The sergeant Louis Gillet discovers a woman who had been tied to a tree by brigands and fights with the brigands to free her. Line engraving by J.G. Wille after P.A. Wille.
- Wille, Pierre Alexandre, 1748-1821.
- Date:
- 1790
- Reference:
- 42734i
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According to the lettering, the sergeant Louis Gillet, while on the way from Nevers to his home in Autun, heard a woman's cries in a wood, found her bound and robbed by two brigands with firearms, attacked them with his sabre, wounded them and freed the woman
Publication/Creation
A Paris (Quay des Augustins, No. 35) : chez l'auteur [Wille], 1790 ([Place of manufacture not identified] : Imprimé par Robe)
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 43.5 x 36.8 cm, platemark 49.7 x 39.4 cm
Lettering
Le maréchal des logis. Dedié a sa Majesté Frederic Guillaume II. Roi de Prusse, electeur de Brandebourg &c. &c. &c. par son très humble et très respectueux serviteur J.G. Wille. Gravé par J.G. Wille, gravr. du Roi, conseilr. de l'Acad.ie Royale de peinture sculpture et gravure d'après le tableau peint par Pierre Alexandre Wille son fils, peintre du roi. Louis Gillet maréchal des logis au regiment d'Artois, cavalerie ... Fme. L'Epine scripsit
Bears coat of arms, presumably of Frederick William II, King of Prussia
Bears lettering, top left: 23te Pl.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 42734i
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