French school circa 1900 Portrait of Napoleon I Pencil, charcoal, white chalk and red chalk highlights Bears a signature and date 'Berthon/1809' lower left with a dry stamp lower left (unidentified) Annotated 'Berthon 1809' on verso Inscribed 'Napoléon drawn from the Life 1809 / René Théodore Berthon/Original portrait of Napoléon/drawn for the Life 1809/Berthon was a paintful of David/ A painted man celebrate of the period / Born 1776 - dead 1859 ' on verso (Addition of a 2cm strip at the bottom) 29.0 x 28.0 cm Our drawing is related to a portrait of the emperor painted by Berthon in 1809, now in the Lady Lever Art Gallery (inv. LL3533). French school circa 1900 29.0 x 28.0 cm Our drawing is related to a portrait of the emperor painted by Berthon in 1809, now in the Lady Lever Art Gallery (inv. LL3533).