French│Empire Collection
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Prints
Joseph-Napoleon King of Spain and the Indies
 Joseph-Napoléon roi d'Espagne et des Indes

Napoleon in State costume

1805

20 x 12.5cm

A hand coloured engraving of Napoleon in his state robes from the book Cérémonial de l'Empire français -‘Ceromines of the French Empire’, published in 1805 as a record of the coronation and sacre.

Joseph-Napoleon King of Spain and the Indies in the costume of a prince of France

1809

51.5 x 38cm

Robert Lefevre pinx. Gregorius del. L. C. Rutte sculp.

This image of Joseph is interesting in that it shows him in his uniform as a Prince of the French Empire, lists his title as King of Spain but shows his crest as that of when he was King of Naples. I guess that means this print was made in 1809 around the time he switched kingdoms and his new Spanish crest was not yet known.