Funeral Decoration for the Emperor Napoleon into the Church of the Invalide

1840

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Philippe Benoist, Auguste Bry, and others

Funeral Decoration for the Emperor Napoleon into the Church of the Invalide

1840

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 435 × 333 mm. (17 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.) Image: 349 × 266 mm. (13 3/4 × 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community

Object Number 1996.48.13250

Plate 41 in "Promenades dans Paris et ses environs...A Walk through Paris and its Environs (Paris: Chez Gihaut, 1838-1843)"

The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Inscribed in stone: upper left "Vues de Paris"; upper center "(41.)"; upper right "Views of Paris"; lower left "Daubigny del."; lower center "Imprimé par Auguste Bry, Rue Favart, 8."; lower right "Ph. Benoist lith."; along bottom "CATAFALQUE DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON, / Dans l'Eglise des Invalides: FUNERAL DECORATION for the EMPEROR NAPOLEON / Into the Church of the Invalide"; bottom center "Gihaur Frères, éditeurs, boulevart des Italiens, 5."

Markings: None