Author:
T. Dawson, London printseller [Napoleon Bonaparte; diorama; dioramic print]
Publication details:
Undated [circa 1838]. 'London: Published by T. Dawson, 29, Bedford St. Covent Garden.'
The caption ends '[...] a Soldier who desires to kill his General let him do it now. Here I am!' Dimensions of print roughly 13 x 17 cm. On original grey paper windowpane mount (22 x 27.5 cm). Engraved label (4 x 12.5 cm) beneath the print, with small remarque-style illustrations. Aged and spotted, with slight wear to the print. An unusual and attractive piece of Napoleonic iconography, a full-length image of the deposed Emperor of the French, characteristically attired, on a beach with his hand on a rock, looking out to a sunset at sea.