Benjamin Robert Haydon, Buonaparte.
Steel-engraving. 73 mm x 59 mm.
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Buonaparte
After Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786 - 1846)
RA Collection: Art
73 mm x 59 mm
The book of gems. : The modern poets and artists of Great Britain. / Edited by S.C. Hall - London: 1838
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