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Charge De Cavalerie..(Cavalry Charge)...fifth plate in the book...[Titles in Russiuan and French]....Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya … Galérie Impériale de l'Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847)
Charge De Cavalerie..(Cavalry Charge)...fifth plate in the book...[Titles in Russiuan and French]....Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya … Galérie Impériale de l'Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847)
Lithographer:
D. Huot
Printer:
Paul Petit
Printer, Publisher:
Paul Petit
Publisher:
Gohier Desfontaines
Date:
19th century
Location:
Not on display
Century:
19th Century AD
Media:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
20.2 x 34.4 cm (image); 53 x 39.4 cm (sheet)
Department:
Achenbach Foundation
Object Type:
Print
Country:
Holland
Continent:
Europe
Provenance:

Provenance: bookplate, probably late 19th century, of Biblioteka Gertsova Georgii Georgievicha Mecklenburgskova (library of Herzog von Mecklenburg)
Exhibition History:
Remarks: this is an incomplete set of a work published in 30 parts, in two volumes; each part should consist of text and 4 plates; see collation for details.
According to the dedication leaf (to the Russian empress), the work was commissioned by the emperor, and represents largely unpublished material.

Acquisition Date:
1963-01-01
Credit Line:

Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts

A battle at close quarters ..flames and smoke...the trumpeter sounds advance...a valiant man down with his banner.

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