Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition, $50,000 Gladioli Beds and Louis Mark's Model Shoe Factory
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Souvenir of Philadelphia: Post Office, Ridgway Library
George S. Harris & Sons; Philadelphia Press
Souvenir of Philadelphia: Independence Hall, Carpenter's Hall, Liberty Bell
Chestnut Street looking west from 9th St
Washington at Prayer, From D. W. Griffith's "America"
Second Street, Philadelphia in Colonial Days
Reading of the Declaration of Independence from the Old State House, July 18, 1776
Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition, Palace of Fine Arts
The Wissahickon, Below Indian Roch Hotel
Driveway on the Wissahickon, Fairmount Park
Napoleon aboard the Northumberland on his way to exile on the island of St. Helena in 1815. Verso has inventory label with "4401/Napoleon I" in pen and ink and presumably a French, 19th century hand.
Standing figure of Napoleon. His right hand is raised, holding his hat and his left hand rests on his sword at his side. The figure is cast in bronze with a light brown patina. Bronze is bolted to a brown marble base. Stamped on back of brass: GESCHUTZT (patented)
Paperweight of stone used at the Invalides
Carved ivory profile bust of Napoleon I, in low relief. Faces left, wears military uniform with epaulette. Mounted as a paperweight on a regular red and gray variegated marble plinth. Typed note taped to bottom: "Napoleon's remains were brought from St. Helena to Paris in 1840, and his tomb at the Invalides was constructed in the period 1843-1861. My grandmother, Mary Middleton, went to the tomb at some time during this period and secured from a workman there this piece of Finnish marble, on which she had placed this bas relief. W.L.F." (William Logan Fox, brother of donor.)
Porcelain urn with two handles. Made in France. Handles are molded, with shell and medallions at top, terminated by acanthus leaves. Piece is overall gilt, except thin bands left white at base neck and outer lip. Overglaze polychrome enamel painting on obverse; burnished floral motif on reverse. Clear glaze on inside of urn. Upper and lower portions of urn made in two pieces and bolted together below the painted panel. (This is different from the construction of other, similar pieces which are bolted together at the base of the urn and the top of the pedestal). The painted scene shows a young man leaning down to offer water from a spring pipe to a young lady leaning on the rocks. Both are dressed in classical garb, he in purple and she in yellow.
Round portrait panel painting of St. Catherine of Alexandria. Her right hand rests on a wheel, referring to her death. She holds the palm of martyrdom in her left hand. According to Hopkinson family tradition, this unsigned, late Renaissance painting of St. Catherine of Alexandria was given to Mrs. Joseph Hopkinson by Joseph Bonaparte prior to his departure from "Point Breeze." It descended to Miss Emily G. Hopkinson from whom the donor acquired it for presentation to the Athenæum. During the early 19th century such "primitive" works were popular with collectors such as Joseph Bonaparte's uncle, Cardinal Fesch, from whom Joseph acquired several of his paintings.
Napoleon au bivouac, la veille d'Austerlitz
Bonaparte (Joseph) Sculpte par Delaistre
Ouverture des Etats Generaux a Versailles le 5 Mai 1789
Assemblee National, Abandon de tous le Privileger
Au Palais de Schoenbaunn Mairesde Paris recoivent les Drapeaux pris a Austerlitz
The house in Which the Emperor Napoleon expired after a confinement of nearly six years
Napoleon Bonaparte Late Emperor of the French
Napoleon Au Passage de L'Elbe (9 Mai 1813)
Replica of Trajan's column surmounted by a statue of Napoleon, erected in Paris in 1810.
Hand colored wax base bas-relief portrait of Napoleon in an oval black frame with a bow on top.
Carved ivory bas-relief profile of Napoleon
Inkwell in the form of Napoleon's sarcophagus
Inkwell in the form of Napoleon's sarcophagus.
Cast brass bas-relief statuette of Napoleon on a white marble base. Napoleon is standing with arms crossed and right knee bent. Features and details are in low relief; flat on back.
Miniature portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte
Miniature oval portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, in black frame. Signed "by Mrs. Plantou" on lower left face of front.
Oval miniature portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte standing in front of a red chair, in black frame, signed "Reney" on lower right face of front.
Oval miniature three quarter length portrait of Napoleon I, signed Lemaitre, French, 19th century. Ivory backed with vellum; set in oval gilt brass easel frame with glass cover.
Circular ivory box with miniature portrait of Napoleon I inset in lid, held in place by tooled brass and glass cover; French, 19th century.
Joseph Bonaparte's toiletry kit and leather case
Leather-covered toiletry case with silver plaque engraved "Legs du roi Joseph Napoleon a Adolph Mailliard." Hinged lid of case lined with red velvet contain 4 scissors (stamped Macdaniels, Oxford St.), nail file, 2 razors (stamped Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Liverpool), pocket knife, corkscrew, 2 button hooks (?); lower half of case lined with red leather and sub-divided to hold 6 glass jars with silver lids (engraved with crown and shield with eagle and several hallmarks), shaving brush; 2 ivory-handled toothbrushes, leather strop, and 2 indeterminate tools; hand mirror contained in removable velvet lined sleeve.
Miniature replica of the marble slab adorning Joseph Bonaparte's tomb
Black-leather-covered box with hinged lid and two latches, interior lined with purple velvet and satin. Box contains miniature replica of the marble slab adorning the tomb of Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte (1768-1844) consisting of rectangular red marble slab inset with black stone slab bordered with yellow marble; center black slab in inset with words "Joseph Napoleo Bonaparte In Pace" in gold lettering; top surface and sides of slab are polished.
Napoleon I in his imperial robes on the occasion of his coronation.
After a painting by Francois Gerard, 1805
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
A copy of the famous French painting by Jacques-Louis David, 1812
Napoléon Empereur des Français, né le 15 août 1769
Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte in military uniform.
Veron, after a painting by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
Plastic measuring ruler in inches and centimeters. Front has six iconic images of Napoleon. Back has biographic information about Napoleon in French and English.
Notebook with cover print of Jacques Louis David's painting of Napoleon Crossing the Alps.
Glazed ceramic portrait bust of Napoleon. Numbered on back: 2818. Made in GDR.
Portrait bust of Napoleon as First Consul
After the original by Louis-Simon Boizot
After the original by Jean-Auguste Barre, 1840
One of a matched pair of porcelain plates with the likenesses of Napoleon and Josephine
L'Authentique Eau de Cologne de L'Empereur
Cologne bottle with image of Napoleon. Made in France.
Bears the likeness of both Napoleon and Josephine and includes an attached wire for hanging.
A blue porcelain plate with Napoleon's likeness. The back reads "Limoges Castel France, 22K Gold"
A small green porcelain cup bearing the likeness of Napoleon
A small green porcelain cup bearing the likeness of Josephine
Porcelain plate with green and gold border with an image of Josephine in the center.
Bronze paperweight sculpture in the shape of Napoleon's head with a laurel leaf wreath.