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Pair of 18th Century watercolour drawings by Old Master Carle Vernet
By Carle Vernet (Antoine Charles Horace Vernet)
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
detail battles and campaigns to glorify Napoleon. His drawings of Napoleon's Italian campaign won
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Drawing, Painting Representing a Child's Head, Chalk Drawing.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
, 19th century, Napoleon III period.   Drawing: h: 27cm, w: 21cm Frame: h: 44cm, w: 37cm, d: 3cm
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Drawings

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Wood, Paper

Fleisner, Pair of Drawings, Couple of Young People, circa 1842
By Andreas Fleisner
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pair of drawings framed in a gilded wooden frame: these are portraits of a young seated couple
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Antique 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Drawings

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Paper

Napoleon - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Napoleon is a watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Set of Four Napoleonic Period Drawings
Located in Hudson, NY
These four drawings, while small in scale but large in style and impact, are of fine quality. Two
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Antique 19th Century French Drawings

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Paper

Set of Four Napoleonic Period Drawings
Set of Four Napoleonic Period Drawings
H 10.75 in W 10.75 in D 0.5 in
Homage to Napoleon - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1965
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Homage to Napoleon is a Watercolour Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1965s. Hand
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Le Nouveau Napoleon - Original Pen Drawing by Emile Rouff - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Le Nouveau Napoleon is an original pen drawing realized by Emile Rouff in 1929. The little picture
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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Early 19th Century Drawing of an Officer of the French Army
Located in Hudson, NY
made during the time of Napoleon as First Consul of France. This group consisted of drawings that
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Drawings

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Paper, Pencil

Sanguine Portrait of a Woman Napoleon I Period Early 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
elegant costume typical of the Napoleon I period, sitting on a chair and turned 3/4 to the right. She is
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Antique Early 19th Century Drawings

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Paper

Edouard Chevret (1835-1874), Napoleon and his soldiers, Studies, 1860, drawing
By Edouard Chevret
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Chevret (1835-1864) Napoleon and his soldiers, different studies Signed on the lower right
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1860s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Preparatory Drawings Empire Antique Inspirations 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
drawing wears an empire style dress recognizable by its very fashionable fitted bodice. A style
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Drawings

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Paper

Monument for Napoleon
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
has established a reputation for the monumental, architectural drawings that he has been creating
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Archival Paper

Commode Style Boulle of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
America. His personal collection of master drawings, prints, and paintings, from which he extracted much
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Study of Study of Figure - Drawing by Victor Chavet - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study of Figure is a China ink Drawing realized in the mid-19th Century by Victor Chavet (1822-1906
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Napoleon at the Head of His Grande Armée, His Generals and the Prussian Hussars
Located in Cotignac, FR
Pencil, chalk and watercolour depiction of Napoleon at the head of his generals by French artist
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Late 20th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Chalk, Crayon, Cardboard, Pencil

French Artist Drawing Sanctuary of San Luca Bologna 19 century pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
The drawing depict the Sanctuary of Madonna di San luca in Bologna. It can be attributed to a
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Early 19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Denis Auguste Raffet (1804-1860) Studies of characters, drawing and watercolor
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Paris, FR
artist-lithographers of Napoleon and the French army including Hippolyte Bellangé, Horace Vernet, and
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1850s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A trophy of arms, original signed Drawing
By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Located in Paris, FR
clearly identifies this trophy drawing as a study for the frontispice of one of the volume of the great
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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), Three studies of horses, original signed Drawing
By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Located in Paris, FR
grandfather had been an arms supplier for Napoleon. An amateur artist who was friends with a number of
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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Denis Auguste Raffet (1804-1860) Studies of a Tiroler Kaiserjäger, drawing
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Paris, FR
enthusiasm. In this endeavor he was a contemporary of other French artist-lithographers of Napoleon and the
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1840s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Sargent - Drawing by Edmond Lavrate - 19th century
By Edmond Lavrate
Located in Roma, IT
Century. Ink and watercolor drawing. Hand-signed on the lower central margin with a inscription. Good
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Architect's Sketch - Framed - France - 19th Century
Located in CANNES, FR
drawings of a monument. Enhanced with watercolor and signed. France, Circa 1900
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Drawings

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Paper

Le Soldats - Pencil Drawing by Horace Vernet
By Émile Jean-Horace Vernet
Located in Roma, IT
Le soldats is an original drawing by Horace Vernet. Image dimensions: 20 x 18.5 cm. Includes
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Adolphe Appian (1818-1898) Les Bords de l'Ain (Shores of Ain), signed drawing
By Adolphe APPIAN
Located in Paris, FR
painting and a charcoal drawing in the Paris Salon In 1852, Adolphe Appian met Camille Corot and Charles
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1860s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Framed Original Opera Costume Design Water Color, By Charles Betout
By Charles Betout
Located in New York, NY
Original watercolor opera costume design by Charles Betout, the principal costume designer for the Comédie-Française in Paris from 1919 til his death in 1939. Betout was renowned for...
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Drawings

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Paper

Framed Original Opera Costume Design Water Color, By Charles Betout
By Charles Betout
Located in New York, NY
Original watercolor opera costume design by Charles Betout, the principal costume designer for the Comédie-Française in Paris from 1919 til his death in 1939. Betout was renowned for...
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Drawings

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Paper

Framed Original Opera Costume Design Water Color, By Charles Betout
By Charles Betout
Located in New York, NY
Original watercolor opera costume design by Charles Betout, the principal costume designer for the Comédie-Française in Paris from 1919 til his death in 1939. Betout was renowned for...
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Drawings

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Paper

Framed Original Opera Costume Design Water Color, By Charles Betout
By Charles Betout
Located in New York, NY
Original watercolor opera costume design by Charles Betout, the principal costume designer for the Comédie-Française in Paris from 1919 til his death in 1939. Betout was renowned for...
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Drawings

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Paper

Chateau Fort - 19th Century - Horace Vernet - Drawing - Old Master
By Émile Jean-Horace Vernet
Located in Roma, IT
Chateau fort is an original pencil drawing on paper by Horace Vernet realized in XIX century
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Caricatures - Original Pencil Drawing by Horace Vernet - Mid 1800
By Émile Jean-Horace Vernet
Located in Roma, IT
Caricatures is an original pencil drawing on paper of XIX century realized by Horace Vernet. Very
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1850s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portraits - Original Pencil Drawing by Horace Vernet - Mid 1800
By Émile Jean-Horace Vernet
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original pencil drawing on paper by Horace Vernet realized during XIX century
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1850s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Original Opera and Theatre Costume Watercolor Design by Charles Betout, Paris
By Charles Betout
Located in New York, NY
Charles Betout was the principal costume designer for the Comedie-Francaise in Paris for twenty years until his death in 1939. This is costume was designed for the 1926 production of...
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Drawings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Figures - Drawing by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet - Mid-19th Century
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804-1860). The
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Woman Figure - Original Pencil Drawing by Paul Baudry - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Figure is an original pencil drawing artwork on paper realized by Paul Baudry. Good
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A Carnival character, original signed Drawing
By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Located in Paris, FR
Signed lower left with the initials (faded) In a modern framing : 35 x 28 cm This drawing is very
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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Military Drawing 19th Ink on paper Souvenir barrack officers 1830 July Monarchy
By Richard de Querelle
Located in PARIS, FR
Richard de QUERELLES Neuviller (Bas-Rhin), 1808 - Paris, 1846 Drawing Pen and ink 17.5 x 19 cm (28
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1830s French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Figure - Original Drawing in China ink by Hippolyte Bellangé - Mid-19th Century
By Hippolyte Bellangé
Located in Roma, IT
drawing in China ink. Good conditions. Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé (1800 – 1866), a French battle
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

The Port of Le Havre
By Fred Pailhès
Located in London, GB
. Enlarged and fortified under Cardinal de Richelieu and Louis XVI, it was further improved under Napoleon
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1950s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Allegory of Water - Original Lithograph by Ferdinand Bac - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
and writer, son of an illegitimate nephew of the Emperor Napoleon. As a young man, he mixed in the
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1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

Orientalist Portrait of an Arab Man, circa 1830s Jean-Horace Vernet (1789-1863)
By Émile Jean-Horace Vernet
Located in SANTA FE, NM
that government's irritation, he flaunted his cult of Napoleon and found a patron in Louis-Philippe
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1830s French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Study for “The Artist’s Studio” 1820, Horace Vernet (French 1789-1820)
By Émile Jean-Horace Vernet
Located in Sydney, NSW
painting and his commissions for Napoléon III of France, these included many Napoleonic battle scenes and
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19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Francois Grenier de Saint Martin (1793-1867) Lady on the beach, 1829, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
right (no longer reserved for study drawings), and we can clearly see the influence of English art in
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1820s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Antique Horse Study; Legs and Rumps, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
featured in the annual exhibitions which travelled the large European cities at that time. In 1855 Napoleon
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1830s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

La Perruche Javane, Pl. 69
By Jacques Barraband
Located in Austin, TX
Napoleon Bonaparte from 1801 to 1804. Barraband's work was based on meticulously observed mounted specimens
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Early 1800s Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Engraving

La Perruche a Ailes Variees Pt. 57
By Jacques Barraband
Located in Austin, TX
exotic birds and flowers directly commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte from 1801 to 1804. Barraband's work
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Early 1800s Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Etching

Cirque Rancy, Signed and Dated 1913 English Watercolour
Located in London, GB
cm) Acid free mount At this time, Cirque Napoleon Rancy was one of the most prestigious and
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1910s English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Antique Horse "Heads, Hooves, Rump 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Napoleon III purchased one of his paintings at the Exposition Universelle* in Paris. The Verschuur horse
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1830s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

"The Dance, " Ludovico Lipparini, graphite, gouache, mythological, classical
Located in Wiscasset, ME
handsomely framed with archival materials and an elegant French mat. The drawing is not signed but the work
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Early 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper, Graphite

'Young Lady Seated', Royal Academy London, PAFA, Queen Victoria, King Edward VII
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
studio of photographer Napoleon Sarony. During this time, Turrell had distinguished sitters including
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1870s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper

Attributed to Francesco Casanova (1727-1803), A Mamluk fighting , watercolor
By Francesco Giuseppe Casanova
Located in Paris, FR
known to have fought against Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt, approximately at the time this artwork was
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1790s Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Mon Colonel
By Auguste Chabaud
Located in London, GB
). A delightfully simple drawing of a French Army colonel in profile along with closer views of the
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1910s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Pencil

At Tunbridge Well
By Agostino Aglio
Located in Middletown, NY
Napoleon. Aglio joined the war effort and fought in a series of major battles near Venice before becoming
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite, Crayon

The Giant - Original Lithograph by Ferdinand Bac - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Bac was a French cartoonist, artist and writer, son of an illegitimate nephew of the Emperor Napoleon
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1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Lithograph

Female Nude Liberty - Original Lithograph by Ferdinand Bac - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
nephew of the Emperor Napoleon. As a young man, he mixed in the fashionable world of Paris of the Belle
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1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Lithograph

"Veduta Del Ponte Lugano su l'Avione" by Francesco Piranesi - Engraving
By Francesco Piranesi
Located in Geneva, CH
created a series of preparatory drawings on Paestum, which were completed by Francesco. Upon his father's
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Late 18th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Engraving

J.Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939), North African Horseman, 1915, watercolor
By Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour
Located in Paris, FR
he painted Napoleon elsewhere, but by giving him more psychological depth.
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1910s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), The Young Paperboy, signed watercolor
By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Located in Paris, FR
up in a prosperous military family in Picardy; his grandfather had been an arms supplier for Napoleon
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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A Carnival scene, watercolor signed
By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Located in Paris, FR
prosperous military family in Picardy; his grandfather had been an arms supplier for Napoleon. An amateur
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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Passaic Falls in New Jersey
By Nicolino V. Calyo
Located in New York, NY
"remarkable views executed from drawings taken on the spot by himself, . . . in which no pains or any resource
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19th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Pair of French Napoléon III Curule Armchairs
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of French Napoléon III Curule Armchairs Moulded, carved, blackened wood, enhanced with gold
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Antique 1890s French Napoleon III Armchairs

Materials

Wood, Trimming

Pair of French Napoléon III Curule Armchairs
Pair of French Napoléon III Curule Armchairs
No Reserve
H 33.08 in W 25.6 in D 18.9 in
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