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Auguste Bry - Napoléon, élève a l'ecole militaire, (1783) / Charlet.

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Auguste Bry - Napoléon, élève a l'ecole militaire, (1783) / Charlet.

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Print shows Napoleon as a young boy in military training, standing, wearing uniform, holding a rifle against his body with his left arm and holding a bayonet in his right hand. He may have used the bayonet to scratch a plan of fortifications on the side of a building and appears to be pondering the best method for assault. Other soldiers observe from the background.

Caption continues: Extrait des réglemens et ordonnances de 1751 à 1776, (Louis XV).
Signed on stone on lower left: Charlet.

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01/01/1826
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Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845, artist
Bry, Auguste, 1805-, printer
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