Artiste(s):

after GRENIER, F.

sc. FAUCHERY, Jean Claude Auguste (1798-1843)

Titre anglais composé:

Napoleon and the old woman at the camp of Boulogne.

Inscription:

F. Grenier, pinx. // 1827. // Fauchery, sculp.

Description:

An old woman at the camp of Boulogne describes how the situation has gotten worse since the Revolution. Like many others, her house has disappeared under the sand dunes. Napoleon accords her and other villagers money to rebuild their homes, and promises to rectify the situation.

Notes de McGill:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0554

Cote:

DC203 C43 1824 folio

Endroit supplémentaire:

opp. p. 335