LOT 6
27th November 2024
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LOT 6
Louis Joseph Narcisse Marchand (French 1791-1876) - Capriccio view of a Napoleonic triumphal arch, monochrome watercolour and ink, later paper added to mount ‘Given to Andrew Mott by M. Marchand on board H.M.S. Northumberland en route for St Helena. Discovered amongst Scrope Davies papers’, further inscriptions verso, image 18.5cm x 30cm, within an ebonized frame of deep section. Note: Marchand was Napoleon Bonaparte’s valet and nominated liquidator of his succession. The arch has a panel with a figure on a rearing horse similar to David’s portrait of Napoleon, above an initial ‘N’ flanked by angels similar to those seen on the arcades of the Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile.
Estimate: £100 – £150
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