The French Soldier (Le Soldat Français)

Nicolas Toussaint Charletca. 1818

Details

Title: The French Soldier (Le Soldat Français)
Creator: Nicolas Toussaint Charlet
Date Created: ca. 1818
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed on stone, lower right: “Imp. Lithog. de F. Delpech”; inscribed on stone, lower center: title; the two-line inscription added by Delpech below the title (“si fractus illabatur orbis, / impavidum ferient ruinae”) has been trimmed away
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1987
Materials & Techniques: Lithograph on wove paper
Keywords: early lithography, lithography, military, Napoleonic era, soldiers
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Issued by Delpech, Paris
Dimensions: Image dimensions: 456 mm x 336 mm (17.95 in. x 13.23 in.). Sheet dimensions: 524 mm x 383 mm (20.63 in. x 15.08 in.).
Bibliography: La Combe 74; Beraldi 74 (vol. 4, p. 117), described as “grande pièce, rare”; Brown University Department of Art: "All the Banners Wave; Art and War in the Romantic Era 1792-1851" (Brown University, Providence RI), cat. no. 4a
Associated People: Created by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792-1845)
Accession Number: 1987.14.1

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