Caption
Porto Ferrajo on the island of Elba, Battle of Porto Ferrajo in a frame between an allegory of seafaring, center below the portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, print, To the left of the frame an allegory of the past (sonst) of seafaring, to the right an allegory of the present (Ietzt). With caption in German., printmaker: Christoph Jakob Wilhelm Karl Joachim Haller von Hallerstein, publisher: Friedrich Campe, Nuremberg, 1801 - 1821, Bavaria, paper, etching, height 201 mm x width 280 mm, Person, Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), historical persons, island, navy, siege, ornament, medallion, Tuscany, Livorno, Elba, A rectangular framed etching of a coastal town with fortifications and clustered buildings sits at the top center, showing a tall sailing ship near the shore and smaller boats on the water beneath a sky filled with lined shading and billowing clouds; ornate decorative clusters flank the central image, with the left side featuring maritime objects such as cannons, anchors, ropes, a broken mast, a figurehead and clouds of smoke, and the right side mirroring with a large sail, rigging, a beehive-shaped object, shells, flowers, and a bird in flight; a horizontal decorative band runs below the framed scene, interrupted at center by an oval portrait of a man in a tricorne hat and military coat, and chains drape from the band toward the sides.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B15_344
License type
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Available size
49.2Mb (9.7Mb) / 15.9in x 12.0in / 4772 x 3600 (300dpi)