print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1978,U.875
- Title
- Object: Napoleon the Great in his Coronation Robes
- Description
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Napoleon, full length, in ornate and heavily embroidered coronation robes, including a cloak of ermine, wearing a laurel wreath and holding a long sceptre surmounted by an eagle; standing before his richly appointed throne and next to a smaller chair with a cushion, on which rests an orb and another sceptre surmounted with an open hand; rich draperies behind; after Gerard; illustration to Ireland's "Life of Napoleon" (1823-28)
Etching
- Production date
- 1823-1828
- Dimensions
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Height: 220 millimetres
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Width: 306 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Coronation of Napoleon 1804 (2nd December)
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Late Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Confederation of Switzerland etc., etc., his Astonishing Career, etc., with Biographical Memoirs of Contemporary Characters
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1978,U.875
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1891,1116.179