G922: Napoleon the Great

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G922

People

Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers, French (1779 - 1857)
After François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, French (Rome 1770 - 1837 Paris)

Title

Napoleon the Great

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Napoléon le Grand

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1808

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/275873

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving on cream wove paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 68.2 x 51.5 cm (26 7/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
sheet: 76.7 x 58.8 cm (30 3/16 x 23 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower left below image: Fr. Gerard pinxit anno 1805.
• inscription: in plate, lower right below image: Aug.te Boucher Desnoyers Sculpsit. / Imprimé par Ramboz
• collector's mark: lower center, black ink stamp: featuring two heads in profile view [Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Boucher Desnoyers, Lugt 2789]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii

Standard Reference Number

And. 28, Le Bl. 67, Ber. 29

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G922

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 03/11/2015

Subjects and Contexts

• Google Art Project

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