Photo, Print, Drawing Retreat of Napoleon from Leipzig, 1813.
About this Item
Title
- Retreat of Napoleon from Leipzig, 1813.
Summary
- This original watercolor drawing by John Augustus Atkinson (1775-1833?) shows Napoleon seated in a tent shelter, surrounded by soldiers and members of his staff. Atkinson was an English painter and printmaker who specialized in military themes. He produced sets of engravings showing British military uniforms, and was also known for his watercolors of historical events. In 1815, Atkinson was commissioned to collaborate with the British artist Arthur William Devis (1762-1822) on a painting of the Battle of Waterloo. In 1819, John Burnet, the first engraver to specialize in the reproduction of paintings for the middle class, engraved the painting. The drawing is from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at the Brown University Library, the foremost American collection devoted to the history and iconography of soldiers and soldiering, and one of the world's largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms.
Names
- Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775-1833? Artist.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1813.
Headings
- - Germany
- - 1813
- - Armies
- - Leipzig, Battle of, Leipzig, Germany
- - Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
- - Soldiers
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 1 watercolor; 29.6 x 20.4 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: Brown University Library.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021669858
Online Format
- compressed data
- image