Artist(s):

unknown maker

after ISABEY, Jean-Baptiste (1767-1855)

Composed Title English:

Napoleon-Francis-Charles-Joseph, Duke of Reichstadt, born in Paris 20 March 1811.

Inscribed Title:

Napoléon || François Ch.. Jh.. Duc de Reichstadt, || Né à Paris le 20 Mars, 1811.

Inscription:

Dessiné à Vienne, d'après Nature

Description:

Portrait bust based on Isabey's watercolour with addition of a red Austrian-looking coat with fur collar slung over his left shoulder. The red cordon of the Legion of honour is visible.

Original Work:

Napoléon-François-Joseph-Charles, prince de Parme, en habit bleu.

by

Isabey, Jean-Baptiste (1767-1855)

1815

. Watercolour; 14 x 10.5 cm ; Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau.

Subject Heading(s):

Napoléon François Charles Joseph, Duke of Reichstadt (1811-1832)

Medium:

stipple and engraving, hand-coloured

Dimensions:

203 x 147 mm (plate mark) ; 279 x 213 mm (sheet)

Paper Type:

wove paper

Condition:

foxed

Copy Specific:

recto, upper left, in pencil : "3" ; verso: faint traces of pencil writing, traces of glue.

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 2148

Related Works:

ISABEY, Jean-Baptiste (1767-1855); 'Napoléon-François-Joseph-Charles, prince de Parme, en habit bleu.'

References:

Grand-Carteret p.219

LocNo:

8° O XIV 025