Autograph cut slip signature by Napoleon's surgeon Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey

LARREY, Dominique-Jean, Baron (1766-1842). Autograph signature on a cut slip, undated.

Paper slip measuring approximately 75 x 65 mm, with irregular edges, light creasing and mounting residue to all four corners on the reverse. Old pencil identification beneath the signature. In good condition overall. A bold ink signature with an elaborate flourish, clipped from a larger manuscript, with a fragment of writing remaining along the upper edge.

Larrey was Napoleon's surgeon-in-chief and a pioneering figure in military medicine. He developed the horse-drawn "flying ambulances" used to evacuate wounded soldiers rapidly from the battlefield, and helped establish the principle of treating casualties according to the urgency of their injuries rather than rank. He served at Waterloo, where he was wounded and captured by Prussian troops.