Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835
Title:
The eventful life of Napoleon Bonaparte, late Emperor of the French / by Baron Karlo Excellmanns [pseud.] ; embellished with twenty-two coloured engravings.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for J. Cumberland, 1828.
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DC203 I74 1828
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 360.

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy.

Text, with minor variations in the first volume, is the same as that in Life of Napoleon, 1823-28, and it appears the book was issued simultaneously in parts by Cumberland and Fairburn, the latter using illustrations by Cruikshank. The plates by Cruikshank proved more attractive,for later issues contain a Cumberland imprint, the probable reason being that the portraits were discarded for the more lively drawings of Cruikshank. Cf. Abbey.

Illustrations by Ridley & Blood and T. Blood; after W[illiam] Bromley and Phillips.
Subject Terms:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821. | Cumberland, J. -- Publisher. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1828. | Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1828. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1828.
Contributors:
Bromley, William, 1769–1842, ill. | Phillips, ill. | Ridley & Blood engraver. | Blood, T., engraver.