Algeria: key to paintings by Horace Vernet of the French attack on the besieged city of Constantine, 1837. Engraving by A. Burdet after H. Vernet.

  • Vernet, Horace, 1789-1863.
Date:
[between 1839 and 1848]
Reference:
2871877i
Part of:
Galerie historique de Versailles.
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About this work

Description

French infantrymen are gathered on a hill outside the town, about to descend in attack. The defenders are gathered on the hillside, about to be defeated

Publication/Creation

[France] : [Charles Gavard], [between 1839 and 1848]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 22.9 x 23.6 cm.

Lettering

Siège de Constantine. L'ennemi repoussé des hauteurs du Coudiat-ati 10 Octob. 1837. Peint par H. Vernet. Gravé par Burdet. Dessiné par Girardet. Diagraphe et pantographe Gavard.

References note

Simon Lee, 'Louis-Philippe at Versailles', The Burlington magazine, 2019, 161: 402-409

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2871877i

Creator/production credits

The "dessinateur" is named as Girardet. Gavard seems to have employed two delineators with that name, Karl and Edouard

Type/Technique

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