Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1813
Death and Bonaparte
Napoleon's luck fades at Leipzig: seated on a drum he faces the figure of Death (a skeleton seated on a canon). Fighting armies in the background. Original imprint read: Copy of the Transparency exhibited at Ackermann's Repository of Arts During the Illuminations of the 5th and 6th of Nov. 1813 in honour of the speldid Victories obtained by the allies over the Armies of France, at Leipsic and its environs. See B.M. Cat. 12093.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 90.373
- Object name:
- Death and Bonaparte
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- Artist/Maker:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, Ackermann, Rudolph
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- Production date:
- 1813
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 201 mm, W 223 mm (paper)
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 60%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
Out of copyright
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