Caption

Les pestiférés de Jaffa, Napoleon visits the sick in the plague house in Jaffa, Histoire de Napoléon, Story of Napoleon, print, printmaker: Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1827, paper, lithography, lithography with planing technique, height 252 mm x width 347 mm, Twenty-first print in the series of twenty-five prints., Person, Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), visiting the sick, sick person together with others, plague, Ottoman Empire, Jaffa, A crowded monochrome scene showing a group of men in varied headwear gathered closely together, with a central figure in a decorated military uniform and bicorn hat standing facing a seated bare-chested man draped in striped cloth over his head and shoulders. Around them are men wearing turbans, wrapped cloths, and helmets with plumes, some with covered faces and others showing expressive faces looking toward the center. The seated man rests one hand on his chest while the uniformed man holds a sheathed sword at his waist and wears detailed buttons and sashes. In the foreground there are woven mats, bundles, and bags scattered on the ground, along with boots and a belt with a visible buckle. Draped fabric hangs in the background, and the lighting emphasizes detailed shading and textured lines across clothing, skin, and folds.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B13_357

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.6Mb (10.9Mb) / 17.6in x 12.9in / 5278 x 3880 (300dpi)

Keywords

Les pestiférés de Jaffa Napoleon visits sick plague house Jaffa Histoire de Napoléon Story Napoleon print printmaker Denis Auguste Marie Raffet 1827 paper lithography planing technique height 252 mm x width 347 mm Twenty-first print series twenty-five prints Person Napoleon I Emperor French visiting sick person together plague Ottoman Empire crowded monochrome scene showing group men varied headwear gathered closely together central figure decorated military uniform bicorn hat standing facing seated bare-chested man draped striped cloth head shoulders them wearing turbans wrapped cloths helmets plumes covered faces showing expressive faces looking center seated man rests hand chest uniformed man holds sheathed sword waist wears detailed buttons sashes foreground woven mats bundles bags scattered ground boots belt visible buckle Draped fabric hangs background lighting emphasizes shading textured lines across clothing skin folds