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Purchased in Paris in 1840, and thence by descent at Keir

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About twenty versions are known, at Dresden, Versailles, Malmaison and elsewhere. None has been identified as the proptotype, although that painted for Talleyrand and that presented by Napoleon to the Ecole Militaire in Paris seem to be among the very first. We are grateful to Mr. Alain Latreille for this information.

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