Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Canu, Jean Dominique Etienne, 1768-
Title:
Violettes du 20 Mars 1815 / Cana fecit.
Published / Created:
A Paris : Déposée a la Direction generale, rue St. Jacques No. 29, 20 Mars 1815.
Physical Description:
1 print : hand colored engraving. ; 14 x 10 cm, on sheet 25 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:12737516
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Magic picture whereby the negative space at margin and center of violet bouquet form the profiles of Marie Louise (upper left), Napoleon (upper right) and the King of Rome (near stems at center).
Subject Terms:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815. | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Portraits. | Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847 -- Porraits. | Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832 -- Portraits. | Bonaparte family -- Portraits. | France -- Politics and government -- 1814-1830. | Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. | Signs and symbols -- Political aspects -- France. | Violets -- Pictorial works. | Symbolism in art. | Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832. | Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847. | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Form/Genre:
Botanical illustrations. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1815. | Ephemera.