Participant Info

Artist

Napoleon-related Pieces

Artpiece

1798 Corsican Infantry Commission

Webpage

Type

Historical document

Year_

1798

Dimensions

14" x 9.1" (19" x 13.5" framed)

Artist's Life

Comments

– The commission of a second captain in the light infantry corps, Corsican Infantry Hunters, from “the headquarters of the Orient.”  Signed in “Year 6 of the one and indivisible republic” (1798).
– During Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign.
– Signed Napoleon as General-in-Chief.
– Military commission involving Corsican troops.
– Strong, attractive signature and elaborately engraved Republican letterhead.
Purchased approx. October, 2000.

Price Paid

Purchase Date

Purchased From

Galeries de Souzy, Paris

Certificate of Authenticity

Image

Documents

captains_commission_-_photos_and_documents.pdf

Location