L'EMEPEREUR NAPOLEON LE GRAND [THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON THE GREAT]

nscribed: 'A Paris Jean Marchand d'Estampes Rue St Jean de Beauvais n°10' hand-coloured engraving on paper 28 x 41 cm PROVENANCE: Collection of Mr. H.O Valensi On 18 October 1806 on the plain of Rosback, Napoleon, at the head of his victorious troops, found in his path the Column insulting to the French that Frederick King of Prussia had erected during the Seven Years' War.