Napoleon's Army in the Alps
- Description
- This lithograph, Passage de l’armé française à; l’hospice du Mont Saint-Bernard 15 Mai 1800 by Hippolyte Bellangé, shows Napoleon’s daring crossing of the Alps via the Great St. Bernard Pass on the Italian-Swiss border with his army of 40,000 men. It was published with eleven other military views, including the Battle of Marengo, in a portfolio. Entitled Souvenirs militaires de la Republique, du Consulat et de l’Empire (Military Memories of the Republic, the Consulate, and the Empire), the firm of Gihaut introduced the album in 1834. It was the last but one in an annual series that Bellangé inaugurated in 1823. The prints in these portfolios included military views and some genre scenes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- print
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- Date made
- 1833
- graphic artist
- Bellangé, Hippolyte
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 19 cm x 30.5 cm; 7 1/2 in x 12 in
- sheet: 19.5 cm x 24.5 cm; 7 11/16 in x 9 5/8 in
- ID Number
- GA*15317
- catalog number
- 15317
- accession number
- 94830
- subject
- Military
- Art
- Communications
- Battle Scenes
- European History
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- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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