d'Italie', see 1871,1209.339 for comment. Plate exhibited at the Salon, 1799.
Bibliographic references: De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique. (6884); Dayot 1925 / Carle Vernet, étude sur l'artiste suivie d'un catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié et du catalogue de l'exposition rétrospective de 1925 (128.14); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (541) (under Duplessi-Bertaux)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: battle
Associated names: Representation of: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (Napoleon)
Associated events: Associated Event: French Revolutionary Wars 1792-1802; Associated Event: Battle of Arcole 1796
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Charles Ottley Groom Napier
Acquisition date: 1872
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1872,1012.1579

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