Sujet

Allegory depicting the sale of Louisiana by Napoleon I to the United States,...(1851). Creator: Chamorro.

Légende

Allegorical illustration depicting the sale of Louisiana by Napoleon I to the United States for 15 million dollars, 1803, (1851). Spain had ceded Louisiana to France on condition that it would be returned if the French government would part with it. France sold it without respecting the treaty with Spain. In December 1803 France transferred authority over the region to the United States. From "Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolución de España" (History of the Spanish Uprising, War and Revolution) by the Conde de Toreno, Madrid, 1851.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/PRISMA ARCHIVO FOTOGRÁFICO, S.L.

Notre référence

HRM25A40_474

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

42,9Mo (2,3Mo) / 38,0cm x 28,3cm / 4488 x 3341 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal symbolic arts politics bird birds country symbol eagle art bird of prey political location century sale print Louisiana B&W cost raptor United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century political event American America USA engraving Allegory united states Napoleon Bonaparte I Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Boney General Bonaparte Bonaparte General Bonaparte the Corsican Napoleone di Buonaparte Napoleo Napoleon 1st Napoleon Buonaparte Buonaparte Napol?on Napol?on Bonaparte 19th-century Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte Prisma Archivo Fotografico Louisiana Purchase Chamorro