Battle of Ratisbon: Napoleon, shot in the ankle, mounts his horse to join battle before the dressing of the wound is finished. Coloured engraving after C. Gautherot, 1828.

  • Gautherot, Claude, 1769-1825.
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Déposé à la Direction [1828]
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585976i
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The surgeon attempting to bandage the Emperor's ankle is Larrey

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A Paris (rue Galande, n. 51) : chez Cereghetti, Déposé à la Direction [1828]

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1 print : engraving, with etching and watercolour ; image 18.7 x 27 cm

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Napoléon blessé devant Ratisbonne Three lines of engraved lettering below the image describe the subject

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Wellcome Collection 585976i

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After: an oil painting by Claude Gautherot commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 for the Galerie de Diane in the Palais des Tuileries, Paris, exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1810, and now (2004) in Versailles, Musée du Château

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