Franco-Prussian War: Jean-Eugène Brasseur, commander of the French soldiers at Le Bourget who had resisted the Prussian attack, being removed from the church of Saint-Nicolas after the Prussian victory. Photogravure by Goupil & Co., 1879, after A. de Neuville.

  • Alphonse de Neuville
Date:
1879
Reference:
21925i
  • Pictures
  • Online

Selected images from this work

View 1 image

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2023 : Franco-Prussian War: after the battle of Le Bourget with and the removal of wounded soldiers. Photo-aquatint by Goupil & Co., 1870, after A. de Neuville.

Publication/Creation

1879

Physical description

1 print : aquatint photogravure ; platemark 21.5 x 26.4 cm

Lettering

Le Bourget. 30th October 1870. Painted by A. de Neuville. Photo-aquatinta Goupil & Co. By permission of Messrs. Boussod, Valadon & Co. successors to Goupil & Co.

References note

Bibliographie de la France, 15 février 1879, no. 232 ("Bourget (le), 30 octobre 1870, d'après A. de Neuville. Paris, photogravure Goupil et Ce.")-Image of France database no. 107438

Reference

Wellcome Collection 21925i

Reproduction note

After a painting painted by de Neuville in 1878 and subsequently in a private collection. A smaller oil sketch of the composition dated 1873 was acquired by the French state in 1886 and subsequently passed to the Musée d'Orsay

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

Permanent link