Identification title(s): napoleon selling stolen goods, 1813. Mock auction or boney selling stolen goods (title on object). Object type: print cartoon object number: rp-p-ob-87. 126. Catalog reference: fmh 5921-a, atlas van stolk 6275. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: cartoon on the fall of napoleon after the lost battle of leipzig in 1813. Napoleon as an auctioneer selling the stolen crowns of european countries. In the center, the french general berthier holds up the spanish crown for sale. On the right representatives of european countries. In the foreground a british sailor and a fat dutchman. Behind it the king of württemberg, a russian cossack and a prussian hussar. A standing spaniard reaches for the crown. On the floor a pile of crowns and documents that will still be offered for sale. Behind napoleon stands his wife marie louise with their son napoleon ii, the king of rome, with a monkey's head. A separate statement accompanies the print. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: thomas rowlandson, publisher: rudolph ackermann (mentioned on object), publisher: anonymous. Place of manufacture: printmaker: england, publisher: london, publisher: netherlands. Dated: 25-dec-1813. Physical characteristics: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 235 mm × w 345 mm explanation: probably a dutch edition of an english plate, as the explanation for the print is in dutch. Subject: what: auction sale, public sale. Battle of leipzig, spanish war of independence. When: 1813-10 - 1813-12. Who: napoleon i bonaparte, marie louise of austria (empress of the french), napoleon franz charles joseph bonaparte, frederick i (king of württemberg), louis-alexandre berthier. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: 25 December 1813.
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