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Denzil Ibbetson attributed, Two views of Napoleon leaning on a…
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Auckland
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29-Jun-2010
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Denzil Ibbetson attributed, Two views of Napoleon leaning on a Cannon and from the Rear engraving on paper one annotated 'Lithographed from a sketch by Denzil Ibbetson Senior during the voyage out to St.Helena in H.M. S. Northumberland verso annotated for Denzil Charles Je' Ibbetson lithographed from a sketch by his Grandfather Denzil Ibbetson', 292 x 246 mm, Note: Sir Denzil Charles Jeffs Ibbetson Kcsi (1847 - 1908) to whom this engraving is dedicated was a senior administrator in British India. second example laid on larger sheet 244 x 205 mm Note: Based on examination of two images from the A.M. Broadley article noted in lot 17 it is clear that this engraved image is an amalgam of two earlier watercolour portraits of Napoleon, one leaning against a cannon and another view from the rear flanked by Las Casas and Bertrand.
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