Marengo, the favourite charger of Napoleon I, 1815

Marengo, the favourite charger of Napoleon I, 1815 (c). Soft-ground etching, by and after James Ward, published by R Ackermann, Strand, London, 1 August 1824. With a flowing mane and tail and highly defined muscles, standing by a lake in an empty landscape lit by a setting sun (symbolising Napoleon's fall from power). The original painting was painted for the Duke of Northumberland. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy, No. 219, in 1826. It is currently in the collection of the Duke of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle (see Courtauld Institute Photographic Survey April 1998)

1815 1824 1826 Ackermann Alnwick Charger Courtauld Currently Defined Exhibited Favourite Flowing Highly Mane Marengo Muscles Northumberland Soft Strand Survey Symbolising

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