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NAPOLEON I (1769 - 1821)
Buonaparte. Reward of £1000. London: J. Asperne and J. Downes, 8 April 1815. Broadsheet (518 x 386mm). Double column. (Clean tear affecting 8 lines of text.)
A VERY RARE 'WANTED' POSTER FOR NAPOLEON. The dangerous and supposedly criminal nature of Napoleon, following his escape from Elba on 26 February, continued to be headline news in this striking broadsheet, issued soon after the allies had declared him an international outlaw at the Congress of Vienna at the end of March 1815. The opening paragraph accuses him specifically of the murder of Captain Wright as well as breaking his engagement with the allies, while the second alludes to the declaration lately published by the seventh coalition. After a repetition of the 'special charge of murder', it emerges in paragraph four that the £1000 reward for his apprehension is being offered by the joint publishers of the poster, J. Asperne at the Bible, Crown and Constitution, and J. Downes near Temple Bar. The reward is offered 'to any One, who will seize, and bring to this kingdom, the person of Signior N. Buonaparte, and detain him in safe custody, so as he may be forthcoming, when the process of law, in such case provided, shall be issued against him.' The notion that the heroism of a single person might result in Napoleon's capture and appearance before a magistrate, while hardly realistic, forms part of a clever conceit by which he was reduced to the level of any other common felon. The publishers would not have expected to be asked to pay out on the reward, but a figure as high as £10000 would have attracted attention and ensured good sales for the poster which is priced at 'three-pence, or 2s. 6d. a dozen'. James Asperne had long been a politicized broadsheet printer, see lot 215 for some of his broadsides concerning the potential invasion of England in 1803.
Buonaparte. Reward of £1000. London: J. Asperne and J. Downes, 8 April 1815. Broadsheet (518 x 386mm). Double column. (Clean tear affecting 8 lines of text.)
A VERY RARE 'WANTED' POSTER FOR NAPOLEON. The dangerous and supposedly criminal nature of Napoleon, following his escape from Elba on 26 February, continued to be headline news in this striking broadsheet, issued soon after the allies had declared him an international outlaw at the Congress of Vienna at the end of March 1815. The opening paragraph accuses him specifically of the murder of Captain Wright as well as breaking his engagement with the allies, while the second alludes to the declaration lately published by the seventh coalition. After a repetition of the 'special charge of murder', it emerges in paragraph four that the £1000 reward for his apprehension is being offered by the joint publishers of the poster, J. Asperne at the Bible, Crown and Constitution, and J. Downes near Temple Bar. The reward is offered 'to any One, who will seize, and bring to this kingdom, the person of Signior N. Buonaparte, and detain him in safe custody, so as he may be forthcoming, when the process of law, in such case provided, shall be issued against him.' The notion that the heroism of a single person might result in Napoleon's capture and appearance before a magistrate, while hardly realistic, forms part of a clever conceit by which he was reduced to the level of any other common felon. The publishers would not have expected to be asked to pay out on the reward, but a figure as high as £10000 would have attracted attention and ensured good sales for the poster which is priced at 'three-pence, or 2s. 6d. a dozen'. James Asperne had long been a politicized broadsheet printer, see lot 215 for some of his broadsides concerning the potential invasion of England in 1803.
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