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four antique prints of military men on display on a tablean old painting of a man in a military uniform standing on a balconyan old picture of a man in uniform riding a horsea picture of a painting of a group of people in a rooman old drawing of a man shaking hands with a group of men
Thierry de Maigret

27 - D - Four engravings, one of which is a watercolour, dated 25 Fri…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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Four engravings, one of which is a watercolour, dated 25 Frimaire, Year VIII: BONAPARTE addressing the troops, 19 Brumaire, Saint-Cloud. Appointed on the same day as one of the three provisional Consuls, and subsequently elected First Consul of the Republic under the new constitution on 22 Frimaire; 39 x 29 cm; the second, a watercolour: NAPOLEON, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH, having found in Potsdam Palace the sword of Frederick the Great, his general’s belt, his Black Eagle cord and his ruff. He seized these trophies and said, ‘I prefer this to twenty million,’ then, thinking of the moment when he would entrust this precious deposit: ‘I shall send them,’ he said, ‘to my old soldiers from the War of Hanover; I shall present them to the governor of Les Invalides; they shall remain at the hotel; Paris, at Jean’s, 10 Rue Jean de Beauvais; 27.5 x 42 cm; the third watercolour: MARSHAL MONCEY, at the Temple of Mars, Hôtel des Invalides, 17 May 1807, wearing the sash, the high collar, the Order of the Black Eagle and the sword of Frederick the GreatII, King of Prussia... ; Paris, published by Basset; 34 x 23 cm and the fourth, in black, from the series on victories and conquests: The Battle on the Damietta Coast. General Kleber presenting a ceremonial weapon to General Verdier... ; lithograph by C. Motte, Rue des Marais, Faubourg St-Gérin; 31 x 39 cm. Dates: Consulate and First Empire periods. Good condition Included is a booklet entitled ‘The Tartars in Napoleon’s Service’ by Jean Brunon, April 1938
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