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Colored plates of the Royal Westphalian Guard, from Jérôme Bonaparte's library
Alexandre Sauerweid, c.1810
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Colored plates of the Royal Westphalian Guard, from Jérôme Bonaparte's library
Alexandre Sauerweid, c.1810
SAUERWEID, Alexandre (1783-1844). Uniformes de la Garde de Sa Majesté le Roi de Westphalie. [Cassell, c.1810.]
The dedication copy of an extremely rare suite of colored plates illustrating the Royal Westphalian Guard, from the library of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia and brother of Napoleon. Colas attributes the illustrations to either the itinerant Russian-born military painter Gottlob Alexander Sauerweid or to a certain “Colonel Gautier.” Born in Courlande in present day Latvia, Sauerweid earned a reputation as a painter of battle scenes and horses, alongside working as an engraver and etcher. He died in St. Petersburg on 25 October 1844. Colas 2641 (not calling for title page, attributed to Sauerweid); Lipperheide (1965) Qdf8. See Colas 2930 (quarto edition, attributed to Colonel Gautier).
Folio (316 x 222mm). Title and 19 finely hand-colored aquatint plates with tissue-guards. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt, with arms of Bonaparte on both boards; all edges gilt; green glazed endpapers. Provenance: Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860; binding) – Hector de Backer, comte Foy (1843-1925; his sale, 17 Feb. 1926) – Georges Lemallier (his sale, 21-24 Nov. 1927).
Alexandre Sauerweid, c.1810
SAUERWEID, Alexandre (1783-1844). Uniformes de la Garde de Sa Majesté le Roi de Westphalie. [Cassell, c.1810.]
The dedication copy of an extremely rare suite of colored plates illustrating the Royal Westphalian Guard, from the library of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia and brother of Napoleon. Colas attributes the illustrations to either the itinerant Russian-born military painter Gottlob Alexander Sauerweid or to a certain “Colonel Gautier.” Born in Courlande in present day Latvia, Sauerweid earned a reputation as a painter of battle scenes and horses, alongside working as an engraver and etcher. He died in St. Petersburg on 25 October 1844. Colas 2641 (not calling for title page, attributed to Sauerweid); Lipperheide (1965) Qdf8. See Colas 2930 (quarto edition, attributed to Colonel Gautier).
Folio (316 x 222mm). Title and 19 finely hand-colored aquatint plates with tissue-guards. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt, with arms of Bonaparte on both boards; all edges gilt; green glazed endpapers. Provenance: Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860; binding) – Hector de Backer, comte Foy (1843-1925; his sale, 17 Feb. 1926) – Georges Lemallier (his sale, 21-24 Nov. 1927).
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