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Object Type
print
Museum number
1925,1215.35
Title
Object:
Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène
Description
Napoleon on Saint-Helena, dictating his memoirs to general Gourgaud, after Steuben; interior with Napoleon standing at left, a letter in his left hand, and Gourgaud seated at a desk by the window, to right, and writing whilst looking at the former Emperor. 1842 Lithograph
Producer name
After:
Baron Charles Guillaume Henri Auguste François Louis Steuben
Print made by:
Zéphirin Belliard
Printed by:
Grégoire & Deneux
School/style
French
Production date
1842
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
645 millimetres
(image)
Width:
538 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(74)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (Napoleon)
Portrait of:
Gaspar Gourgaud
Associated events
Associated Event:
Napoleon on Saint-Helena 1815
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
Purchased through:
Thomas Agnew & Sons
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(sale 1/2.x.1925)
Acquisition date
1925
Acquisition notes
Unidentified mark on recto, bottom left: blind stamp, with initials 'H (?) S', in shield. Not in Lugt.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1925,1215.35