Artist(s):

after MAUZAISSE, Jean Baptiste (1784-1844)

lith. MOTTE, Charles (1785-1836)

Composed Title English:

The arrival in France.

Inscription:

Mauzaisse // Paris, Ch Motte

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.

Original Work:

Arrivée en France.

by

Mauzaisse, Jean Baptiste (1784-1844)

Subject Heading(s):

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

Bonaparte family arriving in France (1793)

Medium:

lithograph

Date:

1822-1826

Series:

Arnault, Vie Politique et Militaire de Napoléon, vol.1, 2e tableau, opp. p.3.

Publication Place:

Paris

Printer Name:

C. Motte, rue des Marais

Dimensions:

385 x 485; sheet

Condition:

fine

Copy Specific:

recto, bottom centre: illegible collector's markings; bottom right: "8" ; verso: "June 1793" ; "O/N 129120"

Provenance:

"O/N" collector

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0035

Variants:

F39442 .A745 elf; vol. 1, opp. p. 3 - uncoloured

Related Works:

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

LocNo:

4° N I 073