Circa 1900, hand-painted on ivory plaque, signed "Tony" at lower left, presented under glass in the original ornate gilt metal plaque with ormolu mounts.

DOA 6.5 x 6 1/8 in.

This is after the original painting by Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863) completed in 1836 and commissioned by Louis-Phillipe for the 'Galerie des Batailles' (The Battle Gallery) at the Musée Historique du Château de Versailles (The Historical Museum of the Versailles Chateau). One of Vernet's most popular paintings, it depicts Napoleon just before the Battle of Jena. The anecdote comes from the 5th Bulletin of the Grande Armée when a young grenadier, impatient to attack cries 'forward!' as the Emperor passes and provokes the angry riposte from the Emperor, “…let him wait until he has commanded thirty battles before he presumes to give me his advice."

The decorative crest with some mis-shaping - else very good.