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Napoleon as horseman: The little corporal's charger discovered

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

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Print Collection portrait file

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Napoleon I

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On horseback.

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Title
Napoleon as horseman: The little corporal's charger discovered
Collection

Print Collection portrait file

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Napoleon I

On horseback.

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1909-02-20
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Topics
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Horseback riding
Genres
Clippings
Portraits
equestrian portraits
Photographs
Notes
Content: Published in The Illustrated London News, February 20, 1909, page 271.
Content: Photographs by Illustrations Bureau.
Content: Captions for individual images: [upper left;] Recognized after forty years, the stuffed white Arab Vizier, one of Napoleon's chargers (between two other horses, showing how small it was). [upper right: Unearthed from an attic of the Louvre: the stuffed white Arab, Vizier, showing Napoleon's cipher branded on the hindquarters of the animal. [bottom:] Great General, bad horseman: mounted figures of the Emperor Napoleon from famous paintings.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: Portrait File
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c07c6730-c58f-012f-eb32-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1909: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Napoleon as horseman" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1909-02-20. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d1df996-96a2-f6b6-e040-e00a18063a3f

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Napoleon as horseman" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d1df996-96a2-f6b6-e040-e00a18063a3f

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1909-02-20). Napoleon as horseman Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d1df996-96a2-f6b6-e040-e00a18063a3f

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d1df996-96a2-f6b6-e040-e00a18063a3f | title= (still image) Napoleon as horseman, (1909-02-20) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 26, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Napoleon as horseman