Provenance
M. Bourdelin, Paris; Mme Joseph Michel, niece of the artist, Paris; by descent to her daughter, Mme. Jouaust; by descent to private collector, family of the artist; (sale, Sotheby's London, 19 November 2001, no. 137); (Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York); purchased 2006 by NGA.
The Shades of French Soldiers from the Past Exhort the Army to Victory on the Rhine
c. 1870
Accession Number
2006.62.1
Medium
brush and brown ink, black watercolor, and white gouache over graphite on wove paper, laid down on heavy paper
Dimensions
overall: 65.5 x 91 cm (25 13/16 x 35 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Fund
