Napoléon III: Kaiser der Franzosen / Lithography, 1852.
Artist
Character/Sitter
Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808–1873)
Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808–1873)
Hand-coloured lithography on wove paper 423 x 332 mm; On reverse: black ink stamp “4956”, ms “A”, ms pencil “428” and “Ernest”. Under the image, centre: "NAPOLEON III | Kaiser der Franzosen." Velow: | NAPOLEON III | Czaar of the French — NAPOLEON III | Czaar van Frankrijk — NAPOLÉON III | Empereur des Francais. — NAPOLEONE III | El emperador delos Franceses; bottom left: "Verlag u. Eigenthum | von. Fried. G. Schulz in Stuttgart.", right: "No 146."
The artist's and printer's names in stone are not legible. Published in Stuttgart by Friederich Gustav Schulz (German, 1786 – 1859) during the time of the Second French Empire (1852-1870).
| Collection | European prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Propaganda |
| Period | 19 AD , Mid-19th century |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | English , French , German , Spanish |
| Media/Technique | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper , Hand-colouring , Lithography , Paper , 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 | 1852 |
| Acquisition year | 2023 |