France, I Empire. A Napoleon Standing Vendôme Column Statuette Auction Archive a small photograph taken onboard

a small photograph taken onboard a blockade runner

excluding the armed forces

Oliver Mowat Biggar (1876-1948)

110 mm x 285 mm

France, I Empire. A Napoleon Standing Vendôme Column Statuette Auction Archive a small photograph taken onboardIn silvered bronze, multi piece construction, nicely detailed, illustrating Napoleon Bonaparte in a standing position, his right arm resting at his side, his left arm bent with his hand placed upon his chest, his hat worn in the traditional "en bataille" style (that is, with the corns parallel to the shoulders, while most of his officers wore their hats "en colonne", that is, perpendicular to the shoulders), his feet resting upon the scalloped dome of