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(COLLAGE)
Collage of Napoleon Bonaparte in his classic pose, which is composed of 12 real photo postcards.
The pictorial composition of each print situates the actors in one area of the image while a
montaged photographic reproduction (of an historic engraving) is in an another. The entire set
combines to present a puzzle-like presentation of a Napoleon in a full standing pose. Images depict
Napoleon as both a loving husband and father (with Josephine and his daughter) and a keen military
strategist, who gallantly prances on a white horse and is ready for battle. Real photo silver print
postcards, 3
1
/
4
x5
1
/
2
inches (8.3x14 cm.), overall size 22x11 inches (55.9x27.9 cm.), a few are
delicately hand-tinted, and with 12 red canceled postage stamps bearing the marks of Anvers and
Antwerp; framed. 1910
[800/1,200]
From the Collection of John Silverstein.
An early and remarkable example of photographic collage that presents the French emperor in all his
imperial glory.
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