Artist(s):

unknown maker

after STEUBEN, Karl August, baron von (1788-1856)

Composed Title English:

That child was Eugène Beauharnais.

Inscribed Title:

Cet enfant, c'était Eugène Beauharnais.

Inscription:

II.

Description:

The young Eugène de Beauharnais has gone to General Bonaparte's quarters to reclaim the sword that belonged to his father. Napoleon in his Memoirs written from Saint Helena remembers that it is through this occasion that he met Josephine. This incident took place on 9 October 1795, a few days after the repression of the royalists, at a time when the young Bonaparte's star was rising. Napoleon and Josephine were married in March of the next year.

Original Work:

Le Général Bonaparte remettant au jeune Eugène de Beauharnais l'épée de son père.

by

Steuben, Karl August, baron von (1788-1856)

. Oil on canvas; 22.3 x 18.8 cm; Musées de l'île d'Aix.

Subject Heading(s):

Beauharnais, Eugène de, prince français, vice-roi d'Italie (1781-1824)

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821) -- returning to Eugène his father's sword (9 October 1795)

Series:

The II at the top of the print would indicate this is part of a series.

Copy Specific:

verso: "[51]"

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0051

Related Works:

STEUBEN, Karl August, baron von (1788-1856); 'Le Général Bonaparte remettant au jeune Eugène de Beauharnais l'épée de son père.'

LocNo:

DC203.4 A85 1884 folio

Added Location:

vol. 1, opp. p. 32