Artiste(s):

unknown maker

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

Titre anglais composé:

That child was Eugène Beauharnais.

Titre inscrit:

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.

Travail Original:

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.

Sujet(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)

Serie:

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

Note spécifique à l'exemplaire:

verso: "[51]"

Notes de McGill:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0051

Œuvres associées:

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

Cote:

DC203.4 A85 1884 folio

Endroit supplémentaire:

vol. 1, opp. p. 32