Artiste(s):
after Mauzaisse, Jean Baptiste (1784-1844)
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:
byMauzaisse, 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