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AFTER HIPPOLYTE PAUL DELAROCHE (1797-1856)
'Napoléon à Fontainebleau'
1857-58Albumen print? | RCIN 2160791
Photograph of a painting by Paul Delaroche, created in 1840 and now in the Musée de l'armée, Paris (Inv. no. 11931). This full-length portrait of Napoleon I (1769-1821), depicts the French emperor at Fontainebleau in 31 March 1814, following Paris's capitulation to the invading Allied troops. Napoleon is seated sideways in a chair with his left hand on his left thigh and his right hand draped over the back of the chair. He faces slightly to the left and gazes ahead.
Creator(s)
After Hippolyte Paul Delaroche (1797-1856) (artist)
Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821)- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Fontainebleau [France]
- France
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
