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Title: Napoléon, Emperor of the French
Artist:
After Alexandre Evariste Fragonard (French, Grasse 1780–1850 Paris)
Etcher:
Henri Castel (French, born Grasse 1783)
Engraver:
Madame Benoist (French, active ca. 1810)
Publisher:
Marcelle (French, active ca. 1810)
Sitter:
Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
Date: 1811
Medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:
image: 18 1/16 x 12 5/8 in. (45.8 x 32 cm)
plate: 22 13/16 x 15 3/8 in. (58 x 39.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of James Draper, in memory of Kathleen Howard, 2006
Object Number: 2006.150.1
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