Artist(s):

unknown maker

Composed Title English:

Napoleon Bonaparte First Consul of the French Republic.

Inscribed Title:

BUONAPARTE || Eerste Consul der Fransche Republick.

Inscription:

Nederl. Merc. 1800 Maart I. Stuck Bladz. 96.

Description:

Waist-length portrait of Napoleon in oval frame topped with oak leaves. The title is inscribed on a plaque with laurel decorations below. He wears long hair, which is uncharacteristic for the Consular period. Strikingly similar to the Cossia portraits (eg 8o N I 20) but for the Consular uniform and the fact he is looking at the viewer. Also reminiscent of the LeDru portraits.

Original Work:

General Bonaparte.

by

Cossia, Fracesco

1797

. Sir John Soane's Museum.

Subject Heading(s):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821) -- Portrait -- -- First Consul

Medium:

engraving

Date:

1800

Dimensions:

176 x 137 mm (plate mark); 186 x 140 mm (sheet).

Paper Type:

laid paper

Condition:

fine

Copy Specific:

printed in brown ink

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0371

Related Works:

COSSIA, F.; 'General Bonaparte.' ; LE DRU, Hilaire (1769-1840); 'Bonaparte.'

LocNo:

8° N II 001