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[Napoleonic figure standing on a throne holding a staff] – Antique Wall Art

[Napoleonic figure standing on a throne holding a staff], [between 1789 and 1900?] — historic drawing
[Napoleonic figure standing on a throne holding a staff], [between 1789 and 1900?]. Historic drawing from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Napoleonic figure standing on a throne holding a staff], a historic drawing rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A small ink, wash, and graphite drawing, measuring 22.7 by 13.7 centimeters, shows a figure seated on a throne and holding a staff, a pose that echoes the imperial imagery associated with Napoleon Bonaparte and his era. The Library's staff devised the title, so the Napoleonic identification is a reasonable reading rather than a confirmed fact. The artist's name, written in pencil at the lower right, has not been deciphered, and an inscription on the back records that the drawing came to the Library as a deposit from Joseph Verner Reed. Together these details make it a modest example of how Napoleonic iconography was taken up in drawn form in the decades between the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Created / published[between 1789 and 1900?]
Medium1 drawing : ink and wash, graphite ; 22.7 x 13.7 cm.
NotesThis record contains unverified, preliminary data. Title devised by Library staff. Artist's name in pencil, lower right not deciphered. Inscribed in pencil on back of drawing: Deposit received from Joseph Verner Reed
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan943 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144987

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