An old Napoleonic soldier sits dreaming in his armchair with pipe in hand, below a poem entitled "À ma pipe". Engraving after N.-T. Charlet.

Bruxelles [Brussels] : Lépine, libraire

1 print : engraving and letterpress ; image and text 25 x 14.1 cm

A ma pipe ... Charlet Engraved lettering continues with a French poem in which the veteran of Napoleon's army praises his pipe for the comforts it provided during the campaigns, claiming it to be more constant than a mistress

Not found in: J.F. Leblanc de la Combe, Charlet: sa vie, ses lettres, suivi d'une description raisonnée de son œuvre lithographique, Paris 1856 (as not being part of his "œuvre lithographique")

Not found in: Jean Adhémar, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome quatrième, Paris 1949, p. 306ff. (inventory of prints by Charlet)

Wellcome Collection 24859i