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Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers

Napoléon le Grand (Portrait of Napoleon the Great)

Maker

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers (French, 1779-1857), engraver
After Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard (French, 1770-1837), designer
Ramboz, printer

Title

Napoléon le Grand (Portrait of Napoleon the Great)

Year

1808

Medium

  • etching,
  • engraving

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching,
  • engraving

Materials

etching, engraving

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

68.6 x 51.3 cm (27 x 20 3/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered Below Image: "NAPOLEON LE GRAND"
LL: "F. Gerard pinxit anno 1805"
LR: "Aug.te Boucher Desnoyers Sculpsit"; "Imprimé par Ramboz"
Stamped LC: Artist's mark (Lugt 2789)

Identification

Standard Reference Number

IFF no. 19

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1160

Type

  • Prints

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers (French, 1779-1857), engraver
After Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard (French, 1770-1837), designer
Ramboz, printer
Napoléon le Grand (Portrait of Napoleon the Great), 1808
etching; engraving
68.6 x 51.3 cm (27 x 20 3/16 inches) (plate)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1160

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