![NAPOLOEON BONAPARTE. Autograph endorsement and signature ("Napol" with flourish") approving part of the original designs for the Arc de Triomphe by Chalgrin and company, n.p., n.d. [ca.1809]. 15½ by 12¾ in. approximately, drawn in pen and ink on laid paper, evenly browned, small defects mainly marginal, matted with a colored portrait in a giltwood frame. Unexamined out of frame.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2004/NYR/2004_NYR_01527_2134_000(093421).jpg?w=1)
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NAPOLOEON BONAPARTE. Autograph endorsement and signature ("Napol" with flourish") approving part of the original designs for the Arc de Triomphe by Chalgrin and company, n.p., n.d. [ca.1809]. 15½ by 12¾ in. approximately, drawn in pen and ink on laid paper, evenly browned, small defects mainly marginal, matted with a colored portrait in a giltwood frame. Unexamined out of frame.
DESIGNING THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE. An important document concerning the early designs and construction of the Arc de Triomphe. Napoleon decided to build the great Arch honoring the Grand Army in 1806. The architect Chalgrin submitted plans, which Napoleon approved, on 27 March 1809. Here he submits a supplemental design of one of the facades, which Napoleon endorses: "Approved less the decorations which aren't suitable."
DESIGNING THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE. An important document concerning the early designs and construction of the Arc de Triomphe. Napoleon decided to build the great Arch honoring the Grand Army in 1806. The architect Chalgrin submitted plans, which Napoleon approved, on 27 March 1809. Here he submits a supplemental design of one of the facades, which Napoleon endorses: "Approved less the decorations which aren't suitable."