Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, presented in a later gilt frame, retains remnants of gallery label to the verso.

Stretcher size 33 1/2 x 47 in.; Frame dimensions 41 x 54 1/2 in.

Private Collection, North Carolina
Caelt Gallery, London

An unusual depiction of a young and defiant man, wearing a Phrygian cap and leopard skin, preparing to slay the imperial eagle of Napoleon III.

Scattered retouch visible throughout under UV light.

$1,000 - 3,000