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AA.VV. Bonaparte, 1er Consul de la République. Bataille de Marengo. Copperplate engraving, 410x310 mm. Glued on cardboard. Contemporary coloring. Captions at the bottom of the illustrations. Good condition. Beautiful engraving depicting in an oval the portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte wearing the consular jacket with high collar embroidered with palmettes by Pierre Audoin based on a drawing by Pierre Bouillon and at the bottom a representation of the Battle of Marengo by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux. The print celebrates Napoleon as the first consul of the Republic, a position that placed him above any other power in the State, effectively imposing a dictatorship, and below the Battle of Marengo, fought on June 14, 1800 as part of the second Italian campaign. The French army, led by Napoleon himself, won the battle against the Austrians, marking their retreat from Lombardy.
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AA.VV. Bonaparte, 1er Consul de la République. Bataille de Marengo. Copperplate engraving, 410x310 mm. Glued on cardboard. Contemporary coloring. Captions at the bottom of the illustrations. Good condition. Beautiful engraving depicting in an oval the portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte wearing the consular jacket with high collar embroidered with palmettes by Pierre Audoin based on a drawing by Pierre Bouillon and at the bottom a representation of the Battle of Marengo by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux. The print celebrates Napoleon as the first consul of the Republic, a position that placed him above any other power in the State, effectively imposing a dictatorship, and below the Battle of Marengo, fought on June 14, 1800 as part of the second Italian campaign. The French army, led by Napoleon himself, won the battle against the Austrians, marking their retreat from Lombardy.
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