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Napoléon sur un Cap de L'Île d' Elbe (Napoleon standing on a promontory of the island of Elba, 1817)
Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet (called Horace Vernet) (French, 1789–1863)
1817
Medium/Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 34 × 22.5 cm (13 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Image: 19.5 × 19.2 cm (7 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Image: 19.5 × 19.2 cm (7 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge
Accession Number48.62
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Beraldi 34; Sanchez 12, second state
DescriptionNapoleon is standing in uniform, with his back to the viewer and looking slightly right, on a promontory overlooking the sea; his arms look to be crossed over his chest
InscriptionsSanchez notes that in the second state the signature and date have become deleted
ProvenanceMrs. J. Templeman Coolidge, by whom given to MFA 1/8/1948