Auvrest, (French, 19th Century)

Napoleon on horseback

Napoleon on horseback
inscribed 'a la plume par Auvrest, rue du Vieux Colombier, No. 32' (lower right)
pen, ink and wash
32 x 26.5cm

Auvrest produced a number of pen and ink portraits of Napoleon and other military figures on horseback. See for example Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon and Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon as First Consul in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.