Artist(s):

after Mauzaisse, Jean Baptiste (1784-1844)

sc. Adam, Pierre (1799-?)

Composed Title English:

The Bonaparte family arriving in France.

Inscription:

Mauzaisse inv. // Pre. Adam Sculp. // 1824

Description:

Napoleon and his family crowd together in a small boat as it arrives at the docks in the port of Marseilles. They are refugees from Corsica. Napoleon's father Charles, has died. The young Napoleon, in military uniform, is seated at the stern, controlling the tiller. He is now in charge of his mother and his siblings. Letizia, standing, comforts two of her daughters (Caroline and Pauline), Elisa stands behind her. On the other side of her Joseph, Louis, and Jerome. The head of the family is now obviously Napoleon, even though he has an older brother.

Original Work:

Arrivée en France.

by

Mauzaisse, Jean Baptiste (1784-1844)

Subject Heading(s):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821) -- youth

Bonaparte family arriving in France (1793)

Medium:

etching

Date:

1824

Edition:

Preparatory state; Proof before letters

Dimensions:

141 x 216 mm (not including mount paper); 180 x 273 mm (sheet).

Paper Type:

chiné collé

Condition:

fine.

Copy Specific:

Printed on very fine paper and mounted. Verso : "O/N 129120"

Provenance:

"O/N 129120" collector

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0036

Related Works:

MAUZAISSE, Jean Baptiste (1784-1844); 'Arrivée en France.'

LocNo:

8° N I 062