Artiste(s):

after Mauzaisse, Jean Baptiste (1784-1844)

sc. Adam, Pierre (1799-?)

Titre anglais composé:

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.

Travail Original:

Arrivée en France.

by

Mauzaisse, Jean Baptiste (1784-1844)

Sujet(s):

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

Bonaparte family arriving in France (1793)

Technique:

etching

Date:

1824

Édition:

Preparatory state; Proof before letters

Dimensions:

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

Type de papier:

chiné collé

Condition:

fine.

Note spécifique à l'exemplaire:

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

Provenance:

"O/N 129120" collector

Notes de McGill:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0036

Œuvres associées:

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

Cote:

8° N I 062