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Object Type
Museum number: 1925,0615.145
Title: Series: Grand époques du règne de Napoléon 1er
Description: Allegorical representation of Napoleon taking the oath at his coronation . Stipple
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1806
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 563 millimetres; Width: 447 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: coronation; allegory/personification
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased from: David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres (L.1685c); Purchased through: Sotheby's (29/30.iv.1925); Purchased through: Thomas Agnew & Sons
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1925
Acquisition notes: The BM bought 45 lots at the 1925 sale of the Lindsay library collection of French revolutionary and Napoleonic era prints through Agnew's for a total of £92 17s (1925,0615.131 to 466). The collection had been formed by the vendor's father, the 26th Earl. The BM acquired many other prints from the same collection at other times.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1925,0615.145

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