Artiste(s):

after MAUZAISSE, Jean Baptiste (1784-1844)

lith. MOTTE, Charles (1785-1836)

Titre anglais composé:

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.

Travail Original:

Arrivée en France.

by

Mauzaisse, Jean Baptiste (1784-1844)

Sujet(s):

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

Bonaparte family arriving in France (1793)

Technique:

lithograph

Date:

1822-1826

Serie:

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

Endroit d'imprimeurs:

Paris

Nom d'imprimeur:

C. Motte, rue des Marais

Dimensions:

385 x 485; sheet

Condition:

fine

Note spécifique à l'exemplaire:

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

Provenance:

"O/N" collector

Notes de McGill:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0035

Variantes:

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

Œuvres associées:

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

Cote:

4° N I 073