Bombardement de Sébastopol / Lithography, c. 1854.

Artist

Unknown

Character/Sitter

Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808–1873)

Publisher

Bulla, Antoine (French, fl. 1815–1877) Bulla, François (French, fl. c. 1814–1855) Riboni

Accession Number: SVFC-0745-16.2023

Category: Pictures

Hand-coloured lithography on wove paper, 250 x 332 mm; black ink stamp “5035” to reverse. Under the frame left: "Paris, chez Riboni, éd. r. Galande, 51"; right: "Paris, lith. Bulla, Pl. Maubert, 26". Below: "BOMBARDEMENT DE SEBASTOPOL. — THE BOMBARDMENT OF SÉBASTOPOLE". Text to bottom.

Printers/publishers: Antoine Bulla (fl. 1815 – 1877), François Bulla (fl. c. 1814 – 1855).

Additional Information

Collection	European prints and drawings
Type / Purpose	Propaganda
Period	19 AD , Mid-19th century
Country	France
Language	French
Media/Technique	Chromolithography , Hand-coloured lithograph on paper , Hand-colouring , Lithography , Paper , Wove paper
Subject	Bonapartism , Crimean War (1853 – 1856) , France , Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808 – 1873) , Propaganda , Second Empire (France) , Second French Empire , Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
Creation / Publishing year	1854
Acquisition year	2023