[Napoleon - Civil Code] – THE GLORY AND GENIUS OF THE GREAT MAN “I have endowed history with great deeds And posterity Will say if by my laws better than by victory I have conquered immortality.
[Napoleon - Civil Code] – THE GLORY AND GENIUS OF THE GREAT MAN “I have endowed history with great deeds And posterity Will say if by my laws better than by victory I have conquered immortality.
    [Napoléon - Code civil]
    THE GLORY AND GENIUS OF THE GREAT MAN "I have endowed history with great deeds And posterity Will say if by my laws better than by victory I have conquered immortality.
Édition :
    [Paris]
Date :
    1835
    25 x 34cm, aquatint, octavo on sheet fixed on heavy paper, unsigned, bright colours.
    "A beautiful allegorical aquatint in vibrant colors, unsigned. It depicts the apotheosis of Napoleon as the inspiration behind the Civil Code (he sits and writes on a folio table titled 'Code Napoléon,' a metaphor for the tablets of the Law), crowned with stars by a winged male figure carrying a scythe (either Saturn, god of the underworld, or Time). Beyond Death, homage is paid to the spirit of Napoleon... Time renders unto Caesar.... This print is post-Empire, and it is interesting to note the desire for reconciliation between the tricolor flag of the Revolution and the Emperor after the Restoration." Executed during the July Monarchy and included in the list of prints authorized for publication (in Bibliographie de la France ou Journal général..., XXVIIIth year), its nationalistic language is noteworthy, as is the imperial eagle, vanquished by the flag and trampled by Napoleon himself: Away with obscurantist times! Not found in De Vinck's collection. No copy at the BnF. Currently, only two copies, in black, are known to exist in foreign collections. (F. Teissèdre)

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Mots-clés : Engravings - LS - Manuscripts, Civil Code, Original, Napoleon

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