Mock Auction or Boney Selling Stolen Goods
Napoleon leans forward on a desk at left with his auctioneer's hammer in his right hand. The Allies are crowded together on two benches in front of him, one of whom holds a crown over his head.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mock Auction or Boney Selling Stolen Goods
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
- Subject: Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
- Subject: Napoléon II, King of Rome and Duke of Reichstadt (French, Paris 1811–1832 Vienna)
- Subject: Empress Marie Louise of France (1791–1847)
- Date: December 25, 1813
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 14 1/8 in. (25.1 × 35.9 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.1522
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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