NAPOLEON WRITES TO HIS ADVISOR THE DUC DE FRIOUL MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH
NAPOLEON I
(1769-1821, Emperor of the French)
Fine Letter Signed 'Nap[oleon]' in French with translation to the Duc de FRIOUL
Géraud-Christophe-Michel Duroc, 1772-1813, General and Diplomat, one of Napoleon's closest advisers) saying that he has been told that the wages of "the Lancers of the Guard is 666. f. and that of the second infantrymen of 765. f. - I understand very well that the old infantrymen who do their service by me have 765. f but my intention is that the second infantrymen, who are only ordinary soldiers who do not do the service by me have for first wage only 450. f. - would you draft for me a report and a project of decree. Second infantrymen and spearmen should not cost me more than 450. What is sufficient for hussar regiments should be for lancers and second hussars as well ...", 1 side 4to., Fontainbleau, 27th January
Item Date:
1813
Stock No:
39568
£6750
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A FRAGMENT OF THE CANOPY FROM NELSON'S FUNERAL BARGE
[NELSON
(Horatio, Viscount, 1758-1805, Admiral)]
Small piece of red silk with contemporary note of provenance
"A piece of the canopy of the state barge (loaned by Geo the third) which conveyed the body of Nelson from Greenwich to Somerset House, This barge was since presented by Queen Victoria to the Victory", together with a contemporary mourning envelope with a similar note, the cloth 3" x 2", framed and glazed in a black frame with a purple velvet mount,
Item Date:
1805
Stock No:
38818
£4750
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FROM ABOUKIR BAY, 1798
[NELSON
(Horatio, Viscount, 1758-1805, Admiral)]
Fascinating Letter with secretarial signature 'Orazio Nelson',
in Italian with translation, to Sir William HAMILTON (1730-1803, from 1764 British Ambassador at Naples, Husband of Emma Hamilton), saying that "as the greater part of the Squadron will be running down the Mediterranean, we will not need all the ... wine and biscuit ... previously ordered, so it will be possible to cancel what has not yet been got ready. I will settle all these matters if I can stay alive till ... I see Naples again", he has "the satisfaction of telling with certainty that the French army is full of sickness caused by the heat, and by having nothing to drink except water - which will result in the greater part of them being buried in Egypt", ending "I am ever yours", 1 side 4to., no place but Aboukir Bay, 12th August
(Translation)
From Admiral Nelson to Sir William Hamilton. August 12 1798.
My dear Sir,
As the greater part of the Squadron will be running down the Mediterranean, we will not need all of the quantities of wine and biscuit which were previously ordered, so it will be possible to cancel what has not yet been got ready. I will settle all these matters if I can stay alive till the moment I see Naples again.
I have the satisfaction of telling you with certainty that the French army is full of sickness caused by the heat, and by having nothing to drink except water - which will result in the greater part of them being buried in Egypt. I am ever yours [secretarial signature in the same hand] Horatio Nelson.
Item Date:
1798
Stock No:
55711
£2275
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THE BATTLE OF THE NILE
[NELSON
(Horatio, Viscount, 1758-1805, Admiral)]
Fine and evocative Contemporary Copy of his official list of the English and French Forces at the BATTLE OF THE NILE,
fought 1st-3rd August 1798, with copy signature 'HORATIO NELSON', naming the 14 English vessels, headed by his flagship 'Vanguard' (74), their numbers of guns, men, killed and wounded, and the 19 French vessels, headed by Brueys' flagship 'L'Orient' (120), with their numbers of guns and men, also 'How dispos'd of', mostly Taken (11), the rest Burnt (3), Sunk (1) or Escaped, headed by 'Le Guillaume Tell' [Counter-Admiral Villeneuve], (4), while the French survivors 'Sent on shore ... as by Certificates from Captain Barry of L'Hecate Bomb', Escaped from the Timoleon ... L'Hecate Bomb, Officers, Carpenters, Caulkers, &c Prisoners aboard the Fleet, total only 3708 out of 8930, contemporary title on side 4 in Italian, 1 side large oblong folio and conjugate leaf, Vanguard, 13th September
Item Date:
1798
Stock No:
55712
£2750
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[NELSON
(Horatio, Viscount, 1758-1805, Admiral)]
Fine Large Unsigned Engraved Portrait,
showing him standing full length, nearly fill face with his eyes to the viewer's right, his left hand resting on a table (hinted at in the engraving), his right sleeve loose across his waist, bareheaded in full dress uniform, 19½" x 12½", printed in Paris and published by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. of Pall Mall East, London, 5th December
Item Date:
1881
Stock No:
56260
£375
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