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Lot #252 - Napoleonic History Militaria-19th Century Signed French War Ministry Document & Gros Lithograph. Historical Artifacts
Lot Number: 252
Item Location: Lakewood
Preview Date/Time: Online Photos
Pickup Date/Time: Friday & Saturday Sept 19th & 20th 11am - 3pm
Start Date/Time: 09/10/25, 5:00 PM
End Date/Time: 09/18/25, 9:04:30 PM
Opening Bid: $5.00
Bid History: 16
Current Bid: $53.00
Minimum Bid:
Highbidder: jjeremfa
Auction has ended.
Buyer's Premium: 15% will be added to the final price. A 5% cash discount reduces the buyer's premium to 10% when paying in cash.
Description:

Framed under glass Lithograph or Chromolithograph, possibly hand colored 19th century reproduction of French Painter, Baron Antoine-Jean Gros' 1804 painting "Napoleon Visiting the Plague Victims at Jaffa".  

The lithographic or chromolithographic reproduction depicts Napoleon at Jaffa in 1799, touching a plague victim with compassion and leadership. This is considered one of the most iconic images of Napoleonic propaganda an. 

It is paired with an authentic signed, dated and numbered (1310), 19th Century French War Ministry Document - Heading: Ministere de la Guerre, Direction Generale de l'Adminstration.

The document describes a real soldier/veteran's pension and health decisions based on "difficulte respitratoire" andis  symbolically tied to the theme of illness/disease in the Jaffa plague scene. This is a genuine 19th Century document, written in formal script, signed and annotated. 

These pairings of Napoleonic Militaria and Ephemera were often  displayed together at the height of Napoleonic nostalgia under Napoleon III.

Condition of Item: Crack in the glass.  Framed size 13 x 23

Dimensions pending 9/12

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