Lot 151: Henry Bone, R.A. (British, 1755-1834) After Emile-Jean Horace Vernet... Oval, 138 mm., ormolu mount surmounted by the imperial crown with sceptre and orb, cartouche with initial N, pierced oak leaf surround on one side and laurel on the other, an

Henry Bone, R.A. (British, 1755-1834) After Emile-Jean Horace Vernet (1789-1863)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1814/15, in grey coat and bicorn hat adorned with the Légion d’Honneur
Signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel 'Napoleon Buonaparte / London / May 1817. / Painted by Henry Bone R.A. / Enamel=painter in Ordinary to / His Majesty, and Enamel=painter / to His Royal Highness the Prince / Regent, after the Original by / Horace Vernet, painted 1816.' and a code 'IB / 2B-P'
Enamel on copper
Oval, 138 mm., ormolu mount surmounted by the imperial crown with sceptre and orb, cartouche with initial N, pierced oak leaf surround on one side and laurel on the other, an eagle suspended with the badge of the Légion d'Honneur, in a later rectangular silk-lined frame

Mikel Papier (1889-1948) Collection, and by descent.