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A CARICATURE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Five contemporary or near-contemporary caricatures of Napoleon, various sizes (approximately 250 x 180mm. and smaller); together with a 'Protean View' (6) image 1
A CARICATURE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Five contemporary or near-contemporary caricatures of Napoleon, various sizes (approximately 250 x 180mm. and smaller); together with a 'Protean View' (6) image 2
A CARICATURE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Five contemporary or near-contemporary caricatures of Napoleon, various sizes (approximately 250 x 180mm. and smaller); together with a 'Protean View' (6) image 3
A CARICATURE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Five contemporary or near-contemporary caricatures of Napoleon, various sizes (approximately 250 x 180mm. and smaller); together with a 'Protean View' (6) image 4
A CARICATURE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Five contemporary or near-contemporary caricatures of Napoleon, various sizes (approximately 250 x 180mm. and smaller); together with a 'Protean View' (6) image 5
A CARICATURE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Five contemporary or near-contemporary caricatures of Napoleon, various sizes (approximately 250 x 180mm. and smaller); together with a 'Protean View' (6) image 6
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Five contemporary or near-contemporary caricatures of Napoleon; together with a 'Protean View' (6)

27 October 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A CARICATURE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Five contemporary or near-contemporary caricatures of Napoleon, early 19th century, etchings and engravings, 3 hand-coloured, 3 tipped or pasted on card, various sizes (approximately 250 x 180mm. and smaller); together with a 'Protean View' (6)

Footnotes

Comprising: attributed to Pierre Marie Bassompierre Gaston, Napoleon with beaked nose, hand-coloured; anonymous, 'Das ist mein lieber Sohn...', Napoleon as a baby being held by the Devil; anonymous, 'Saute pour le Roy', a bust of laurel-wreathed Napoleon being held up by a republican in a bonnet rouge; anonymous, 'Napoleon et le destin', holding miniature soldiers and gambling with Death; after Pierre Lacroix, 'Serrement de Nez', Marshal Ney kneels with his nose in the backside of Napoleon; William Spooner, 'Spooner's Protean Views No. 10 Napoleon Powerful and Napoleon Powerless', showing Napoleon standing on the shore looking out over an empty sea, when held to light changing to a scene of him standing before an army of soldiers.

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