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Napoleon Crossing Bridge to Lobau Island
Presented by Charles Pratt 1940
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
army
Austria
bridge
bridges and viaducts
church
countries and continents
emperor
features
French
groups
gun, rifle
hill
history
horse
landscape
Lobau Island
man
military
military
named individuals
Napoleon
Napoleonic Wars, 1796-1815
nationality
natural features (non-UK)
objects
people
places
religious
riding
river
royalty and social rank
society
soldier
tower
transport: land
Wagram, Battle, 5-6 July 1809
water: inland
weapons
wooded
work and occupations
painting oil paint wood
Napoleon Crossing the Bridge to Lobau Island
support: 356 × 251 mm
Presented by Charles Pratt 1940
<p><b>N05202</b> NAPOLEON CROSSING THE BRIDGE TO LOBAU ISLAND 1912</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘R. Caton Woodville 1912’ b.l.
<br/>Oil on panel, 14×9 7/8 (35·5×25).
<br/>Presented by Charles Pratt 1940.
<br/><i>Coll:</i>
Henry Graves &amp; Co. 1915; acquired by Charles Pratt <i>c.</i>
1917.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>Naval and Military Works</i>, Guildhall Art Gallery, June 1915 (242).</p>
<p>A signed label in the artist's writing on the back of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> reads: ‘Napoleon crossed to the Island of Lobau by Vienna on the morning of the 21st May. Battle of Essling. (This bridge was several times destroyed by the Austrians &amp; rebuilt again &amp; again stronger &amp; larger. It was the key to the position.) Campaign in Austria 1809. Napoleon said, “Voila une magnifique salle de ball [<i>sic</i>]”!’ (See <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/woodville-marshal-ney-at-eylau-n05204" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05204</span></a> and <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/woodville-poniatowskis-last-charge-at-leipzig-n05205" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05205</span></a>.)</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-07T00:00:00
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adults animals: mammals architecture army Austria bridge bridges and viaducts church countries and continents emperor features French groups gun, rifle hill history horse landscape Lobau Island man military military named individuals Napoleon Napoleonic Wars, 1796-1815 nationality natural features (non-UK) objects people places religious riding river royalty and social rank society soldier tower transport: land Wagram, Battle, 5-6 July 1809 water: inland weapons wooded work and occupations