Artist(s):

del. Devéria

sc. Lefèvre aîné

Composed Title English:

Archdeacon Lucien on his death-bed designating with his arm the young Napoleon as the future head of the family.

Inscription:

Devéria del. / 1824. / Lefevre ainé sculpt.

Description:

Archdeacon Lucien on his deathbed, talking to Joseph, but designating Napoleon: "You are the eldest of the family, but always remember that here is the head." After Charles Bonaparte died in 1785, the Archdeacon became in a sense the family patriarch until his death in 1791. Here Napoleon's mother and siblings are shown huddled around the Archdeacon's deathbed, in a state of great emotional turmoil; only the young Napoleon (22 at the time) seems to be above all of this.

Subject Heading(s):

Bonaparte, Lucien, Archdeacon (1718-1791)

Copy Specific:

verso: "[16]"

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0016

LocNo:

DC203 C43 1824 folio

Added Location:

opp. p. 1