Fragment entitled "Le retour de L'Ile d'Elbe" (The return from the Isle of Elba)

Cholet, Samuel (1785–1874)


Item type:
textile, clothing and costume
Date of creation:
ca. 1825
Height:
62.1 cm  (24 7/16 in.)
Width:
76.4 cm  (30 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed
Place of creation:
Nantes

Additional titles

Napoleon's victory

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1928.466]Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer II through the Antiquarian Society

Description

One soldier gathered in a group around Napoleon is carrying a side drum. A similar drum is lying in the foreground.

People as subjects

Napoleon I, Empereur des Français (1769-1821)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Side drum [2729]
Side drum [2729]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 319da93. RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

1695