Dedicatee:

Napoleon Bonaparte, French, 1769 – 1821  Search this

Medium:

Hand-colored lithograph on paper, with applied, machine-cut, embossed gold paper, shredded mica and pailettes, brush and gouache on thick white wove paper

Dimensions:

50.3 x 43.6 cm (19 13/16 x 17 3/16 in.)

Type:

figures

Print

Object Name:

Print

Made in:

France

Paris, France

Date:

ca. 1860

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Napoleon sitting on a green couch, reading; the young King of Rome asleep on his knee; book shelves, maps and a man writing behind him; the picture surrounded by dark brown margins with gold foil in the corners.

Credit Line:

Gift of Hamill and Barker

Accession Number:

1962-143-89

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ef9659b4-d43f-4141-814a-9290299d21ed

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1962-143-89