Napoléon Bonaparte
(1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-14Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 91 portraits
Napoleon, the Emperor of France from 1804-1815, was one of the most notorious of Britain's political enemies.
Napoléon Bonaparte ('The genius of France nursing her darling')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 26 November 1804
NPG D12838
'The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 10 February 1804
NPG D13104
'L'assemblée nationale: - or - grand cooperation meeting at St Ann's Hill'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 June 1804
NPG D13107
by Raphael Morghen, after Stefano Tofanelli
line engraving, circa 1804-1833
NPG D15758
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 February 1805
NPG D12840
'The surrender of Ulm - or - Buonapartè & Genl Mack, coming to a right understanding'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 November 1805
NPG D12851
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 February 1805
NPG D13042
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 1 January 1805
NPG D13109
'St George and the dragon' (Britannia; Napoléon Bonaparte; King George III)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 2 August 1805
NPG D13111
by Charles Williams, published by Elizabeth Walker
hand-coloured etching, published October 1806
NPG D46026
'Tiddy-doll, the great French-gingerbread-baker; drawing out a new batch of kings'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 January 1806
NPG D12857
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 April 1806
NPG D12863
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 21 April 1806
NPG D12864
'The magnanimous-minister, chastising Prussian-perfidy'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1806
NPG D12865
'Westminster conscripts under the training act'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 September 1806
NPG D12872
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 13 September 1806
NPG D12873
'Posting to the election, - a scene on the road to Brentford, Novr 1806'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 December 1806
NPG D13113
by Charles Williams, published by Thomas Tegg, after George Murgatroyd ('Moutard') Woodward
hand-coloured etching, published 1 October 1807
NPG D48635
'Political mathematician's, shaking the Broad Bottom'd hemispheres'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 9 January 1807
NPG D12884
probably by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 25 June 1807
NPG D12894
'British tars, towing the Danish fleet into harbour'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 October 1807
NPG D12896
by J.P. Simon, after Unknown artist
hand-coloured stipple engraving, 1807
NPG D17991
Boney Bothered or an Unexpected Meeting
by Charles Williams, published by Thomas Tegg
hand-coloured etching, published 9 July 1808
NPG D47475
Political Quadrille - the Game Up
by Charles Williams, published by Elizabeth Walker
hand-coloured etching, published August 1808
NPG D48870
'Delicious dreams! - Castles in the air! - Glorious prospects!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 10 April 1808
NPG D12905
Napoléon Bonaparte ('Apotheosis of the Corsican-phoenix')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 2 August 1808
NPG D12910
Napoléon Bonaparte ('The valley of the shadow of death')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 24 September 1808
NPG D12912
'The apples and the horse-turds; - or - Buonaparte among the golden pippins'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 February 1808
NPG D13033
'The Spanish-bull-fight, - or - the Corsican-matador in danger -'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 July 1808
NPG D13046
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 22 March 1808
NPG D13115
'Disciples catching the mantle: - the spirit of darkness overshadowing the priests of Baal'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 June 1808
NPG D13116
'The life of William Cobbett - written by himself. No 7'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 September 1809
NPG D12930
'The introduction of the Pope to the convocation at Oxford, by the Cardinal Broad-Bottom'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 December 1809
NPG D12933
Dutch Night-Mare: Or the Fraternal Hug Returned With a Dutch Squeese (Napoléon Bonaparte)
by Thomas Rowlandson
coloured etching, published 1813
NPG D9079
Napoléon Bonaparte ('Bonaparte's flight in disguise from Russia, 1811')
by Thomas Sutherland, published by James Jenkins, after William Heath
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 1 March 1814
NPG D15892
'Ils viennent se bruler à la chandelle' (Napoléon Bonaparte)
by Chambre
hand-coloured etching, circa 1815
NPG D15631
by Thomas Rowlandson, published by Rudolph Ackermann
hand-coloured etching, published 16 April 1815
NPG D15894
Napoléon Bonaparte ('Retour de Bonaparte')
by Edme Bovinet, and by François Louis Couché, after François Joseph Heim
line engraving, circa 1815-1830
NPG D15895
'Bonaparte on board the Belerophon off Plymouth' (Napoléon Bonaparte)
published by Thomas Kelly
line engraving, published 20 January 1816
NPG D15981
by Henry Bone, after (Emile Jean) Horace Vernet
pen and ink, 1817
NPG D17692
Related People
- Elisa Bonaparte (sister)
- Jérôme Bonaparte (brother)
- Joseph Bonaparte (brother)
- Louis Bonaparte (brother)
- Maria Letizia Bonaparte (mother)
- Napoléon Charles Bonaparte (nephew)
- Pauline (née Bonaparte), Princess Borghese (sister)
- Joséphine Bonaparte (née Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, formerly de Beauharnais) (wife)
- Marie Louise of Austria (wife)
- Caroline Murat (née Bonaparte) (sister)
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