'Nelson and Napoleon exhibition' Portrait of Nelson by Beechey (SEB)
Synopsis
This image shows a full-length portrait of Napoleon and is just part of the image that makes up the whole painting. He is shown standing facing you and he is looking slightly to his left.Go to the bottom of the image and find Napoleon's feet. He is wearing black shoes with large gold buckles on the top (solid with hollows for the buckles) and white silk knee-length stockings (shown as a hollow with bordering lines). He then has red velvet breeches, decorated at the knee with gold brocade (solid with hollows for brocade). Behind his breeches, the tails of his long jacket can be felt (rough). At his waist to the right, he has a long sword with a jewelled hilt (solid) suspended from a decorative belt (very rough) and that nearly reaches the floor. His long tailed jacket is also of red velvet (rough) decorated gold brocade and is double-breasted with the buttoned opening on his left. The jacket has long sleeves with deep cuffs (solid), a high collar that stands up to his cheeks (solid) and 2 rows of gold buttons (solid), most of which can be seen on the right-hand side of the jacket. Napoleon's left hand is pushed into the open jacket where the large buttonholes can be seen (solid). His right arm is outstretched and his fingers are pointing down. At his neck, he has a black cravat (very rough). He is a handsome man with a straight nose, neat eyebrows and short black hair (solid), parted to his left, and he has a fixed expression.
The whole painting shows Napoleon standing in-between a throne-like chair, to his left, and a table, to his right, with long dark drapes in the background. The throne-like chair has gold decoration on it and the table is completely covered in dark velvet with a deep gold fringe at the bottom. To Napoleon's left, the long dark drapes are drawn back to reveal a view of a cathedral with a spire with rolling hills behind. On the table is a scroll that has large writing on it. Napoleon's right hand is just resting on this scroll and he is pointing to the writing on the scroll. Also on the table are more rolled scrolls, 2 quills and Napoleon's black hat.
Book details
- Author:
- Rnib
- ISBN:
- N/A
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2017-05-12
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Copyright by:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture