'Napoleon Receiving The Queen of Prussia at Tilsit', 1807, (1896). Artist: Peter Aitken.

'Napoleon Receiving The Queen of Prussia at Tilsit', 1807, (1896). Artist: Peter Aitken.

2-688-273 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Napoleon Receiving The Queen of Prussia at Tilsit', 1807, (1896). Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776-1810) met the French Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821) at Tilsit (now part of Russia), to plead unsuccessfully for favorable terms after Prussia's disastrous losses in the Napoleonic Wars. Engraving after the painting by Nicolas-Louis-François Gosse. From Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume III, by William Milligan Sloane. [The Century Co., New York, 1896]


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People Information

Creator
  1. Peter Aitken, attributed to: American: Artist, wood engraver
After
  1. Nicolas-Louis-François Gosse: French: Artist, painter and draftsman
Subject
  1. Napoleon Bonaparte I: Corsican: Emperor, soldier, politician
  2. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: German: Queen
People Related
  1. William Milligan Sloane: American: author, educator, historian

Medium
  1. Engraving

Category Hierarchy

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3064x4024
File Size : 36,122kb


Aliases

  1. 0580054584
  1. 2-688-273
  1. 2688273

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