print
- Museum number
- 1925,0701.82
- Title
- Object: Bonaparte nè giorni 17 e 18 Novembre 1812 essendosi impegnato in Krasnoi co Russi, e veggendosi ovunque rovesciato
- Description
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Napoleon forced to flee after the battle of Krasnoi (1813); he is seen galopping to the left, followed by his officers, all looking behind as beyond, at right, a group of Cossacks is seen catching up with them; dead bodies lie on the ground; copy of a print by John Hassell
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1813
- Dimensions
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Height: 335 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 420 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is a copy of a plate engraved by John Hassell after John Masey Wright in 1813 (see 1917,1208.3419 for original print).
The unknown draughtsman mentioned in the inscription ('Clement Inv.') is the result of the copyist mistaking the publication address lettered on the original ('11 Clements Inn') for an artist's name.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
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Associated Event: Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815
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Associated Event: French invasion of Russia 1812-1813
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Associated Event: Battle of Krasnoi 1813
- Acquisition date
- 1925
- Acquisition notes
- This was part of lot 290 in the 1925 Crawford sale; unsold and subsequently presented to the BM.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1925,0701.82
