Napoleon at Eylau ~ Antique Art Print

Beautiful folio size antique photogravure print from the picture by Baron Antoine-Jean Gros (click thumbnails above for larger size image).

Printed on heavyweight cream stock. Plate mark present. Reverse side is blank.

It's hard to appreciate the stunning detail and clarity of this print until you see it in person.

Napoleon, in a gray satin pelisse, bordered with fur, is mounted on a light bay horse, viewing with his generals the terrible scene of destruction after the battle. The ground is covered with snow, and in the background, where before the lines of French troops the prisoners of war pass in review, is the village of Eylau in flames. Before it, what seem to be at first glance natural mounds of drifted snow, turn out to be heaps of dead bodies over which the snow has fallen. Napoleon's face and attitude are very expressive. The reins are dropped in one hand and the other is lifted with a gesture full of distress, as he contemplates the gruesome plain. By his side are Soult, Davoust, Murat, Berthier, BessiËres and Caulaincourt. Before them the wounded, dying and dead. One poor fellow is clasping the emperor's knee begging his blessing. One is being raised by an aide. One young "chasseur" helps to set the leg of a wounded soldier under the direction of Percy, the surgeon-general. Even in his agony, the soldier raises himself to salute his chief. French surgeons are among the enemy also, bandaging, giving water. Beyond, a little farther back, a cannonier lies dead across his gun. Farther still two chasseurs of the Guard places upon one of their horses a badly wounded grenadier.

Title: The Battle of Eylau (9th February, 1807)

Publication: Great Masters in the Louvre Gallery

Publication Year: 1899-1900

Publisher: D. Appleton & Goupil & Co. (New York & Paris)

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 16¾ x 12½

Approximate Image Size (in inches): 13 x 9½

Condition: EX. Very clean.