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An old yellowing woodcut print with stencilled colouring in shades of orange, acqua, blue and yellow, of Napoleon mounted on a horse engaging with a forthright woman vegetable seller in a crowd at the Place du Carrousel in Paris. Outlines of the city buildings form the backdrop of the picture; in the foreground on the right there are heaps of vegetables, including pumpkins, carrots and cabbages.

An old yellowing woodcut print with stencilled colouring in shades of orange, acqua, blue and yellow, of Napoleon mounted on a horse engaging with a forthright woman vegetable seller in a crowd at the Place du Carrousel in Paris. Outlines of the city buildings form the backdrop of the picture; in the foreground on the right there are heaps of vegetables, including pumpkins, carrots and cabbages.

Chacun son métier

Given the casual disregard of expertise and hard-won experience that's about these days, I have some sympathy with Napoléon's...

Katherine Prior

Jun 121 min read

Two small studies in pen and ink of Napoleon with arms folded, with other figures behind, by Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, courtesy of Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

Two small studies in pen and ink of Napoleon with arms folded, with other figures behind, by Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, courtesy of Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

NAPOLEON: The Sale of the Century?

Sotheby's is calling it a 'unique opportunity to acquire a piece of French history', which may seem something of an understatement to...

Katherine Prior

Jun 52 min read

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