Colonel Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau kicking a military veteran who has lost both legs. Colour line block by Lefman after A. Gill, 1872.

  • Gill, André, 1840-1885.
Date:
16 Juin 1872
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657721i
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Colonel Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau (1823-1878) was a French military hero in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871: he successfully defended the town of Belfort against the Prussians for 103 days. He was subsequently elected as a deputy in the Assemblée nationale

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Paris (Bureaux 16, rue du Croissant, 16) : [L'Eclipse], 16 Juin 1872.

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1 print : colour line block ; image and border 34 x 25 cm

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Le Colonel Denfert, par Gill. Nous nous appelons Belfort ... (Assemblée nationale. Séance du 29 mai 1872). And. Gill. Lefman sc. L'Eclipse ...

References note

Jean Adhémar and Jacques Lethève, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome neuvième, Paris 1955, pp. 121-122, André Gill, no. 35 ('35. Dessins dans l'Eclipse, 1872: : … Le colonel Denfert …')

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Wellcome Collection 657721i

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