print;
music sheet/cover
- Museum number
- 1922,0710.71
- Title
- Object: Partant pour la Syrie
- Description
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Portrait of Napoléon III, bust-length, turned to right, wearing uniform with sash and epaulettes; flanking the portrait are, at left, a British soldier carrying a British flag, and on the right a French soldier with the French flag; beneath, the coats of arms of both countries, side by side, with a banderole proclaiming that 'the union of France and England is strength'; music-cover to 'Partant pour la Syrie', with musical score on verso
Etching
- Production date
- 1852-1870
- Dimensions
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Height: 325 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 240 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
-
- Curator's comments
- See 1912,0928.1 for same plate, with different inscriptions.
'Partant pour la Syrie' was a popular French song with words attributed to Hortense de Beauharnais and music composed by Alexandre de Laborde. Composed during the First Empire, it was especially in favour during the Second Empire.
For music sheets for the same song see De Vinck 16332 to 16334.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1922
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1922,0710.71