Mort de l'ex-Empereur Napoléon III / Image d'Épinal, 1873.

Artist

Unknown

Character/Sitter

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

Publisher

Pinot, Charles-François (French, 1817–1879)

Accession Number: SVFC-0745-5.2023

Category: Pictures

Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 270 x 380 mm; attached to the sheet 303 x 442 mm with pencil ms inscription to the top left corner on the reverse: “Haye le 2-3-75”.

Top: "MORT DE L'EX-EMPEREUR NAPOLÉON III (le 9 janvier 1873, à Chislehurts [sic], Angleterre)." Bottom right: "Imp. Lith. CH. PINOT, éditeur. Épinal (Dépose)".

Bottom left corner of the image sheet torn and manually restored. Text partially lost, starting with « d’une opération pour l’extraction de la pierre, maladie dont’ il souffrait depuis plu-… ».

See Chislehurst.

Charles-François Pinot (French, 1817 – 1879) – publisher/printer.

Additional Information

Collection	European prints and drawings
Type / Purpose	Propaganda
Period	19 AD , Mid-19th century
Country	France
Language	French
Media/Technique	Hand-colouring , Paper , Wood engraving , Woodcut , Wove paper
Subject	Bonapartism , Image d'Épinal , Image d'Épinal (Popular print) , Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808 – 1873) , Politics , Propaganda
Creation / Publishing year	1873
Acquisition year	2023