Lithograph
- Title:
- Napoleon Crossing the Alps
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1972.022
- Creator:
- David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825)
Artist ; Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888)Lithographer - Date:
- 1835-1856
- Description:
- Hand-colored lithograph of Napoleon Crossing the Alps, by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888), after Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), 1835-1853. Ink and watercolor on paper. View of a man, Napoleon, seated on a white horse, facing left. His right arm raised in the air and left arm holding horse's reigns. Napoleon wears a black and yellow bicorn hat, blue and yellow military uniform with sword at side, and a billowy red cloak over shoulders. Horse, with yellow tack and blue saddle blanket, rears up on hind legs. Rows of solders march up snow-covered mountains in background. Titled, lower margin: "NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS. / Lith: & Pub: by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St. N.Y." Molded wood frame with gilded interior molding; glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14 W-10 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769-1821), David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825), Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888)
- Subjects:
- Bonaparte, Napoleon, Emperors, Portrait prints, Leaders, Military, Lithographs, Horses
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