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Napoleon Crossing the Alps.

Date1830-1840

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 1/2 x 7 5/8in. (24.1 x 19.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 13/16 x 8 7/8in. (30 x 22.5cm)

Credit LineGift of Avis and Rockwell Gardiner

DescriptionA man sits astride a rearing horse on a rock ledge with mountains in the background. He wears a cocked hat with plumes, a coat trimmed with braid, breeches, boots with spurs, gloves, and a sash. Two medals are pinned to his breast. His cloak blows in the wind behind him. The horse has an ornate saddle blanket and bridle. The man points towards the right with his left hand.

Object number1978.72.5

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS."

On verso, lower left, in green pencil, "X3". Lower right, in pencil, "Dwr 55" "consv CPC 1987" and accession number.NotesSource Note: The visual source is Jacques Louis David's painting of Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1800), now in the Louvre. There are, however, significant differences in the details of the composition and its orientation. (Finlay 2/6/2004)

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