An aquatint engraving by John Heaviside Clark and Matthew Dubourg from a sketch by an officer. Published by Edward Orme in 1819 with original hand colouring. Napoleon's Grande Armée crossing the Niemen River into Russia starting June 24, 1812, using three pontoon bridges. This marked the start of Napoleon's ill-fated Russian Campaign, a disastrous invasion that saw most of his army perish.
Approx 28cms by 19.5cms.
