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Museum number: 2010,7081.5052
Title: Object: On N'Passe Pas (You shall not pass)
Description: Napoleon I standing on the left, outside a house, with a young soldier blocking his way; after Charlet Aquatint on etched lines, with some roulette, on chine collé
Producer name: Print made by: Samuel William Reynolds I; After: Nicolas Toussaint Charlet; Published by: Colnaghi
School/style: British; French
Production date: 1810-1823
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: aquatint; etching
Dimensions: Height: 417 millimetres (trimmed?); Width: 467 millimetres (trimmed?)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For more information, see 1850,1014.840.
Bibliographic references: Whitman 1903 / Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters: Samuel William Reynolds (343) (undescribed state); Fenaille 1899 / L'Oeuvre gravé de P.L. Debucourt (1755-1832) (544) (undescribed state)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
Funder name: With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: Art Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends; With contribution from: Friends of Prints and Drawings; With contribution from: Mrs Charles Wrightsman; With contribution from: Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date: 2010
Acquisition notes: Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2010,7081.5052

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