AN ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAVURE ON PAPER TITLED “SPECIMEN PLATE FROM THE EDITION DE LUXE OF ‘THE ROYAL COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND WINDSOR CASTLE’” (WM. HEINEMANN, LONDON), DEPICTING NAPOLEON BONAPARTE SEATED IN A PENSIVE POSE AFTER THE PAINTING BY PAUL DELAROCHE.
HOUSED UNDER GLASS IN AN ELABORATE GILT WOOD AND COMPOSITION FRAME.
13.5 X 10.25 IN
21 X 18 IN FRAMED
CONDITION NOTE: THE FRAME SHOWS SIGNIFICANT WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE, INCLUDING NOTICEABLE COMPOSITION AND GILT LOSS ALONG THE LOWER AND CORNER EDGES REVEALING THE UNDERLYING WHITE GESSO AND WOOD BASE.
NAPOLEON I SPECIMEN PLATE PHOTOGRAVURE
AN ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAVURE ON PAPER TITLED “SPECIMEN PLATE FROM THE EDITION DE LUXE OF ‘THE ROYAL COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND WINDSOR CASTLE’” (WM. HEINEMANN, LONDON), DEPICTING NAPOLEON BONAPARTE SEATED IN A PENSIVE POSE AFTER THE PAINTING BY PAUL DELAROCHE. HOUSED UNDER GLASS IN AN ELABORATE GILT WOOD AND COMPOSITION FRAME. 13.5 X…