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Ancien gendarme à l'Infirmerie des Invalides

Title
Ancien gendarme à l'Infirmerie des Invalides [graphic] / PR.
Author
Renouard, Paul, 1845-1924.
Publication
1896.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
  • S.P. Avery Collection.
Description
1 print : etching; 29.4 x 13.8 cm.
Summary
Print depicting a disabled veteran of the Paris police force at the Infirmerie des Invalides, seated in a chair next to a chamber pot. According to the inscription, his feet were frostbitten at the Pont de Neuilly on the day of the arrival of the ashes of Napoleon I. Next to the inscription is a plucked chicken. Published by the Société des Aquafortistes français.
Subject
  • Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Death and burial
  • Hospitals > France > Paris
  • Police > France > Paris
  • Disabled Veterans > French
  • Chamber pots
  • Chickens
  • Frostbite
Genre/Form
Etchings – French – 19th century.
Note
  • Inscribed in plate: Ancien Gendarme á l'Infirmerie des Invalides. Il a eu les pieds gelés au pont de Neuilly, le jour de l'arrivée des cendres de Napoléon I.
  • Stamp of the Société des Aquafortistes Français (Lugt 18).
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • S.P. Avery Collection.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v.11.
Provenance (note)
  • Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
Call Number
MEZAC
OCLC
NYPG98-F184
Author
Renouard, Paul, 1845-1924.
Title
Ancien gendarme à l'Infirmerie des Invalides [graphic] / PR.
Imprint
1896.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite As:
S.P. Avery Collection.
Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v.11.
Linking Entry
Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
Provenance
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery.
Added Author
Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
S.P. Avery Collection.
Research Call Number
MEZAC
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